Zoopla boss Chesterman and Purplebricks backer Damelin get behind banking start-up

Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman is among investors who are backing new mobile banking start-up Tide to the tune of £1.5m.

Other pre-launch founders include Errol Damelin, who is former boss of Wonga and a backer of Purplebricks.

Tide is intended to be a mobile banking app with no physical branches. It is not a bank in itself but a middle man between small businesses and the big banks.

It will allow customers to set up a business current account in less than three minutes – a process which can, and often does, take weeks.

It also promises no set-up, monthly or annual fees. Instead, small business customers are charged 20p per transaction.

Tide is currently running a trial with 200 businesses and will launch in the autumn.

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3 Comments

  1. Mark Walker

    ‘It will allow customers to set up a business current account in less than three minutes ‘ – MONEY LAUNDERING klaxon.

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  2. mrharvey

    I lost any professional/personal interest in this story the moment I read the word “Wonga”.

    As Peter Jones would say…. “I’m out.”

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  3. Robert May

    Ideal for  ambitious self employed passive intermediary listers, they can be be set up, trained to expert level and listing  property  and banking listing fees within hours.

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