London - based start - up Glint is offering a £ ##50 m ( $ 20 m ) series A funding scheme to fuel its bid to launch in the US and Japan by the end of the year . The fintech allows users to buy and spend fractions of gold bars worldwide at the interbank rate via a pre - paid Mastercard . it plans to launch in the US in Q3 2018 with a savings account , currency account and gold account , followed closely by a launch in Japan .
London-based start-up Glint is targeting a £15m ($20m) series A funding round to fuel its bid to launch in the US and Japan by the end of the year. The fintech allows users to buy and spend fractions of gold bars worldwide at the interbank rate via a pre-paid Mastercard. Glint plans to launch in the US in Q3 2018 with a savings account, currency account and gold account, followed closely by a launch in Japan.