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. “Gold has been around for thousands of years but it was only recently that people started using it,” said co-founder Alex Dai.
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.