Building Freetrade
Using lint rules to prevent bugs
Principal Software Engineer, Alex Curran, shares more about our process to prevent bugs as we build our mobile apps.
22/1/2021
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Alex Curran
Building Freetrade
June 2, 2020
Building Freetrade
Principal Software Engineer, Alex Curran, shares more about our process to prevent bugs as we build our mobile apps.
22/1/2021
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Alex Curran
Building Freetrade
Principal Data Engineer Benen Cahill shares our process for data here at Freetrade.
13/1/2021
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Benen Cahill
Building Freetrade
Principal Product Designer Caitlin Rich shares her top reads to help inspire good design and keep user experience front of mind.
14/1/2021
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Caitlin Rich
Building Freetrade
Including some big name S&P 500 companies
21/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Software Engineer Theo Gregory shares how we use serverless to speed up deployment.
17/12/2020
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Theodore Gregory
Building Freetrade
Senior Product Manager, Jani Kiilunen, shares how we work with the Freetrade community to build the product
17/12/2020
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Jani Kiilunen
Building Freetrade
Including SAP, Credit Suisse, Ryanair, Trivago
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Brand new for Plus members
6/1/2021
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Freetrade Head of Engineering, Invest, Tim Drew, shares how we scale our platform using Cloud Firestore
21/12/2020
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Timothy Drew
Building Freetrade
Freetrade Software Engineering Manager Rokey Ge shares his virtual onboarding experience.
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
A big improvement to Free Share is here.
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
See how Freetrade compares to other brokers.
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
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Building Freetrade
Senior Software Engineer Jimmy Thompson takes you through the three layers of the Freetrade app
10/12/2020
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Building Freetrade
Gold miners, Twinkies, McDonald's and more.
10/12/2020
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David Kimberley
Building Freetrade
A new limit of £25,000 for US stocks.
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Including fixed income, investment-grade and government bonds.
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
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Freetrade VP Product Duncan Leslie on vision, strategy and measuring success.
10/12/2020
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Duncan Leslie
Building Freetrade
Market cap, dividend yield, and P/E ratio are here.
10/12/2020
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David Kimberley
Building Freetrade
Compare your performance against a global benchmark
10/12/2020
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David Kimberley
Building Freetrade
10/12/2020
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Viktor Nebehaj
Building Freetrade
Everything we plan to add to your app before the holidays.
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Freetrade engineer Simon Poole talks about overcoming some serverless infrastructure challenges.
10/12/2020
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David Kimberley
Building Freetrade
From Papa John's to Zambian cattle farmers, we've added a wide array of new stocks to the Freetrade universe
10/12/2020
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David Kimberley
Building Freetrade
Freetrade Talent Sourcer, Isabelle Atunrase, shares why we should all celebrate Black History Month, and some of the ways we’re getting involved here at Freetrade.
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Our biggest addition of ETFs yet.
10/12/2020
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Alex Campbell
Building Freetrade
Freetrade Senior Product Managers Anant Sangar and Glenn Drawbridge have been busy working on limit orders and SIPPs. Here, they chat through how use User Story Mapping.
10/12/2020
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David Kimberley
Building Freetrade
More of what you want.
10/12/2020
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Alex Campbell
Building Freetrade
Freetrade Senior Software Engineer Luke Smith talks about the nuts and bolts of our brokerage platform
10/12/2020
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David Kimberley
Building Freetrade
Introducing your expanded stock universe.
10/12/2020
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Alex Campbell
Building Freetrade
More ways to measure your portfolio performance
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
It’s now even easier to add money to your Freetrade account
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Freetrade Senior Product Manager Glenn Drawbridge shares his story.
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Find out what's inside, and request your invite.
10/12/2020
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Duncan Leslie
Building Freetrade
Over 100 new stocks, including Kodak, La-Z-Boy, Tiffany & Co, and Crocs.
10/12/2020
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David Kimberley
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Amy joins Freetrade as our first Head of People.
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
100 stocks inc. Avis, Tripadvisor, Goodyear, AMC Entertainment, Denny’s
10/12/2020
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David Kimberley
Building Freetrade
The first of many additions to order types.
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
75 new stocks including Ericsson, Yelp, Gfinity, Youdao
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Country-specific ETFs, and stocks from Wendy’s to Columbia
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
100 brand new stocks and ETFs are here
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
This week's 100 new stocks and ETFs might be the best batch yet.
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Ferrari, Honda, Canadian Railway, United Airlines, Canadian banks, ETFs, and more
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
You can now own a piece of Ed Sheeran
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Cannabis companies have arrived
10/12/2020
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Sam Poullain
Building Freetrade
Find out more about how Free Share works
10/12/2020
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David Kimberley
Building Freetrade
250 new US stocks have landed
10/12/2020
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Viktor Nebehaj
Building Freetrade
You can now invest in a slice of US companies
10/12/2020
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Viktor Nebehaj
Building Freetrade
Meet the person responsible for making Freetrade look cool
10/12/2020
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David Kimberley
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The former entrepreneur will be Freetrade’s non-executive director
We’re very happy to announce that serial fintech entrepreneur Perry Blacher is joining Freetrade as a non-executive director, with a view to becoming chairman pending regulatory approval.
Freetrade’s mission has always been to get everyone investing. To do that, we’ve designed and built an award-winning app, created our own brokerage platform and provided our customers with commission-free trading.
Making all of this happen has been a challenge but having a great team, with decades of combined experience in tech and finance, is what made it possible.
That’s why we’re so pleased Perry is joining us.
Aside from founding Covestor, one of the first robo-advisor companies in the world, and having been a successful fintech entrepreneur with three successful exits, he has become a VC, as well as a board member and advisor to various companies, ranging from financial institutions to tech firms and fintech.
Most importantly, he’s a community member himself: an early crowdfunding investor in Freetrade and an avid user!
To give you all a better idea of what Perry does and what he’ll be doing at Freetrade, we did a short Q&A with him. Enjoy!
Can you tell us a little about yourself?
I am passionate about faster, cheaper, better financial services. I have experience on all sides of growth technology, among other things I built one of the first robo-advisors, Covestor. I currently work with a number of high-growth fintechs, investors, and financial institutions.
When did you first hear about Freetrade? What were your thoughts?
I first heard about Freetrade in late 2017. I loved the concept. I invested myself personally in a Crowdcube funding round as I felt that the business has the potential to be transformative for UK retail investing.
What are the main reasons you decided to join Freetrade’s board?
Freetrade is all about the people. I was engaged by the mission of the founders, the quality of the team and the passion of the community. Plus my wife loves the app…
Do you use Freetrade?
I check my Freetrade account every day. More realistically three or four times a day.
What was your latest public company investment if any?
Amazon was the last stock I bought on Freetrade.
Have your own questions for Perry? You can ask him anything (AMA) on Friday. Details here.
This should not be read as personal investment advice. When you invest, your capital is at risk. The value of your portfolio can go down as well as up and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
Freetrade does not provide investment advice and individual investors should make their own decisions or seek independent advice. The value of investments can go up as well as down and you may receive back less than your original investment. Tax laws are subject to change and may vary in how they apply depending on the circumstances.
Freetrade is a trading name of Freetrade Limited, which is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered in England and Wales (no. 09797821).