Public.com has announced it is shuttering its UK business, yet it was just seven months ago that I wrote about the launch of the broker, in the UK.
The share trading app, which is backed by a host of celebrity investors, offers its US members, access to both traditional and alternative asset classes, and it wanted to replicate its success stateside in the UK market.
Public.com had previously raised $300.0 million from VC funds and kicked off its UK business with a US share trading operation, through which, clients would be able to deal commission-free in any of 5000 stocks and ETFs.
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