Open finance partnership platform, mmob, has today announced the addition of one of Europe’s largest small business lenders, iwoca, to its growing network of industry-leading third-party digital finance providers. The partnership will enable banks and other large financial institutions to easily embed small business loan provision into their digital ecosystems and ensure they can rapidly […]
BrightHR, the international HR software and support service, has today launched the UK’s first real-time, HR support and compliance AI platform for business owners. Powered by Bright Intelligence, the industry’s first AI driven advice engine leverages over 20 million HR queries to give businesses reliable, accurate and FREE business advice and answers wherever and whenever […]
Monese, the leading pan-European fintech, today launches a Banking-as-a-Service platform (“BaaS”) and announces a new strategic partnership with Investec Bank plc (“Investec” or “the Bank”). As part of the strategic partnership, Investec leads the first close of Monese’s ongoing Series C, bringing the total raised by Monese to $162m. Lyndon Subroyen, global head of Investec […]
Tyk, a London-based global tech company, today announced it has closed a $35m growth equity funding round led by new investors Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), alongside existing investors MMC Ventures. Tyk’s innovative API management solution helps to build mission-critical systems in highly regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, and government. It is used by […]
Cameron Ventures Group, an operator of a number of hotels in the Suffolk area, has received a £5.875m loan from Cynergy Bank, £5m of which was a CBILS loan while the remainder was lent through the Recovery Lending Scheme. Whilst the government guarantee is for six years, recognising the significant disruption Covid-19 has caused to […]
Industra, Latvia’s leading SME-focused bank, has teamed up with xpate Links, an easily deployed turnkey payment gateway solution complemented by fraud control, dispute management, reporting and an extensive scope of consultancy support, to help streamline the bank’s acquiring process as it expands its payment services to meet accelerating demand. With soaring ecommerce volumes expected to hit $4.89tr in 2021, acquirers are […]
Leicester-based Cambridge & Counties Bank, one of the UK’s leading niche banks for SMEs and professional property investors, has launched an enhanced financial crime solution in cooperation with ieDigital, the specialist financial technology provider for the financial services sector. The initiative comes against the concerning backdrop reported in PwC’s Global Economic Crime Survey 2020 which […]
Barcelona will see the launch of its first-ever community financial hub on 1 October, 2021 with the unveiling of EL CANUT – the next generation asset holder for 11Onze customers. 11Onze’s launch of its universal bank account and PSD2 compliant digital wallet, El Canut, will shake up the fintech and traditional banking sector in the […]
Leading French payments service provider (PSP) Lemonway has launched Pay By Bank in partnership with Tink, to bring open banking-powered payments to its customers across Europe. By integrating Tink’s payment initiation services (PIS), Lemonway can enable merchants to offer a fast and secure digital payment method that improves the user experience. With Pay By Bank, […]
Philip King, the former interim small business commissioner (SBC) and acknowledged expert in the world of credit and cashflow management, has joined Debt Register, a payments fintech, as an advisor to the founder, the board and as an industry champion. Philip, who prior to being appointed SBC was the chief executive of the […]
