German fintech Moss lands $29m funding in Series A extension
Start-up claims the latest injection boosts its valuation up to $264 million.
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US Bank acquires SME expenses firm Bento Technologies
US Bank aims to combine its payment and expenses offerings for SMEs.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three really exciting jobs to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at OakNorth, Checkout.com and Deloitte. Apply today!
Mambu wins new digital banking deals in Colombia and Vietnam
German banking vendor signs a pair of new deals spread across the globe.
Canadian fintech FreshBooks reaches $1bn valuation with latest funding
Firm secures $80.75 million in Series E funding and $50 million in debt financing.
ICYMI funding round-up: Snoop, Easy, Wildfire Systems, Ritmo & more
Another batch of funding rounds that might have flown under your radar.
ICYMI funding round-up: Cobee, Sila, Vincent, WhenThen, Clara & more
Another batch of funding rounds that might have flown under your radar.
Greengage bank seeks Gibraltar licence to serve SMEs and crypto firms
New firm wants to be Gibraltar’s first digital merchant bank.
South African fintech Yoco looks to scale following $83m Series C round
The firm is now targeting expansion across Africa and the Middle East.
Swift launches low-value payments service Swift Go
Payments network aims to make things easier for small businesses.
Paystone raises $23.8m for payments and engagement platform
Canadian company brings total raised in 2021 to $78.7 million.
White paper: SME lending – the road to real-time approvals
Discover how rapid innovation, smarter decisioning and faster approvals can be yours.
Winners announced for the 2021 PayTech Awards
24 winners and 31 highly commended for projects, companies, products, individuals and teams!
Lending: preparing for the unprecedented
How lenders can effectively manage commercial credit risk in an ever-changing world.
AirAsia subsidiary BigPay bids for Malaysian banking licence
E-wallet firm aims to capture one of five offered by the Malaysian central bank.
Moneycorp announces new head of payment solutions
Francesco Giovanni Ghizzardi previously held senior roles at Ebury and Cambridge Global Payments.
Klarna signs merchant financing partnership with Liberis
Liberis will roll out its revenue-based solution in the coming months.
Tide expands to India with £100m investment and RBL Bank partnership
UK business bank aims to “unleash” the potential of Indian SMEs.
JP Morgan Chase acquires 40% stake in Brazil’s digital challenger C6 Bank
Launched in 2019, digital bank C6 has more than seven million customers.
Customer-centric fintechs will reshape South East Asian commerce
There are huge opportunities right now for fintechs looking to South East Asia.
Deutsche Bank signs payments joint venture with Fiserv
The two firms plan to create new acceptance and banking solutions.
Payshop goes live on BHMI’s Concourse for back-office payments
Portuguese payments firm aims for “seamless support”.
Open banking – supporting businesses during a critical phase
84% of UK SMEs are frustrated with their current banking experience.
Alchemy Partners invests £100m in DNA Payments
DNA will use its new cash to expand in the UK and Europe.
Real-time payments have real-time benefits especially for small businesses
In addition to money, faster payments are also about instant connectivity, precision, transparency and certainty.
2021 PayTech Awards hosted by Darren Harriott
Register for the free digital ceremony and networking on 8 July 2021.
Fintech funding deals globally 24-30 May 2021
Featuring Circle, Forter, Zeta, PaySend, and Agicap.
UK bookkeeping fintech Coconut embarks on crowdfunding path
The latest funding push by Coconut comes ahead of a significant switch to mandatory quarterly digital filing.
US Century Bank picks NCR digital banking platform
$1.4 billion-asset bank impressed by “consistent” look and feel.
nCino wins first German client in Hamburg Commercial Bank
Accenture will provide project management, design, development and testing.
Deutsche Bank seeks payments revamp with Silverflow deal
Deutsche Bank says the deal will support the launch of two new payment services this year.
Shortlist announced for PayTech Awards 2021
Register for the digital gala and networking on 8 July 2021 – it’s free to attend and open to everyone.
ICYMI funding round-up: Mavience, VitraCash, KogoPay & more
We round up another selection of deals you may have missed.
NAB lands approval for 86 400 acquisition despite competition concerns
86 400 bagged its own banking licence back in 2019.
Vista Bank Group selects Radar Payments to power pan-African processing
African challenger bank selects BPC company to underpin payments.
Swedish SME lender Fedelta picks Vilja banking system
Vilja wins another deal in its home country with challenger bank.
Fintech API firm Railz raises $12m in Series A funding round
Toronto-based start-up aims to solve “universal challenge for SMEs”.
Bill.com acquires spend management firm Divvy in $2.5bn deal
Bill.com is paying $625 million in cash and $1.875 billion of common stock.
Report: AI – the future of content management in financial services
Our latest deep-dive report focuses on the potentially revolutionary role of AI in banking content management.
Nedbank and Mastercard launch WhatsApp payments with Money Message
South African bank aims to provide easy payments to small businesses.
