Funding Societies and SGeBIZ to Offer Embedded Finance Solutions for SMEs in Singapore by Omar Faridi

Cross-Border Payments Fintech Thunes to Acquire Digital Payment Platform Tilia

To accelerate its growth in the United States and its presence in the fast-expanding online gaming market, Thunes, a global cross-border payments company, is proud to announce that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tilia LLC, an all-in-one payments platform. Tilia is licensed in… Read More

Fintech iLex, the Loan Distribution Platform, Appoints Sean Tai as Head of Business Development

iLex, the loan distribution platform, announced today the appointment of Sean Tai as Head of Business Development. Sean will lead the development, commercialization and “adoption of the iLex loan distribution platform globally and reinforce the iLex executive team in delivering its ambitious roadmap.” Based in… Read More

Fintech Firm Upflow Reports New Funding to Bring Payments by Upflow to Market

The team at Upflow is pleased to announce that we’ve secured $5 million in new funding to bring Payments by Upflow to market. This Series A extension will help them “bring the best of consumer e-commerce to B2B payments.” Designed specifically for B2B businesses, Payments… Read More

Golden Acquired by ComplyAdvantage

ComplyAdvantage has acquired Golden, according to a statement issued by the company. ComplyAdvantage is a firm that provides AI-powered financial crime risk data and fraud detection technology. Golden is a data-mining firm that uses natural language processing to drive value from dispersed sources of information…. Read More

Figure Technology Solutions Appoints Michael Tannenbaum as CEO

Figure Technology Solutions, provider of a scaled technology platform built to enhance efficiency and transparency in financial services, announced the appointment of Michael Tannenbaum as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. In conjunction with the appointment, Mike Cagney,… Read More

UK Finance and Addleshaw Goddard Release Report on Use of Model Clauses to Support Variable Recurring Payments Development

UK Finance, in association with law firm Addleshaw Goddard LLP, is announcing a report on the use of model clauses to support the development of the Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) for commercial applications in the UK. VRPs are a form of payments instruction that “allows… Read More

UK Fintech GoCardless Expands Partnership with Intuit QuickBooks

GoCardless, the bank payment company, has expanded its partnership with Intuit QuickBooks, a financial management software, with two new launches. The fintech has now introduced a GoCardless app in the Intuit Quickbooks Marketplace in Australia and the United States, “enabling more than 225,000 QuickBooks users… Read More

Payments Fintech Trustly to Enable Growth for Businesses Across Europe

Trustly announces a pledge to boost growth for businesses across Europe. In a major move to enhance the checkout experience “for millions of people,” the payments tech firm unveils the new Trustly Growth Guarantee. They are offering clients – current and new – a fresh… Read More

UK Savers Feel More Positive than Negative About Retirement Prospects, PensionBee Study Reveals

According to PensionBee’s latest Pension Confidence Index, Brits feel more positive than negative about their retirement prospects, for the first time in six months. Positive pension sentiment has “surged in the last three months, with the Pension Confidence Indicator soaring to +22 in March 2024.”… Read More

Global Payments Fintech Airwallex Teams Up with Bird to Enable Cross-Border Transfers

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced its partnership with Bird (formerly MessageBird), a global communication platform, to power Bird’s international payments operations. Powering Bird’s global payments infrastructure Bird’s platform, applications and APIs help 29,000+ businesses “to streamline conversations and… Read More