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Creditspring, the subscription-based credit provider on a mission to improve financial stability across the UK, has closed 2025 with its strongest year to date, having provided over 1.7 million loans to members across the UK since the company’s inception in 2016, totalling more than £715 million. Against a backdrop of ongoing cost-of-living pressure and rising…
Sutherland, a global leader in business and digital transformation, today announced a strategic partnership with ComplyAdvantage, a leading AI-driven risk intelligence platform. The collaboration introduces a comprehensive,AI-driven financial crime (FinCrime) management solution designed to help banks and Fintechs respond to the rapid rise of AI-designed fraud, complex AML risks, fast-evolving financial crime threats, and complex compliance requirements. Today, financial crime…
bunq, Europe’s second-largest neobank, today announced the launch of Term Deposits, a new savings option with some of the market’s highest returns, as well as easier ways for anyone to track and invest in crypto. With Term Deposits, bunq users can lock in their money for a fixed period and benefit from significantly higher, guaranteed…
UK shoppers are putting security first when buying online – with new research conducted by Pay with Bank Transfer, powered by American Express, finding that over three quarters (76%) of consumers have security front of mind for every purchase they make. American Express surveyed 2,000 consumers and found that they are open to using new…
dLocal, the leading payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has announced a new strategic partnership with Convera, a global leader in commercial payments. With this partnership, dLocal and Convera will streamline and scale its local payout capabilities in key emerging markets starting with Colombia and expanding across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Across emerging markets,…
Finastra’s User Connect 2025 conference, hosted in Denver and Orlando, brought together Finastra team members, industry leaders, and customers to explore the future of retail lending through the lens of automation, collaboration, and customer-centric innovation. The event series emphasized strategic insights into how financial institutions can leverage lending technology, such as LaserPro and Mortgagebot, to…
Coinbase, the leading publicly-listed firm for digital assets, and Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, today announced the selection of Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the exclusive bridging solution for all Coinbase Wrapped Assets, enabling cross-chain transfers and expansion. Coinbase Wrapped Assets, which include cbBTC, cbETH, cbDOGE, cbLTC, cbADA, and cbXRP, currently have an aggregate market cap of approximately $7B. Chainlink operates…
Visa (NYSE: V), a global leader in digital payments, today announced the launch of its Stablecoins Advisory Practice. The new value-added service offering by Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) provides actionable insights and recommendations to guide banks, fintechs, merchants, and businesses of all sizes on market fit, strategy, and implementation. As the stablecoin market cap surpasses $250 billion, Visa’s…
MassPay Holdings LLC today announced that MassPay is integrating Visa Direct to enable faster payouts to cards, bank accounts, and digital wallets through MassPay’s proprietary orchestration platform. For businesses that need to pay people across borders – whether gig workers, marketplace sellers or independent contractors – the traditional process is complex and slow. Companies typically…
Octopus Energy customers can now get their account credit back faster than ever before, thanks to a new tie-up with fintech company GoCardless. Octopus has completed one of the largest Direct Debit migrations in UK history, moving 5.5 million accounts and £12 billion of payments to GoCardless – so customers can get self-refunds much faster. …
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), a global leader in banking technology, announced that Finductive, a Malta-based financial services provider, has gone live with Temenos to power its new digital payments platform, enabling secure and efficient digital payment services for businesses across Europe. Finductive has deployed Temenos Accounts, Payments and Financial Crime Mitigation (FCM), providing a money movement and…
Mollie, one of Europe’s fastest-growing financial service providers, has signed an agreement to acquire bank payment company GoCardless. The strategic combination creates one provider serving over 350,000 businesses that integrates card payments, local methods, and bank payments into a single solution. A payments powerhouse Businesses scaling internationally or building recurring revenue models face a persistent challenge:…
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