October 25, 2025 @ 1:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LSEG announced that 11 global banks (together, the Investing Banks) have agreed to invest in its Post Trade Solutions business, acquiring a 20% stake. The Investing Banks will each now become shareholders in Post Trade Solutions, acquiring the stake for “aggregate cash consideration of £170… Read More

 Tagged investments, london stock exchange group, lseg, uk, united kingdom

October 24, 2025 @ 6:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO), a payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, this week announced a partnership with Alchemy Pay, a payment gateway connecting crypto with traditional fiat currencies. The collaboration leverages dLocal’s local payment infrastructure to support  Alchemy Pay’s expansion in Latin America, starting with instant bank… Read More

 Tagged Ailona Tsik, alchemy pay, dlocal, Hamish Johnston, latam, payments

October 24, 2025 @ 6:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

African fintech Moniepoint has raised more than $200 million in equity financing in a recently closed Series C funding round. The investment will fuel its ongoing mission to serve businesses and their customers across Africa and the global diaspora. The round was led by Development… Read More

 Tagged Adefolarin Ogunsanya, africa, Felix Ike, funding round, Karima Ola, Moniepoint, payments, Tosin Eniolorunda

October 24, 2025 @ 1:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Transak, the global payments infrastructure provider for crypto and stablecoins, today announced a strategic agreement with Cross River Bank, a tech infrastructure provider that provides embedded financial solutions, to leverage Cross River’s fiat payment capabilities, “scaling Transak’s fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat on/off ramp services.” Via this… Read More

 Tagged cross river bank, Crypto Transactions, payments, transak

October 24, 2025 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments Canada announced recently that it implemented amendments to By-laws No. 1 and 3. These amendments now aim to reflect key changes to the Canadian Payments Act (CP Act) as well as the introduction of the Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA). The stated objective of… Read More

 Tagged compliance, digital transactions, payments canada, psps

October 24, 2025 @ 11:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

lemlist, a sales engagement platform, has acquired AI platform Claap. Claap, valued between $15 million and $30 million, transforms every sales conversation into actionable insights and context-aware AI agents. With the self-funded acquisition, lemlist will now provide sales teams with AI-generated actionable insights based on… Read More

 Tagged AI agent, Charles Tenot, Claap, headline, lemlist, localglobe, Robin Bonduelle

October 24, 2025 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from ClearBank reveals that large UK businesses now view embedded financial services as a strategic boardroom decision and business growth driver. The research report released by ClearBank examines the attitudes of 200 senior business professionals at established UK-based corporates towards embedded finance as well… Read More

 Tagged clearbank, embedded finance, insights, research, uk

October 24, 2025 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have joined to open up a “Scale Up Unit” with a mission to support regulated firms grow. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, shared the news during a Forum in Leeds. The Forum focused… Read More

 Tagged fca, financial conduct authority, prudential regulation authority, Rachel Reeves, uk, united kingdom

October 24, 2025 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

This is kind of interesting. Neobank Chime appears to be gaining popularity among new checking account openings. Chime is a neobank, not a chartered digital bank, that provides services in partnership with The Bancorp Bank and Stride Bank. Chime prides itself on offering services that… Read More

 Tagged chime, neobank

October 24, 2025 @ 8:31 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Epiminds, founded by Swedish entrepreneurs Elias Malm and Mo Elkhidir, has announced its public launch from stealth alongside $6.6 million in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from EWOR, Entourage, and angels, including the former CMO of Booking.com. In 12 weeks from ideation,… Read More

 Tagged AI Agents, Elias Malm, Epiminds, John Axelsson, marketing, Mo Elkhidir, sweden