January 22, 2024 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Business activity at UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expanded at the fastest rate for seven months in December, “led by renewed growth in the service economy.” Adding to signs of a steady turnaround in business conditions, new orders “stabilized at the end of 2023,… Read More

 Tagged james holian, natwest, natwest group, research, Research Report, sebastian burnside, small businesses, smbs, sme's, uk, united kingdom

January 22, 2024 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following its launch in the Netherlands last year, smeGo aims to expand further in Europe and offer established SMEs “a full range of financial services and digital tools.” In 2024, smeGo says that it plans to “maintain the pace of its growth and is actively… Read More

 Tagged europe, mindaugas mikalajūnas, netherlands, small businesses, smbs, sme's, smego

January 22, 2024 @ 5:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NAB has partnered with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to deliver a free cyber assessment tool in order “to help Aussie small businesses prepare for and bounce back from a cyber attack.” The tailored, self-assessment – available for all Australian businesses from now – “takes under two… Read More

 Tagged australia, cyber assessment, cyberattacks, digital tools, microsoft, NAB, security, small businesses, smbs, sme's

January 21, 2024 @ 7:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eltropy, the digital conversations platform for community financial institutions (CFIs), has recently announced the launch of Lobby Management – a new capability to create better in-branch experiences. Part of Eltropy’s Unified Digital Conversations Platform, Lobby Management empowers in-branch associates “to manage customer flow effectively, all… Read More

 Tagged Ashish Garg, Customer Experience, cx, digital technology, digitalization, eltropy, financial institutions, financial services

January 21, 2024 @ 7:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vertice, which claims to be the “only” integrated SaaS and cloud spend management platform, has recently announced a $25 million Series B following a year of revenue growth. The company reports that it has now “raised a total of $51 million since January 2022, upping… Read More

 Tagged cloud, investment round, saas, vertice

January 21, 2024 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global financial technology company SumUp continues its efforts to support small businesses and recently unveiled several new product features. Since its founding in 2012, SumUp claims that it “has delivered a consistent stream of sector-defining products, all launched with SMEs in mind – helping them… Read More

 Tagged anna kuriakose, europe, sumup, uk, united kingdom

January 21, 2024 @ 5:59 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Financial firm AllBank and digital payment platform JustPayTo have announced a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing the digital payment ecosystem in the Philippines. In a statement, the two firms said their partnership seeks to revolutionize the way customers engage in cashless transactions, especially in the… Read More

 Tagged AllBank, digital payments, fintech, JustPayTo, Philippines

January 21, 2024 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regtech Sumsub has reportedly joined the MENA FinTech Association (MFTA) in order to drive business growth in the MENA region, while “raising identity fraud awareness, and fostering innovation in the fintech sector.” This partnership highlights Sumsub’s commitment “to establishing and strengthening key industry connections and… Read More

 Tagged andrew sever, financial services, mena, mena fintech association, mena region, nameer khan, regtech, regulatory technology, sumsub

January 20, 2024 @ 7:43 pm By Michael Wong  |  

India-based financial services platform DMI Group has announced its acquisition of the Goldman Sachs-backed ‘buy now pay later’ (BNPL) platform ZestMoney. This comes after the Bengaluru-based ZestMoney ceased operations following unsuccessful attempts to revive its business amid regulatory uncertainties. DMI, having raised over $1.5 billion… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, digital lender, dmi group, india, online lending, zestmoney

January 20, 2024 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Billink, the Netherlands-based Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) solution trusted by 3 million shoppers, has raised €29.5 million from the German Varengold Bank. The payment provider will use the funding “to expand its offering to the top-50 largest Benelux web shops, enter the German market,… Read More

 Tagged billink, bnpl, buy now pay later, europe, frank waagmeester, germany, netherlands, varengold bank