UK fintech GoCardless has achieved a key milestone by posting its first-ever profitable quarter. This update from the financial technology provider represents a significant shift for the company, which is said to have prioritized expansion and innovation in the payments landscape. The positive results stem… Read More
Tagged gocardless, uk, united kingdom
Pipe, a Fintech firm offering embedded financing tools for small businesses, has raised $16 million in a funding round led by investors including Fin Capital and MaC Venture Capital, the company said. The deal marks Pipe’s first equity fundraising since it relaunched its embedded financing… Read More
Tagged fin capital, funding round, pipe
The early effects of the ceasefire and an interesting take on tokenization highlight our Web3 Thoughts of the Week. CLARITY Act – tokenization legislation “While the US Congress debates how to fit tokenization into existing securities law, and European leaders build legal frameworks around third-party… Read More
Tagged Aurelie Barthere, ceasefire, clarity act, Coin Bureau, dropprwa, Faisal Al Monai, legislation, nansen, Nic Puckrin, tokenization
Alpaca noted in a blog post that Azerbaijan’s retail investors have long struggled to tap into international financial markets. Issues such as geographic distance, underdeveloped local capital markets (though now developing quite fast in recent years), inefficient account-opening procedures, and scarce investment choices have kept… Read More
Tagged alpaca, azerbaijan, birbank invest, infrastructure, pasha capital
Anthropic has entered a long-term partnership with cloud infrastructure service provider CoreWeave. The collab aims to boost the company’s processing capabilities, enabling the enhanced development and rollout of its flagship Claude suite of AI models. This arrangement grants Anthropic access to an array of Nvidia… Read More
Thredd—the AI-powered issuer processing platform—has joined forces with Cross River Bank, a provider of embedded financial infrastructure. The strategic partnership, unveiled on March 11, 2026, aims to simplify and accelerate how overseas fintech innovators establish operations in the United States, blending technology with regulatory know-how… Read More
Tagged cross river bank, fintech, thredd
VC activity across the Latin America region showed renewed strength in the first quarter of 2026, driven largely by a considerable surge in late-stage and growth-equity investments from international firms. According to the latest Crunchbase data shared with CI, startups in the region secured $1.03… Read More
Tagged fundraising, latam, research, vc, venture capital
UK Finance has noted that the United Kingdom’s government has rolled out its updated Fraud Strategy for 2026–2029, marking the first key update since the previous plan was introduced three years ago under the earlier Sunak administration. With fraud now said to be representing roughly… Read More
Tagged fraud, uk finance, united kingdom
KPMG UK has provided an extensive analysis of the Bank of England’s Q1 2026 Credit Conditions Survey, cautioning industry participants that the UK lending market is showing clear signs of mounting stress despite some areas of stability. KPMG’s researchers emphasized that rising default rates by… Read More
Tagged bank of england, economic outlook, inflation, insights, kpmg uk, research
The NatWest Accelerator has unveiled fresh initiatives aimed at fostering a more inclusive landscape for entrepreneurship across the United Kingdom. The program, part of NatWest Group, is intensifying efforts to dismantle obstacles that prevent talented business professionals from thriving, with a target of expanding its… Read More
Tagged accelerator, natwest group, startups, uk
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