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

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

October 24, 2025 @ 11:31 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

MGT, a vertically AI-native neo-insurer built to modernize commercial P&C insurance for small businesses and their agents, has closed an oversubscribed $21.6 million Series B funding round. The round was led by new investors Mubadala Capital with participation from Clocktower Ventures, Tacora Capital and existing… Read More

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

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

October 24, 2025 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority is concerned that financial services firms are not prepared for the transition to T+1, scheduled for October 2027. In a recent post, the FCA states that it is seeing “challenges” and “complacency” among firms that the change will impact. “Remember,… Read More

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

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

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

October 24, 2025 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain infrastructure provider Fireblocks has announced the acquisition of US-headquareted Dynamic, a digital wallet development platform that is reportedly backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) as well as Founders Fund. The acquisition is said to valued at around $90 million. The update marks Fireblocks’ initial move… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The British Business Bank announced that it co-invested more than £250 million into the UK’s scale-up firms. This latest capital injection has been channeled into 33 UK tech and life science firms, more than half of which are described as being university spinouts. These firms… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum Bank, a digital asset banking group, announces a partnership with Debifi, a Bitcoin-backed non-custodial lending platform, to develop MultiSYG, a Bitcoin-native multi-signature lending service. The product, set to launch in next year, is said to be the multi-signature Bitcoin lending solution offered by a regulated bank…. Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clay, an AI-powered credit and debit-as-a-service company, selected bank payment Fintech GoCardless in order to simplify its payments.  Clay now uses GoCardless to unify its payment process onto a scalable platform, leveraging GoCardless’ Direct Debit capability to collect repayments and Outbound Payments, the fintech’s disbursement… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) released a new survey, highlighting how U.S. consumers are approaching this holiday season and what merchants should know to capture greater sales and build loyalty. Michelle Gill, GM of Small Business and Financial Services at PayPal said that merchants that enable frictionless… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

More than £600 million has reportedly been stolen by fraudsters in first half of 2025. UK Finance releases its half year fraud report, detailing the amount its members reported as stolen through payment fraud and scams in the first half of 2025. Criminals stole £629.3… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 3:25 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Shippo, a shipping platform for e-commerce businesses, this week announced the launch of its direct integration with TikTok Shop – just in time for peak season, the busiest time of year for e-commerce merchants. For TikTok Shop sellers, the holiday rush brings both opportunity and… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 2:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com announced it has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Travel Wallet, a South Korean fintech company specializing in digital payments and currency exchange for global travelers. As part of the partnership, Travel Wallet, which enables users to hold, exchange, and spend more… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 1:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Younger investors residing in Australia are said to now be increasingly allocating a greater portion of their existing investments to high-yield cash accounts amid rising market volatility. Between 2023 and 2025, investor allocations to term deposits and high-yield savings rose from 9 per cent to… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 1:23 am By Michael Wong  |  

Merak Capital, a Saudi investment firm licensed by the Capital Market Authority, has made a SAR 100 million (USD 26.7 million) strategic investment in Arsann, the Kingdom’s leading operator of smart parking and mobility infrastructure. The move, according to an announcement, is aimed at advancing… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 1:18 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

DriveWealth, a financial technology platform providing Brokerage-as-a-Service, this week announced its partnership with BtcTurk | Hisse, Turkey’s first Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading platform. This collaboration marks BtcTurk’s move beyond digital assets and into traditional finance since starting in 2023 with Turkish stocks. With this launch,… Read More