Tagged: embedded finance

Embedded Finance Is Empowering Business Technology to Streamline Operations – Report

Weavr’s whitepaper, titled “Flexible benefits cards: Employee choice, business control”, highlights the impact that fintech, and embedded finance in particular, is having on business applications, such as those utilized by HR teams for employee benefits schemes. The latest report shared by Weavr has found that… Read More

B2B Embedded Financial Platform Toqio Inks DSA Deal

B2B embedded finance platform Toqio has signed an agreement with the global e-commerce company DSA. The partnership with the UK- and Hong Kong-based company is Toqio’s maiden step into logistics after establishing itself as a partner to corporate firms in the hospitality and pharmaceuticals sectors,… Read More

LendAPI Raises $3.2 Million Seed Round

LendAPI, part of Techstars 2024 cohort, has raised $3.2 million in seed funding. Cohen Circle led the funding round, which included the participation of Great North Ventures, AlleyCorp, Techstars, Plug and Play, and Interlock Capital. According to a release, LendAPI’s tech stack aims to provide… Read More

Embedded Payments and Finance Now a $185B Opportunity – Research Report

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, has today launched a new report with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) which reveals a game-changing $185 billion market opportunity for SaaS platforms, a substantial 25% increase since 2022. BCG’s analysis reveals this market growth is… Read More

Embedded Finance Platform YouLend Announces Financing Facility with Castlelake to Fund US SMBs

YouLend, an embedded financing platform, announces that it has secured a financing facility with funds managed by Castlelake, a global alternative investment firm that focuses on asset-based private credit The facility reportedly broadens YouLend’s investor base in the US and increases its available capital, which… Read More

Embedded Finance Offers Competitive Edge for Firms that Can Address Integration and Regulatory Requirements – Report

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, released a report exploring the opportunities and challenges tied to embedded finance – the practice of platforms, marketplaces, and software companies integrating user-friendly financial services within their existing offerings. Airwallex’s survey of 200 enterprise decision-makers… Read More

Pipe Partners with GoCardless

US-based Pipe is expanding into the UK by collaborating with GoCardless. Pipe is a Fintech that makes financial tools accessible to smaller firms, including embedded financing. GoCardless is a global payments firm with over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names. Under the partnership, Pipe’s… Read More

European Embedded Finance Platform Solaris to Discontinue Parts of Electronic Money Institution Business

Solaris, Europe’s embedded finance platform has taken the difficult decision to discontinue major parts of its Electronic Money Institution business (formerly known as Contis). Solaris is reshaping into a stronger, “more resilient and agile organization that leads the market with innovative financial solutions.” As part… Read More

Liberis, Sezzle Announce Partnership on SME Funding

Liberis and Sezzle are collaborating on enabling access to financing for smaller firms. Liberis is a an embedded finance that aims to provide “hyper-personalized” access to capital. Sezzle is a BNPL or Buy Now Pay Later provider. Sezzle will now promote he LIberis service to its… Read More

Philippine Financial Industry Set to Drive Embedded Finance Growth by 42% Annually – Report

The Philippines’ financial industry is poised to accelerate the development of non-financial applications within the embedded finance sector by over 42% annually, according to a recently released report by Fintech Alliance PH. The report highlights the growing influence of fintech in non-banking sectors such as… Read More

Embedded Finance Landscape Is Shifting with Financial Services Enablers Moving Towards Full Banking Licenses – Report

Strategy consultants at OC&C have shared a report unveiling a significant opportunity for Embedded Finance for scale SaaS ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and payroll providers. Embedded Finance refers to the “integration of financial products into non-financial customer journeys.” The value chain for embedded finance typically… Read More

Unit, the Financial Infrastructure Platform Enabling Embedded Finance, Partners with Lincoln Savings Bank

Unit, the financial infrastructure platform that powers embedded finance, announced a strategic partnership with Lincoln Savings Bank (LSB). This collaboration will power LSB to expand its embedded finance offerings and “further cement its reputation as an innovative financial institution.” Founded in 1902, Lincoln Savings Bank… Read More

Cross River Bank Announces New Members to Board of Directors

CRB Group, Inc., the parent company of Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, announced it has appointed three new members to its Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2024: Roland Fryer, Richard Laxer and Gabrielle Vitale. Gilles Gade, Founder,… Read More

Digital Assets Firm Bitpanda to Leverage Bankident, a Scalable KYC Solution to Identify Clients in Germany

Solaris, Europe’s embedded finance platform is pleased to welcome Bitpanda, Europe’s crypto platform, on its KYC platform. Bitpanda will leverage Solaris full digital and scalable KYC solution Bankident “to identify customers in Germany.” This signals a new chapter in “a longstanding partnership between Solaris &… Read More

For Marqeta, Accelerated Wage Access (AWA) is Part of a Much Bigger Play

The evolution of Earned Wage Access, or, in Marqeta’s (NASDAQ: MQ) case, Accelerated Wage Access (AWA), is part of a larger opportunity for employers to provide more efficient financial services to people they know better than most lenders – their employees. Chief revenue officer Todd… Read More

Embedded Finance Provider Weavr Obtains EMI License from Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)

Embedded finance provider Weavr has obtained an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) License from the Maltese Financial Services Authority (MFSA) to support its European embedders. Weavr announces that it has “acquired a European e-money license.” The license is significant for both Weavr and the embedded finance… Read More

Cross River Marks 16 Years of Growth By Reflecting on Contributions to Fintech Ecosystem

Cross River Bank, a provider of technology infrastructure and embedded financial solutions, is marking its 16th year of doing business since its founding in June of 2008. Coming out of the 2008 financial crisis, Cross River claims that it “has been at the forefront of… Read More

Businesses Are Increasingly Embedding Financial Tools from BNPL to Insurance Distribution – Research Report

The embedded finance market is now ranking and evolving, according to an update shared by CBInsights. The report notes that this is taking place where integrated financial services are maturing, emerging, and plateauing. This latest research report uses the CB Insights TECH Framework in order… Read More

Viola FinTech Adds Former Payoneer CEO Scott Galit as Advisor, Release Contextual Finance Report

Viola FinTech, an operator-led global Fintech venture fund, announced this past week that Scott Galit has joined its advisory board. Galit is the former CEO of Payoneer, an international payments platform that partners with freelancers, SMBs, marketplaces, and enterprises, especially in emerging markets. Previously, Galit… Read More

Senior Executive’s Embedded Finance Attitudes, Analyzed in Pathward Report

Pathward’s new report – Embedded Finance – Executive Perspectives shares how executives view a growing trend that’s set to grow almost fivefold to $248.4 billion by 2032. One key takeaway is there is opportunity for consultants to assist with strategy and implementation. Most senior executives,… Read More

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