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Qred streamlines credit decisions with open banking tech from Enable Banking

Enable Banking, the open banking provider offering the most comprehensive business account connectivity and account-to-account payment infrastructure in the market has partnered with Qred Bank, a trailblazer providing fast and flexible financing solutions tailored to entrepreneurs' needs.

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Saudi fintech lender Forus secures $60 million debt facility from Fasanara

Forus, one of Saudi’s leading debt crowdlending platforms specialising in working capital solutions for SMEs, has secured a $60 million securitization debt facility from Fasanara Capital Ltd (“Fasanara”), a London-based investment manager with over $4.5 billion in assets under management.

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Finmid expands SME ffinancing platform to 20 countries

finmid, the financial infrastructure innovator enabling B2B platforms to quickly provide fast, personalised financing to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), today announced its expansion into eight new European markets.

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Digital finance platform Tapline raises funds

Tapline, a digital finance platform allowing SaaS and subscription companies to trade their future revenues for upfront and non-dilutive cash, has raised a €20 million pre-Series A round comprising both equity and debt.

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HTX explores impact of Trump policy on the crypto industry

HTX, a digital asset exchange, released their 2025 crypto outlook, reflecting on the key developments in 2024 and highlighting developments to watch in 2025.

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Blockchain groups sue US IRS over new DeFi regulations

The US Internal Revenue Services (IRS) and Treasury are facing legal action from a number of blockchain trade groups over newly introduced rules for crypto brokers.

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Lithuania's Finbee enters Polish market

The alternative non-bank financier Finbee for Business is starting operations in Poland.

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SumUp extends cash advance product to Europe

Global fintech SumUp today announced the expansion of its Cash Advance product that first launched in the UK in 2020.

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Traditional AI Is Not A Reasoning Machine; It’s A Set of Rules

Many have fallen into a belief that AI is a self-thinking entity, but Daniel Szmukler, Director, Euro Banking Association (EBA) discussed with FinextraTV how this was a fallacy. Whilst at Finextra’s inaugural NextGenAI event, Szmukler joined the studio to explain the varying usage of AI across the financial institutions and consumers and, in particular, to assert that traditional AI is a set of rules, not a reasoning machine.

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Tarabut & Geidea sign MoU for SME financing in Saudi Arabia

Tarabut, the MENA region’s leading, regulated open banking platform, and Geidea, Saudi Arabia’s leading payments solutions provider, have entered a strategic partnership to explore and potentially develop tailored SME financing solutions, subject to regulatory approvals.

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Lendscape signs Express Trade Capital

Lendscape, a leading technology provider to the global secured finance market, is excited to announce its partnership with prominent finance provider, Express Trade Capital.

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Modifi scoops $15 million Series C

MODIFI, a leading global platform in B2B Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions, today announced the successful completion of a $15 million funding round led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund with participation from existing investors Maersk, Neva (Intesa Sanpaolo), Heliad and other top-tier global investors.

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Dojo joins forces with YouLend to bring embedded financing options to Spanish businesses

Dojo, a leading provider of payment technology, has joined forces with global embedded financing platform YouLend to introduce flexible, business-friendly financing to its Spanish customers.

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Iwoca secures $200 million of debt funding led by Citi

iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders, announces a new £200m package of debt funding from Citi and Waterfall Asset Management and doubles its SME loan offer ceiling to £1 million.

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SME lender iwoca secures £200m in debt funding

Iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders, announces a new £200m package of debt funding from Citi and Waterfall Asset Management and doubles its SME loan offer ceiling to £1 million.

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Bizcap expands to Singapore

Bizcap, a leader in fast and flexible business finance across the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand, is thrilled to announce its upcoming Singapore expansion and the appointment of Joseph Lim as Managing Partner – Asia.

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DailyPay gets additional $100m credit commitment from Citi

DailyPay, Inc., a worktech company and leading provider of earned wage access, today announced it has secured an additional $100 million commitment to its secured credit facility capacity from Citi.

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YouLend secures $1 billion three-year financing facility with Castlelake

YouLend, a global embedded financing platform today announces that it has secured a new financing facility with funds managed by Castlelake, a global alternative investment firm that specializes in asset-based private credit.

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Plooto offer short term capital to SMEs with new Pay by Card product

Plooto, a leading payment automation solution for small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs), now offers Pay by Card to Canadian and U.S. businesses, developed in collaboration with Visa.

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PayPal plugs £2.5 billion cashflow gap for UK small businesses

New PayPal data has revealed the reach and impact of ‘alternative business funding’ amongst British small businesses.