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Jifiti launches embedded lending platform with FIS

Jifiti, a multinational embedded lending technology company, today announced that they have signed an agreement to launch an embedded lending solution with FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology.

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Teya teams with Liberis for merchant financing

Teya, the customer-centric operating system and financial service provider for merchants in Europe, has today announced its partnership with Liberis, the UK’s leading embedded finance platform.

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SME Finance enters Dutch market

SME Finance, the fintech reinventing growth financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises, announces today its expansion into the Netherlands.

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Securities Commission Malaysis seeks to boost agri sector via fintech

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is encouraging wider adoption of financial technology (fintech) in agriculture in order to help in achieving the country’s food security agenda.

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LATAM fintech Clara raises $60m

Clara, the leading end-to-end spend management solution for companies in Latin America, today announced that it has closed $60M USD ​ in an equity financing round led by GGV Capital. In addition, GGV Managing Partner Hans Tung will join the company’s Board of Directors.

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New lenders meet growing demand for consumer loans in 2022

Research from Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital borrowing marketplaces, reveals the leading challengers and neobanks added over £1.5bn of capacity to the UK’s unsecured personal loan market in 2022.

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Malta-based startup Andaria arrives in the UK

High growth sectors of the British economy have to navigate a minefield when it comes to opening a simple business current account.

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Liberis taps DNA Payments data to offer pre-approved funding to merchant customers

In a continued expansion within the SME market, leading embedded finance provider, Liberis, has today announced that they will be working with DNA Payments.

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Singapore-headquartered finbots.ai secures first client in Australia

Accel-backed finbots.ai, a Singapore headquartered B2B SaaS FinTech today announced signing Argenic - a growth stage Australian FinTech providing a suite of financial solutions for SMEs - as their latest client.

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Factris lands €50 million funding line from Aegon Asset Management

Having just reached the milestone of financing €1 billion in invoices in Q1 of 2023, the Amsterdam-based fintech Factris has received further momentum thanks to a €50 million funding line from global investment business Aegon Asset Management (Aegon AM) in April 2023.

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Moni unveils new community-powered business loans for African SMEs

Moni, a digital platform that leverages social trust and group responsibility to deliver financial services in Africa, has launched a new range of business loans that enables market traders, spare part dealers, textile traders and other small business owners in Africa to take advantage of the power of their communities to access the working capital they need to run and scale their businesses.

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Climate Tech lender HeavyFinance closes €3 million seed funding round

HeavyFinance, a climate tech investment marketplace for the agricultural industry, has successfully raised €3 million during its seed funding round, led by VC firm Practica Capital.

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ConTe.it Prestiti gets instant income verification with Tink

ConTe.it Prestiti, a new venture in the credit sector of Admiral Group Italy, has partnered with Tink, Europe’s leading open banking platform, to offer customers in ConTe.it Prestiti’s network an improved and instant lending application process.

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French fintech Aria receives €50M in debt funding from M&G Investments

Founded in 2020, Aria has concluded a new €50 million debt fundraising with one of the world’s leading asset management and investment fund management companies, M&G Investments.

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Fintechs unite with launch of ‘Lenvi’

A trio of fintechs with years of industry-leading experience are joining forces to form a powerhouse set to take on consumer and commercial lending markets.

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British fintech SteadyPay closes $3 million Seed round

N1 fintech fund invested in SteadyPay, a British progressive lending platform with a co-founder from Ukraine.

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Block makes first social impact investment in the UK

Block Inc (NYSE: SQ), a global technology company with a focus on financial services, is making its first social impact investment in the UK, providing £2m capital to ART Business Loans (ART), which is being matched by well-established ethical lender Unity Trust Bank.

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Bibby Financial Services boosts SME funding in Scotland

The UK’s largest independent invoice finance provider, Bibby Financial Services (“BFS”) significantly boosted funding for Scotland’s small and medium sized enterprises in 2022 as part of its ambitious national growth plan.

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Bibby Financial Services and Coface ally to secure Irish SME funding

Bibby Financial Services, a leading provider of financial support and funding solutions to Irish SMEs, and Coface, a global leader in trade credit insurance, have joined forces in a new collaboration to help SME’s in Ireland access securely structured funding solutions while also ensuring they are protected against potential lost revenue.

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Visa and Froda unveil push-payments for SME business loan market

Access to financing has long been a major hurdle for businesses eyeing growth. Against this backdrop, Visa, Froda and Lunar are announcing a global partnership and launching a new, innovative technology aimed at resolving these issues – for good.

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