Credit referencing and support

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Indian lending platform KreditBee closes second tranche of $200m funding round

Bengaluru-based fintech lending platform KreditBee has extended its Series D funding round with a $100 million investment from private equity giant Advent International.

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Fiinu to deploy TransUnion open banking tech and credit reference data as backbone for overdrafts

Global information and insights company TransUnion is supporting Fiinu Bank to help enable its innovative overdraft solution, using TransUnion Open Banking capabilities and credit reference data.

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Updraft raises £108m in debt and equity

Financial habit forming platform, Updraft, announces today its latest investment round, raising another £108 million in equity and debt to power its ambitious growth strategy and deliver savings to its fast-growing user base of 300k members.

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French instant credit fintech Younited raises €60m

Younited, a Paris-based credit and payment platform, has hit unicorn status thanks to a €60 million raise from its main shareholders, including Goldman Sachs.

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Adam Neumann venture Flow picks Bond to power digital wallet

Bond, the leading embedded finance platform, announced today that residential real estate business Flow has selected Bond as the embedded finance platform partner to power Flow’s planned digital wallet, which will offer differentiated financial products.

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Prism harnesses open banking to generate more accurate credit scores

Prism Data, an open banking analytics platform, today introduced CashScore v3, a powerful new version of its CashScore credit scoring model that leverages anonymized, consumer-permissioned open banking data to fully illuminate a consumer’s true credit risk.

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Prime Bank begins commercial roll out of Agam credit scoring tech

A digital platform which is set to revolutionise lending to both individuals and businesses is being launched by Prime Bank, a leading private commercial bank in Bangladesh with the system powered by AGAM, a next generation UK Fintech.

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Intuit boosts Credit Karma unit with SeedFi acquisition

Intuit has agreed to buy SeedFi, the financial health startup behind Credit Karma's Credit Builder feature. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Commonwealth Bank launches credit score hub

Commonwealth Bank announced today the launch of a new credit score hub to enable millions of customers to easily view and access their Experian credit score and personalised credit report, free of charge via the CommBank app and NetBank from this month.

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Experian to run Singapore BNPL credit bureau

Experian has been appointed to operate Singapore's buy now, pay later credit bureau, providing firms with creditworthiness checks on consumer BNPL debt.

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FCA plans improvements to the credit information market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out proposals to improve the credit information sector so it can deliver higher quality and more comprehensive information for consumers and firms.

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American Express pilots application for consumers to apply for card without damaging credit score

American Express (NYSE: AXP) today announced that it is piloting a new application experience for its U.S. Personal Cards to help consumers apply with confidence, especially those who are unsure if they’ll qualify for a Card.

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Zest AI raises over $50m

Zest AI, the leader in automating underwriting with more accurate and inclusive lending insights powered by AI, announced today that the company has raised over $50 million in a new growth round.

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Chime and Upstart lay off staff; Credit Karma pauses hiring

Digital bank Chime, online lender Upstart and Intuit-owned Credit Karma are the latest fintechs to reassess staffing in the face of the economic downturn.

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Ethical lender Plend raises £40m

Plend, a UK "ethical lender" that is ditching the traditional credit system and is instead using open banking data for lending decisions, has raised £40 million in seed funding.

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Uplinq adds Allison Sagraves to advisory board

Uplinq Financial Technologies - the first global credit assessment and scoring platform for SMB lenders - today announced the addition of Allison Sagraves to its board of advisors, where she will help steer Uplinq's strategic direction.

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Seeking Approval - Acquirers vs. Transaction Fraud

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Uplinq Financial Technologies scores $1.25m investment

Uplinq Financial Technologies - the first global credit assessment and scoring platform for SMB lenders - today announced a $1.25 million investment from ATX Venture Partners , an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas.

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SBK Foundation and AGAM International team on Bangladesh digital microfinance platform

Bangladesh’s entrepreneurs and ‘gig’ economy workers - many of whom are women - are able to access loans for the first time through a landmark agreement between SBK Foundation and UK fintech AGAM International.