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Microlender Tala raises $145m to move into savings and crypto

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Microlender Tala raises $145m to move into savings and crypto

Microlender to the underbanked Tala has raised $145 million in Series E financing to fund a host of new services, including crypto.

Credit Kudos launches Open Banking credit score

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Credit Kudos launches Open Banking credit score

Credit Kudos has launched Signal, an Open Banking and machine learning-based credit score that it says enables lenders to increase acceptance of previously declined customers and reduce defaults.

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Creditspring launches credit builder product to support near-prime borrowers across UK

Subscription loan provider, Creditspring, launches Step, a new credit builder product that helps members gradually improve their credit score without running the risk of incurring further debt.

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Cirralto upgrades core product Spenda

Following the commercial release of the Spenda Payment Suite in May 2021, this week, Cirralto released a major upgrade to the Spenda system.

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Pagaya names JPMorgan's Leslie Gillin chief growth officer

Pagaya Technologies Ltd. (“Pagaya”), a financial technology company that enables financial institutions to expand access to more customers through its partnerships and artificial intelligence network, today announced the appointment of Leslie Gillin, former President of Chase Co-Brand Cards, CMO of Citi's Global Consumer Bank and, most recently, CMO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., as its Chief Growth Officer.

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ADA Impacto founders win inaugural Women’s World Banking award

Women’s World Banking today announced Alexa Varsavsky, CEO and head of product, and Isabel Oriol, CMO and head of business development, at ADA Impacto, as the inaugural recipients of the Female Founder Award, launched this year as a new honor as part of its annual Fintech Innovation Challenge.

First National Bank of Omaha launches BNPL offering for merchants

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First National Bank of Omaha launches BNPL offering for merchants

First National Bank of Omaha is joining the BNPL goldrush, launching a service which will allow merchant partners to offer their customers the option to make purchases and pay for them at a future date.

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Klarna mocks 'outdated' credit model in latest marketing campaign

Klarna, the leading global banking, payments and shopping service, today launches its latest OOH UK campaign, Old Credit Is History.

Wiserfunding scores investment; wins Revolut contract

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Wiserfunding scores investment; wins Revolut contract

Wiserfunding, a London-based provider of credit risk assessment for SME lenders, has secured a £3 million investment from BGF and signed up Revolut as a client.

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Independent Bank partners Numerated for SME digital lending

Numerated, the fast-growing fintech making business banking easy for financial institutions and their clients, announced its partnership with Independent Bank, a $4.5 billion leading community bank with more than 60 locations across Michigan’s lower peninsula.

Credit building firm Self raises $50m

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Credit building firm Self raises $50m

Self Financial, a fintech startup promising to help Americans build their credit while also saving money, has raised $50 million in a Series E funding round led by Altos Ventures.

TomoCredit raises $10m for credit-building card

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TomoCredit raises $10m for credit-building card

TomoCredit, the US startup behind a credit card designed to help first-time borrowers build credit history, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Kapor Capital and KB Investment, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Kookmin Bank.

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TransUnion to acquire Neustar for $3.1 billion

TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Neustar, a premier identity resolution company with leading solutions in Marketing, Fraud and Communications, from a private investment group led by Golden Gate Capital and with minority participation by GIC.

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Nordic Capital invests in and partners with Qred

Nordic Capital Evolution has signed an agreement to invest in the fast-growing fintech company Qred.

Monzo makes BNPL move

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Monzo makes BNPL move

UK digital challenger Monzo is the latest to jump aboard the increasingly crowded buy now, pay later train.

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Koyo raises funds to target UK's ‘near-prime’ consumer credit market

Koyo has closed a Series A funding round led by Force Over Mass with participation from existing investors Forward Partners, Frontline Ventures and Seedcamp.

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Latvian fintech Jeff raises $1.5m seed extension to support unbanked in Asia

Jeff App, the Latvian fintech startup providing a data-enabled loan brokerage platform for unbanked and underbanked customers in Asia, has closed a $1.5 million seed extension round led by J12 Ventures, bringing the total amount raised by Jeff App to $2.5M. Joining the round were iSeed Ventures and Toy Ventures, alongside existing investors EstBAN, Startup Wise Guys and other angels. The funds will be used to scale the team from 15 to 40+ employees, with an emphasis on high-caliber hires. The larger team will support faster new market expansion, growth in B2B sales and partnerships, and offline services.

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Trade Ledger accelerates loan approval speeds

Global digital lending platform innovator, Trade Ledger, has joined forces with ScotPac, Australia and New Zealand’s largest non-bank SME lender, to create a market-leading origination and underwriting experience for business funding. The partnership demonstrates the game-changing scope of the Trade Ledger platform for business lenders and their customers, dramatically reducing application turnaround times.

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ICICI Bank customers can now manage credit cards of any bank with mobile app

ICICI Bank today announced that it has enabled millions of its savings account customers to pay and manage dues of credit cards of any bank instantly using the Bank’s mobile application ‘iMobile Pay’. The customers can add credit cards of any bank to the app within a few seconds and thereafter pay and manage their dues from the same app. It offers improved convenience to customers, who typically use multiple credit cards, by providing them a one-stop solution for managing all their cards with ease, in a safe and secure manner.

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Moneyhub launches credit score-boosting ‘Rent Recognition’ feature

Moneyhub, the market-leading Open Finance data, intelligence and payments platform, has launched a new “Rent Recognition” feature which will drive financial inclusion by offering everyone a newer, simpler and fairer way of building up their credit score

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