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Exclusive: Inside the merger of DueDil and Artesian Solutions

FinTech Futures sits down with the CEOs of DueDil and Artesian to talk about their merger.

i-movo teams up with ClearBank and DWP to digitise UK’s benefits payments system

Claimants can now receive their payments in a number of different ways.

Curve CTO to leave the fintech after four years

Matt Collinge is headed to unknown pastures new.

Fintech start-up Koyo raises $50m in Series A round

The lender will use the cash to target the UK’s “near-prime” consumer credit market.

paypal

PayPal increases transaction fees between UK and Europe

A new 1.29% charge will come into force before the end of the year.

Hoddle hires former FCA man Gidla as new COO

John Gidla joins the fintech after three years at the Financial Conduct Authority.

PayTech Awards 2021 Winner: AccessPay – PayTech Team Of The Year

Satisfying the need for speed.

Yolt shuts down app to focus on open banking technology services

The Yolt app has more than 1.6 million downloads.

Jeeves

Expense management platform Jeeves secures $57m Series B funding

The new investment takes the start-up’s valuation up to $500 million.

Investcorp tech fund snaps up e-wallet firm MIR

The acquisition marks the eighth investment from the private equity firm’s Investcorp Technology Fund IV.

Railsbank hires Stuart Gregory as new chief product officer

Gregory joins from fintech firm Wise, having previously worked for Paysafe and Visa.

UK industry body unveils five-year strategy to catch US and Asia

The industrial strategy aims to shore up existing UK successes in order to overtake Asia and the US.

Dock: meet in person on 24 November 2021 in London

Get ready for face-to-face interaction! Free VIP passes for banks & financial institutions.

Thought Machine to hit unicorn status with £150m funding round

Core banking vendor expecting mammoth capital raise this month.

Swift appoints JP Morgan exec as new chief for Americas and UK

John Hunter will develop strategic customer relationships in both markets.

John Flint

Former HSBC boss to head up UK green infrastructure bank

The state-owned policy bank aims to level up UK infrastructure through targeted green investments.

Divido CEO steps back after seven years at the helm

Christer Holloman departs to take up advisor role.

Aspiring challenger bank W1TTY receives UK EMI licence

The firm’s smart finance app will launch in the UK early next year.

FCA says crypto exchange Binance is “not capable” of supervision

UK regulator issued a now-revealed warning to Binance in June.

Currencycloud hires Mark Ledsham as new COO and 10x’s Neil Drennan as CTO

Currencycloud adds some new faces to its C-suite.

paypal

PayPal launches UK crypto service

It is the first international expansion of the service outside the US.

What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 16 | Waking up on the right side of embedded

Louisa Murray, COO for UK and Europe at Railsbank, joins us on this latest episode of the podcast.

LexisNexis acquires onboarding and risk platform TruNarrative

TruNarrative will join LexisNexis’ business solutions group.

SME-focused Bank North granted UK banking licence

Bank North aims to support businesses through its cloud banking technology.

New UK fintech Peach aims to help customers track their financial lives

Peach is currently in a beta phase with a waiting list ahead of its full launch.

Paysafe agrees deal to acquire German digital payments firm viafintech

It is Paysafe’s third acquisition in the last month, following deals for SafetyPay and PagoEfectivo.

WorldRemit Group rebrands as Zepz, raises $292m Series E funding

The London-based company says the new injection takes its valuation up to $5 billion.

mastercard

Mastercard confirms timescale for phasing out magnetic stripe

Stripe-less cards will be issued from 2024 for selected regions.

Hapi

Family finance start-up Hapi launches investment app for parents

Parents can open a junior stocks and shares ISA or general investment account.

CloudPay secures $58m investment to expand payroll solutions

CloudPay aims to consolidate employee pay processes through a single platform.

boku

Boku launches mobile payments network M1ST

Firm aims to make mobile payment acceptance easier for merchants.

UK challenger Kroo lands licence to build social bank

Kroo, formerly B-Social, plans a full launch in 2022.

LendInvest signs partnership with HSBC and Barclays worth £150m

Property finance firm continues growth with new collab deal.

LHV

LHV UK appoints three new execs to support UK banking push

Gary Sher, Assad Kazi and Rebecca Wright join as CFO, CRO and CPO, respectively.

sova

Sova Capital selects Appway for onboarding and KYC solutions

London-based broker looks to streamline client onboarding while ensuring full compliance.

abrdn

Abrdn acquires wealth management platform Exo Investing from Nucoro

Edinburgh-based investment firm plans to offer a 24/7 digital wealth management app.

British Business Bank

British Business Bank selects Solidatus for data management

Firm looks to boost its data governance and data lineage capabilities.

GC Partners to boost Asian payments network with Nium collaboration

UK firm looks to strengthen its payment services offering in major Asian markets.

Triodos Bank UK partners SurePay to deploy Confirmation of Payee solution

Triodos says it chose to partner with SurePay due to its “best-in-class” platform.

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BNPL firm Zilch sets up US expansion with NepFin acquisition

The acquisition of the American firm will give Zilch a foothold in the US market.

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