Buy now, pay later platform Tabby has secured $200 million in Series D funding at a $1.5B valuation, making it the Mena region's first fintech unicorn head of a planned IPO in Saudi Arabia.

Nordic countries continue to lead the world in their adoption of cashless payment methods, according to new data from 

TS Imagine, the leading global, cross-asset provider of real-time trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, today announces the availability of a module within TradeSmart OEMS and TS One that streamlines Best Execution compliance and reporting. The module and analytics dashboard provides provide traders with a comprehensive view of their trading activity, real-time comment capture and best execution reporting.

The majority of UK investors are comfortable with AI being used in the investment process, according to Avaloq, a global leader in digital banking solutions and wealth management technology. That includes more than two thirds (69%) of investors who would accept AI support in providing investment advice.

BMLL Technologies Limited, the leading independent provider of Level 3 Historical Data and Analytics for the world's most sophisticated Capital Markets Participants company, today announced it has been awarded the ISO 27001 certification. 

JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., and Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, today announced that they will expand partnership for Europe, Singapore and Hong Kong. The collaboration will provide new growth opportunities for all of Stripe's e-commerce merchants in those areas by welcoming JCB's valued cardmembers. 

New data from small business lender iwoca reveals that while more than half of SME owners (55%) feel they have a good understanding of AI, the majority are nervous about how it will impact their business. 

GoCardless, the bank payment company, is expanding its relationship with challenger energy supplier Rebel Energy to shake up the energy industry with a new approach to payments and customer experience.

Today Payhawk, a global spend management platform, announces that it has become a principal member of Visa, a world leader in digital payments. For Payhawk, this will further its mission to simplify business payments, by accelerating new product innovation and enabling even greater service reliability and resilience for its customers.

Mangopay, a platform-specific payment infrastructure provider, today announces that it has been authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI). The new e-money license from the FCA is a key requirement for Mangopay to provide its suite of services to UK-based businesses and is a testament to the company’s strategic commitment to expanding its operations in the UK.