iwoca, one of Europe’s largest small business lenders, is today announcing the integration of its B2B payment solution iwocaPay with leading ecommerce software WooCommerce. 

TrueLayer, Europe’s leading open banking platform, today announced its partnership with Dutch online gaming operator BetCity to enable instant payouts for customers, powered by open banking.

This is the latest move by a European operator to ensure players are no longer left waiting to receive their winnings. 

OKX, the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has launched three new leading offerings that are granting its retail and institutional users greater visibility into their assets, and what is backing them, as well as greater control over their funds.

Novo, the powerfully simple fintech platform for small businesses, announced that GGV Capital has joined the company’s Series B as a strategic investor with an additional $35 million. This brings Novo’s Series B to $125 million, and total equity funding to more than $170 million. Robin Li, Principal, GGV Capital will join the board as an observer.

Impactsure Technologies (Impactsure), an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) powered document analytics SaaS company for Banks and Enterprises, today announced the availability of its Secure Unified Responsive Engine (SURE)-based SureMatch platform on Temenos Exchange, the open market place for fintech solutions. Temenos is the digital and core banking solution provider for prominent global banks.

11th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum was successfully concluded at Metropolitan Hotel Dubai, UAE under the patronage of AAOIFI Bahrain. The purpose of that forum was to promote, strengthen and unite the organizations of Islamic microfinance (IsMF) with the theme of financial Inclusion, outreach strategies & innovations. Eminent Speakers and industry professionals from well-serving organizations related to Microfinance, Islamic microfinance, micro-insurance and NGOs participated in the event.

Recent research from Airwallex, the global fintech platform, revealed that US and UK-based SMEs are turning to fintech solutions to help manage their finances and bolster growth amidst the current economic environment. The independent survey of 1,500 SME decision makers across the US and UK found that almost half of US (48%) and UK (42%) SMEs are moving “even more aggressively” towards digital platforms and away from traditional banking services due to economic uncertainty.

Eurazeo, via its Small-Mid Buyout team, is today announcing the signature of an agreement with a view to investing in NeoXam, alongside its founder Serge Delpla and its management team led by Florent Fabre.

Under the agreement, Eurazeo would invest more than €100 million, thus becoming the group’s majority shareholder. Historical partners (led by Cathay Capital and BPI), shareholders since 2018, would sell their shares on this occasion.

Currencycloud, the experts in simplifying business in a multi-currency world, have partnered with London-based Quid Global, the single-sign-on digital ecosystem dedicated to SMEs, to launch Quid’s global wallet that supports businesses in their international development.

Nium, the global platform for Modern Money Movement, today announced the launch of Nium Airline Payments (NAP), a closed-loop payments solution powered by Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP). NAP provides airlines, travel agents, and online travel agencies (OTAs) with a sustainable and equitable ‘closed loop’ payment model, which closes the door on damaging surcharges and business-restricting non-acceptance policies that have inflated the cost of B2B travel payments for decades.