Today Stripe announced its general availability in Thailand, where its financial infrastructure platform will help solve the complex payments issues facing Thai businesses.

London-based BNPL player Tymit has closed a £23 million Series A funding round led by retailer Frasers Group.

The money will be used for product development and to support the launch of Tymit's B2B2C instalment programme for merchants.

Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today launched its global holiday campaign, a part of Adyen’s wider Moments that Matter programme. Moments that Matter leverages Adyen’s Impact Technology to offer its customers opportunities to support important causes at moments throughout the year, or in response to an emergency. The first campaign begins this holiday season, featuring the UN Refugee Agency, WWF, Make-A-Wish, and Feeding America.

Napier, a provider of leading anti-money laundering and compliance technology, today launched a new advanced financial crime risk management platform that offers high levels of automation whilst improving the efficiency and accuracy of financial crime compliance programs for regulated organisations of all maturity levels.

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Savers in the UK are prioritising short-term flexibility over locking their money away for the long term, as the cost of living crisis forces people to change how they manage their finances, according to new research from digital bank Chase.

Over 2 billion people around the world use WhatsApp to communicate everyday things and it’s little wonder that businesses are taking to the messaging platform to support their customers where they feel most comfortable. Helping them supercharge this approach, customer and sales engagement tool WATI (which stands for ‘WhatsApp Team Inbox’) is today announcing a $23M series B funding round to scale the team and product and reach more businesses globally.

Zenus Bank – the US digital bank providing services to non-US citizens and residents in over 150 countries – has partnered with Finxact, a Fiserv company and provider of the leading next-gen core banking platform to the US regional and super-regional banking sector, as part of Zenus’ vision to offer US bank accounts to millions of people worldwide.

Rising customer expectation and pressure from insurtechs is driving a fresh wave of competition within the insurance sector, with incumbent firms rushing to revamp legacy products and processes.

Increasingly, strong security measures are required to protect valuable data from fraudsters. However, as security measures increase in complexity, the process becomes more cumbersome for consumers.