Rob Stanton has been promoted to sales and distribution director of Landbay. Previously he was Landbay’s business development director having joined Landbay as a regional account manager in 2018.

Rob will now lead the sales team and Landbay’s national accounts across all distribution channels, including networks, mortgage clubs and packagers. He will also be joining Landbay’s executive leadership team.

Crezco, a UK fintech company using open banking to make B2B invoice and bill payments as convenient as B2C card payments, has achieved several major business milestones through securing funding and integrating its technology into global small business platform Xero.

Robo.Cash analyzed search queries related to P2P investments and identified the regions with the fastest-growing demand among new investors. 

More than two thirds (67%) of young people in the UK are not feeling motivated to save, according to new research from smart money app Plum. 

Indian-owned Hexaware Technologies, a global provider of IT and digital solutions, has marked the next phase of its UK expansion by opening a new Birmingham-based facility, with plans to create 250 jobs. The facility at 3, Brindleyplace was officially opened by West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, who took part in a ribbon cutting and traditional Indian lamp lighting ceremony.

Today, Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments, launches Cashflows Advance – a new service that enables eligible merchants to access frictionless funding without the fixed monthly repayments of traditional funding. 

Companjon, a leading B2B2C insurtech start-up specializing in fully digital, AI-driven embedded insurance, has entered an agreement to provide its innovative lifestyle solutions to Erste Bank Hungary customers from early 2024.

Payments solutions provider Monavate expands its Supply Chain Payments division with three key new hires, with the goal to bring simplicity and clarity to B2B payments in verticals such as travel, marketplaces, and logistics and haulage, where global businesses are slowed down and burdened by unnecessary complexity and friction in payments practices.

Indy, a French fintech start-up helping to automate accounting for sole traders and freelancers, has raised €40 million ($44 million) in a Series C funding round led by European private equity firm BlackFin Capital Partners.

Other participants in the round include Paris-based investment company La Maison and Toulouse-based private equity firm iXO.

Accra, Ghana Get ready to mark your calendars as the 9th Edition of the Connected Banking Summit- West Africa is set to take Accra, Ghana on February 21st, 2024. This highly anticipated summit promises two days of unprecedented insights, discussions, and networking opportunities, bringing together global executives, industry experts, and visionary leaders from the BFSI sector.