Worldline, a global leader in payment services, has entered a strategic partnership with FreedomPay, a leading global independent payment gateway. Focusing on the significant and rapidly evolving Travel & Hospitality sector, this collaboration will deliver innovative acquiring services and gateway capabilities to businesses across Europe and can be extended to Retail and other industries in the future.

As we enter 2025, financial wellness is becoming central to the employee experience. Nearly 60% of U.S. workers report facing financial stress, which impacts not only their personal lives but also their productivity, engagement, and job satisfaction. Employers have an opportunity—and arguably, a responsibility—to support their team’s financial wellness.

Tabby, the MENA’s leading financial services and shopping app, has raised $160 million in a Series E financing round at a $3.3 billion valuation, cementing Tabby as the most valuable fintech company in the region. The round was led by existing investors Blue Pool Capital and Hassana Investment Company, and drew additional participation from STV and Wellington Management.

Allica Bank, the challenger business bank, is set to nearly triple the size of its network of relationship managers across the UK. The move comes in response to growing demand for expertise from businesses to help them grow, and at a time when high street banks have been increasingly removing personal support for their established business customers.

As digital transactions continue to surge, the demand for seamless, adaptable, and secure payment experiences is reshaping the financial landscape. In 2023 alone, digital wallets facilitated $13.9 trillion in transactions globally.

myPOS, the leading European fintech, announced becoming official payments partner of the National Private Hire and Taxi Association (NPHTA) to further endorse cashless transition in Ireland’s taxi industry.

A third (34%) of contract workers, such as gig workers on online platforms and independent contractors, are reliant on credit to pay household bills, almost three times the UK average (13%), finds new research from responsible lender, Creditspring.

Fenergo, the leading provider of AI-powered solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-money laundering (AML) transaction monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), today announces that it has joined forces with PwC to accelerate the delivery of Fenergo’s AI-powered CLM and KYC solutions to financial institutions across multiple territories.

BR-DGE, the breakthrough payment orchestration provider, has today launched ‘How to Keep Your Customers in a Multi-Acquirer World’ – an exclusive whitepaper offering practical insights and advice to merchants and payments providers, centred around the evolved merchant payment acceptance landscape.