Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces and embedded finance providers, has appointed Nick Jones as Director of Freedom for Intermediaries.

In his new role, Nick will lead the growth and development of Freedom Finance’s intermediated division through its Freedom for Intermediaries offering, a service dedicated to intermediaries who are looking to support their clients with specialist lending requirements.

Today, leading payment orchestration provider BR-DGE has revealed new research highlighting the changing payment needs of consumers when shopping for goods online.
 

Tenity, the global innovation ecosystem and early-stage investor creating the future of finance, today announces the first closing of its Tenity Incubation Fund I, with investments from SIX Group, UBS’s strategic venture and innovation unit, UBS Next, Julius Baer, and Generali’s House of InsurTech Switzerland. The first closing will bring Tenity’s assets under advisory to 120mCHF.

PaymentComponents, a leading provider of financial solutions, has announced the addition of BAHTNET (Bank of Thailand Automated High-value Transfer Network) to its FINaplo Financial Messages.

Simpl, India’s foremost one-tap checkout platform, today announced its partnership with Klub, a leading Revenue Based Finance company, to provide easy access to credit for the Direct-to-Customer (D2C) merchants and support them in meeting their working capital requirements. This partnership will enable credit access to merchants at affordable interest rates with flexible terms in a complete digital fashion.

Lyfeguard, a life planning assistant and document management platform, has appointed Associate Experience Design Director at Beyond, Gavin Borthwick, to its advisory board to lead digital customer and user experience.

Linedata, a global provider of credit and asset management technology, data and services, announces today the expansion of its Lending and Leasing activities in Southern Europe with the acquisition of Audaxys in Portugal. Through this project, Linedata confirms its ambitions in a region with strong growth potential.

Allfunds Tech Solutions, the bespoke digital solutions arm of Allfunds specialising in harnessing the power of digital transformation for clients across the financial services industry, today announces a new partnership with UniCredit, the pan-European commercial bank.
 

PAX Technology, the world's leading payment terminal solutions provider, has just launched an impressive new suite of Android SmartPOS & Android EPOS products that are designed to cater to the evolving needs of Acquiring Banks & Payment Service Providers, and the merchants they serve.

The 8th Edition of the Connected Banking Summit Southern Africa is set to take place on May 24, 2023, in Johannesburg, South Africa, bringing together top executives, experts, and leaders from the banking and financial services industry.