As part of its partnership with Mastercard, UniCredit is upgrading all its debit, credit and prepaid cards to Mastercard Touch Card™, which includes features for blind and partially sighted people, making it more accessible.

Cards with this new feature are now available in Italy and will be gradually introduced over the course of 2024 to all clients in the twelve countries where the bank operates, covering some 20 million cards.

Trustly today announces a bold pledge to boost growth for businesses across Europe. In a major move to revolutionise the checkout experience for millions of people, the payments tech firm unveils the new Trustly Growth Guarantee.

Payflows, a one-stop SaaS platform designed for finance teams, has raised €25m in funding to build the operating system that seamlessly integrates finance teams and workflows together. The Series A is led by Balderton Capital with existing investors Headline and Ribbit Capital doubling down on their previous investments.

Splitwise, a popular app for sharing bills and expenses, and Tink, a market-leading payment services and data enrichment platform, have partnered to bring Pay by Bank to Splitwise users. This enables millions of Splitwise users to initiate direct payments to friends and family from within the Splitwise app. 

SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions, today announces the appointment of Phil Cotter to the position of Chief Executive Officer.

Basware, a global leader in AP automation and invoice processing, has introduced AP Protect, an AI-powered solution that empowers finance teams to protect their organisations from the threat of profit loss, invoice errors and fraud. 

IT financial management involves managing and optimizing the financial resources related to information technology within an organization. This role is crucial for ensuring that IT investments align with business objectives and deliver value, especially as IT departments are going through various transformations and strategic decisions: upgrading or changing IT solutions, integrating Cloud solutions, new analytics and technologies, externalizing IT services or running Cost centers etc.

Manchester-based innovative fintech Ryft, announces a new partnership with Clearhaus, allowing the Danish acquirer to leverage its technology solutions and cater to digital platforms and marketplaces. 

Clearstream, Deutsche Börse’s post-trade business, intends to invest in Digital Vault Services (DVS), a pioneering fintech offering issuance and safekeeping services for digital bank guarantees and sureties in Europe. The investment is subject to applicable regulatory approvals and finalisation of legal documentation.

Kamina, the Ecuadorian Startup that combats people's debt in Latin America by combining technology with financial education, has announced its recent capital raising in a pre-seed round, reaching the highest figure recorded in the country and positioning itself as one of the largest at the regional level during the last year.