New research from independent SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), highlights a significant threat to the UK economy as banks appear to be retreating from lending to small businesses.

ITRS, leading provider of real-time estate monitoring and analytics software to global financial institutions, has announced a new partnership with GCI Consulting, the worldwide Temenos implementation leaders, to provide monitoring systems to its users.

Mastercard today announced that it has successfully demonstrated capabilities of a new solution that enables CBDCs to be tokenised (or “wrapped”) onto different blockchains, providing consumers with a new option to participate in commerce across multiple blockchains with increased security and ease.

FBS, a leading global broker, received the Best Islamic Forex Account award from the Forex Expo Dubai. Excellence in this nomination recognizes FBS’s commitment to improving people's access to financial markets and inclusion in trading.

LUNA, an Indonesian embedded fintech and vertical SaaS platform for retailers and MSMEs, today announced the completion of a round of financing led by TNB Aura through its TNBA Scout initiative, with participation from Seedstars as well as existing investors 1982 Ventures, Century Oak Capital, and Prasetia Dwidharma. 

Matic, a leading embedded insurtech platform, announced it raised $20 million as an extension to its Series B. The round includes $17 million in Series B equity co-led by IA Capital Group and Cultivation Capital with participation from existing investors and the majority led by new investors, including Intuit Ventures, TruStage Ventures, and Assurity Ventures. Concurrently, Matic upsized its credit facility by $3 million, bringing new liquidity to $20 million.

Starting on October 10th, the ARB token is available through Bitso —the leading financial services company powered by crypto in Latin America— as part of a collaboration with Arbitrum that also includes the integration of this network into the platform to increase the efficiency and performance of Ethereum network.

Provenir, a global leader in AI-powered risk decisioning software, today announced that it has been named a Credit Strategy Lending Awards 2023 finalist in the “Best Technology Partner” category.

In a move set to reshape the landscape of financial services, additiv, a global leader in Fintech and embedded finance, and SELISE, a  specialist in digital platform execution, announce a strategic partnership. This collaboration combines the revolutionary API-first cloud platform of additiv with the tailored services of  SELISE, establishing new benchmarks in wealth management, credit, and insurance solutions. 

Glia, the customer interaction leader unifying Digital Customer Service (DCS), phone and automated self-service on a single platform, has partnered with Lumin Digital, the leader in cloud-native digital banking solutions, to streamline digital-first member service. Glia’s DCS capabilities are now integrated into Lumin's online banking platform, enabling quicker, effortless member support.