Bank payment company GoCardless has announced a partnership with Total Grassroots and kit manufacturer Kelme to simplify payment collection for grassroots football clubs and kit out their team.

YouLend, the leading global embedded financing platform, reports today that a growing number of UK SMEs are turning to embedded financing to secure vital capital ahead of the most important sales period of the year—Black Friday and Christmas. YouLend data reveals a 30% surge in financing applications leading up to Black Friday in 2024, with ecommerce platforms being the main driver of this jump, illustrating the growing demand for flexible financing options at the point-of-need.

Data is the fuel that keeps the engine of any organisation running efficiently. Its growing importance is becoming a frequent topic of conversation in boardrooms and strategy meetings. Companies increasingly know the need to protect their sensitive information and continue investing heavily in cybersecurity measures. However, this approach has a critical oversight: The assumption that investing in cybersecurity alone is sufficient to safeguard data.

Sumsub, a full-cycle verification platform, has announced its integration with Elliptic, the global leader in cryptoasset risk management.

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Charlie, banking* for 62+ Americans, launched 

interactive investor (ii) has rolled out NatWest’s multi-award-winning open banking payments solution Payit™, to enable their customers to deposit funds onto the investment platform immediately to allow investments to be made.  

Customers can now use Payit™ by NatWest to make a payment/a fund deposit online through the ii website and app.  

With this year’s Black Friday falling on 29th November and Cyber Monday on 2nd December, aka “Cyber Weekend”, retailers across the UK are gearing up for the year’s biggest spending event in the run-up to the Christmas holiday season. Last year’s Black Friday achieved record sales of £13.3 billion, up 7.6% from 2022. 

Spendesk, the complete spend management platform for mid-sized businesses, has officially launched Spendesk Financial Services, its payment institution. Regulated by the ACPR (Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution), and including a strategic collaboration with VISA, Spendesk Financial Services enables the company to deliver innovative and secure payment solutions to its clients across France and the European Union.