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Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, is thrilled to announce it will be hosting the fourth edition of its industry leading e-Payments Challenge hackathon which is due to take place in an innovative fully virtual format on 26-28 January 2022.

Remember how a decade ago people used to say, "there’s an app for that" (an Apple trademark in fact)? Well, now it seems like you could switch the word "app" for "cryptocurrency." Digital coins are suddenly everywhere, and cover a dizzying array of concepts, technologies, brands, and even memes. To put a number on it, 5,000 different cryptos were created just between September 2020 and September 2021.

Fintech start-up, Hydr has developed its proprietary invoice finance platform to integrate with more major cloud accounting software providers including Sage and QuickBooks.

After launching exclusively with Xero in May, the Hydr platform can now be accessed by millions more SMEs in the UK who want to leverage their unpaid invoices to optimise cash flow and help fuel their growth.

J. Christopher Giancarlo, the crypto and blockchain veteran commonly known as ‘CryptoDad’, joins CoinFund as strategic advisor

·               Best-in-class app enables near-prime customers to service their card and manage their money effortlessly
·               Provides immediate use of a digital card followed by a plastic card in the post within days

Accrue Savings, the merchant-embedded shopping experience that rewards consumers for saving, has announced it has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by 

Fuelled by the power of embedded finance, embedded lending is pushing the boundaries of SME funding to new frontiers. Mikkel Velin, Co-CEO at YouLend, explores the trends shaping the future of borrowing and what this means for the lending industry in 2022. 

Embedded lending is booming. Over the past year, we’ve seen huge numbers of retailers offering lending services to consumers with new buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) offerings providing a much-needed boost to spending in the sector.  

• The AQMetrix ranking acknowledges the platform with the highest rating among neobanks in Spain.

• The commission-free services, the platform's design and imagin's commitment to sustainability are some of the aspects best rated by ‘imaginers’.

With interest rates expected to rise in 2022, banks could increase their profit  margins, which is leading investors to keep an eye on the sector as a strategy for their portfolio. Within this  framework, Evolve Funds Group Inc. launched an ETF based on a Solactive Index designed for investors  who seek increased yield from a covered call strategy.