Mollie, one of Europe’s fastest-growing financial service providers, has enabled Tap to Pay on iPhone for its Irish customers. This allows businesses of all sizes to use the Mollie app on iPhone to accept contactless payments without the need to purchase or manage additional hardware.

Leading UK fintech, Marshmallow, today announces that it has raised $90 million worth of funding from Portage, BlackRock and Columbia Lake Partners. The raise comes three years after the business’ Series B, in which time, it has almost doubled its valuation to just over $2 billion. 

South Africa-based payments infrastructure company Stitch has announced a $55 million Series B funding round led by QED Investors, enabling the fast-growing team to deepen and expand its in-person payments offering, move into the acquiring space and further bolster its online payments suite, to better serve enterprise merchants across all payments needs. This round brings its total funding to $107 million in four years.

Kraken, a global leader in crypto innovation, today announced a major expansion of its investment platform with the introduction of commission-free trading for over 11,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs. This move marks Kraken’s entry into the equities market, reinforcing its commitment to breaking down barriers to investing and redefining financial access for clients.

U.S. Bank has launched a premier all-in-one checking account combined with payments acceptance capabilities for small businesses. Called U.S.

Personetics, the Cognitive Banking company that is transforming the way banks build and monetize customer relationships, announced today that Puneet Malhotra has joined the organization as Chief Revenue Officer. He is responsible for Personetics’ global sales operations, overseeing leading global banking brands across 30 countries and serving 150 million active monthly end-users. Previously, Malhotra ran Digital Banking Sales at NCR Voyix and Global Sales at VSoft Corporation.   

Driven by continuous growth in the U.S.

The traditional car boot sale – once the spring / summer hallmark of British grassroots retail – is transitioning online, as online platforms are increasingly being used to sell pre-loved items to reach wider audiences and optimise returns. Checkout.com, which processes billions of transactions for thousands of companies that shape the digital economy, has reported a 127% uplift in pre-loved transactions from February to March this year.

Confluence Technologies, Inc. (“Confluence”), a global technology solutions provider for regulatory, analytics, and investor communications solutions for the investment management industry, today announced that BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business, a leading asset servicer, has selected Confluence Unity Financial Reporting to support its Private Capital client segment.

Intapp, a leading global provider of AI-powered solutions for professionals at advisory, capital markets, and legal firms, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire TermSheet, a provider of software for real estate teams. TermSheet, LLC is an affiliate of Platform Ventures, a Kansas City-based investment firm. The transaction is subject to regular and customary closing conditions and is expected to close within the next 45 days.