PayPoint today announces that WHSmith has implemented its i-movo secure digital voucher service across all of its UK stores. The move is driven by WHSmith’s strategy to remove paper vouchers from its supply chain for an improved customer experience and reduced environmental impact.

TransUnion today announced the completion of the acquisition of Monevo from Quint Group Limited. The news follows January’s announcement that TransUnion had signed a definitive agreement to acquire U.K.-based Monevo, a credit prequalification and distribution platform that empowers lenders and banks to deliver highly personalised credit offers to consumers via comparison websites and other third parties. TransUnion had previously held 30% of the equity of Monevo after acquiring a minority stake in 2021.  

Mastercard is simplifying and scaling interactions among banks, platforms, and corporates alike by launching a new program to accelerate the adoption of virtual cards. This transformation is powered by the latest advances in Mastercard’s embedded Virtual Card Number (VCN) technology, which is delivering seamless and consumer-like commercial payments.

Yuno, the world’s leading payment orchestration platform, announces the launch of Ethoca Alerts, a new feature that enables merchants to proactively resolve transaction disputes before they escalate into chargebacks. This latest tool further strengthens Yuno’s end-to-end payment solution by helping merchants to take back control, save on costs and improve efficiency.

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has today proposed to raise the deposit protection limit of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) from £85,000 to £110,000.

The deposit protection limit – which represents the maximum amount of money the FSCS typically protects should a depositor’s bank, building society or credit union become insolvent – has been set at £85,000 since 2017.

Bank payment company GoCardless has strengthened its partnership team with two strategic hires, accelerating its path to profitability through its indirect go-to-market channel.

Imprint, the leading provider of modern co-branded credit cards, today announced the closing of a $500 million warehouse facility led by Mizuho, Truist Bank, and HSBC. This facility brings Imprint’s total lending capacity to approximately $1 billion, enabling Imprint to increase lending to the iconic partner brands in its portfolio, as well as the numerous brand partnerships in the pipeline.

United Fintech has appointed Anders Peter Kierbye Johansen as Chief People Officer (CPO), stepping into the Executive Leadership Team. In this newly created role, Anders will drive the group’s people strategy, supporting the company's rapid growth across its global offices in London, Copenhagen, New York, Singapore, Dubai, Madrid, Berlin, Craiova, and Oslo.

WeeFin, the sustainable fintech that helps financial institutions manage their sustainability strategies, has announced a new round of financing totalling €25 million. The funding round, which completed 15 months after WeeFin’s Series A, is led by BlackFin Capital Partners, a leading European fintech fund, alongside existing investors IRIS, Asterion Ventures and Ring Capital.

Glia, the leader in customer interaction technology, today announced Glia Virtual Assistant (GVA) Learning 360, a first-of-its-kind AI solution that learns how a contact center’s best agents would respond to a customer request and uses the intelligence to automatically generate answers for their GVA—significantly advancing beyond industry-standard AI virtual assistants that rely solely on written documents.