DivideBuy, the leading UK Point of Sale (POS) finance pioneer, has today announced a partnership with Acquired.com, a UK payments specialist and payment initiation service provider, through which DivideBuy’s merchants will be able to leverage smart automated tools designed to eliminate the rate of failed transactions, boost approval rates and offer vastly smoother payment experiences for customers.

Northern Trust has hired Alvin Chia as its head of Digital Assets Innovation for Asia Pacific.

Worldline, a global leader in payments services confirms its leadership in sustainability, strengthening its performance in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), according to the latest rating by Moody’s ESG Solutions, an ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) data and assessments provider. 

India FinTech Forum, a not-for-profit fintech advocacy group representing Indian fintech companies, has announced 23 fintech startups who will give demos of their innovative products and services to a high-profile jury this month. The winning startup will be awarded the prestigious IFTA Fintech Startup of the Year award on 30th November 2022 during a full-day in-person conference at Mumbai. In another category, 6 companies incorporated before 2015 will compete for the Fintech Scaleup of the Year award.

Fintech infrastructure provider, Integrated Finance has announced the launch of its ‘Fintech Foundation’ incubator. The new programme will be supported by experts from leading banking service providers across the value chain, including Mastercard, Currencycloud and Enfuce.

Lentra, the class-leading Cloud lending platform, has closed its  Series B funding round with a transaction value of USD 60 mn, led by existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners and SIG Venture Capital with participation from Citi Ventures. Masterkey Capital were the Investment Bankers. The funding will be used for products+platform strengthening and also for International expansion, including the USA.

Northteq, Inc., a leading provider of Salesforce origination solutions, announced today the launch of the Aurora Customer Portal. The portal is a customer servicing platform with an intuitive interface and easy navigation that helps equipment finance lenders improve customer satisfaction and ease employee workloads.

Fintech Little Birdie has launched its new app to support people across the UK who are now questioning the subscription services they signed up to during the pandemic, with fears these could push them into debt as households struggle with soaring costs.

equipifi, a fintech company providing banks and credit unions with a white label Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution, announced its partnership with Member Access Processing (MAP), the nation's leading provider of the Visa DPS Debit, Credit, ATM, Prepaid, and Mobile Processing platform for credit unions. By partnering with equipifi, MAP's credit union clients will be able to offer BNPL solutions on their credit and debit transactions.