Sibstar, the UK’s leading debit card and app for people living with dementia, has today announced the appointment of GoHenry co-founder and CEO, Louise Hill, as a Non-Executive Director.

Paymentology, the leading global issuer processor, has signed a referral partnership with Zand Bank, the UAE’s first fully licensed, all-digital bank

Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting (TAA) today announced AI-enabled enhancements to 

Mirakl, the leading provider of eCommerce software solutions, has chosen Mangopay’s modular payment technology to power its Mirakl Payout solution in Europe. 

Through this collaboration, Mirakl Payout integrates Mangopay’s e-wallet technology and know-your-business (KYB) capabilities, enhancing marketplace payouts. 

Agicap closes €45m Series C funding round led by AVP. The round will enable the all-in-one treasury management platform to further consolidate its leadership position in Europe as it scales to become a global reference in the SMB and midmarket treasury management space.

Agicap provides the C-suite and finance teams with flexible and real-time visibility into current, historical and projected cash flow data, alongside a comprehensive, end-to-end suite of treasury management tools.

FinMont, a leading global payment orchestration platform, is pleased to announce its partnership with The Lufthansa Group, one of the world’s leading airlines. The Group works with FinMont on its innovative payment platform, enhancing B2B payment processes.

Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA), the legal and tax arm of the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), a leading onshore financial and business centre in the region, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dukhan Bank (DKB), one of the largest Shari’ah compliant banking institutions in the country, to pursue certain areas of collaboration that benefit both parties.

Cross-border payments often lead to delayed settlements. As a result, this creates a fragmented view of liquidity positions for companies. The aim is to increase transparency and security with blockchain-based payments via UBS Digital Cash which should in turn facilitate timely payment processing. In addition, companies should be able to manage intraday-liquidity and adjust liquidity buffers on their accounts more easily in the future, thanks to greater visibility of their total cash positions.

The Payments Group (TPG), a new global payments company, has announced a deal with online dating giant, HubPeople. HubPeople is an AI-based software platform that powers many of the world's top dating applications and websites, which have a combined 100m users worldwide. For the first time, anyone using a HubPeople-powered dating brand will now be able to pay for their dating subscriptions in cash with TPG's award winning CashtoCode service.

iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders, announces a new £200m package of debt funding from Citi and Waterfall Asset Management and doubles its SME loan offer ceiling to £1 million. The funding follows a series of investment rounds in the past two years, attracting £740m debt funding from partners including Citi, Barclays, Värde Partners, Pollen Street Capital, and Insight Investment. This takes investment in the business to almost £1.5bn since launching in 2012.