Ageras, a leading provider of accounting software, banking, and admin tools for more than 300,000 active SME customers in France, Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Societe Generale to acquire Shine, a leading French SME fintech.

Corpay, Inc, a global leader in corporate payments, is pleased to announce the latest expansion of its Cross-Border business with the establishment of a new office in Auckland, New Zealand. This expansion reinforces the company’s leading position in the payment industry and strengthens its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

Brex, the leading all-in-one financial stack supporting 1 out of 3 startups in the U.S., today launched new digital banking products and a number of updates to its flagship business account, giving founders access to capital where and when they need it. This launch makes Brex the only spend management platform to marry corporate cards, expense management, bill pay, travel booking, treasury, and banking into one vertically integrated offering.

Sapiens International Corporation, a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, today launched its AI-powered, open, integrated, cloud-native platform.

Today, Finaloop, the real-time e-commerce accounting platform, announced it has raised a $35 million Series A round. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from Vesey Ventures, Commerce Ventures, and existing investors, Accel and Aleph.

Atom bank, the UK’s first app-based bank, has today announced its strongest ever financial results, driven by a significant increase in lending while keeping costs exceptionally low. Operating profit grew to £27m, a 600% increase on last year, with costs up just 4%, demonstrating the success of its efficient, sustainable and scalable business model.

Atom’s low-cost and scalable model

According to new research, the average British consumer has almost £2,700 of credit card debt, and more than a third have, or contemplated taking out, a payday or short-term loan to cover rising debt costs in the last 12 months.

Despite this mounting debt, over a third (39%) of consumers are not using any tools to help manage their spending. Around one in four (26%) are still using manual software such as Microsoft Excel to track their expenses.