Zopa Group PLC, the digital bank pioneer trusted by 1.6 million customers, has entered the Investments market to help the 15 million Brits who hold excess cash grow their money confidently.

Designed for the nation’s new generation of first-time investors looking to make their money work harder with peace of mind, Zopa Investments forms part of Zopa’s vision to build the Home of Money.

BR-DGE, the independent payment orchestration provider, has partnered with THG Ingenuity, the leading global e-commerce group, to deliver BR-DGE Vault, a PCI-compliant hybrid tokenisation solution.

THG Ingenuity provides cutting-edge ecommerce solutions designed to accelerate brand growth. The company will implement BR-DGE Vault across more than 250 online stores, reducing PCI compliance overheads while delivering measurable gains in authorisation rates.

Pipe, a fintech company building an embedded financial operating system for small businesses, today announced its first Australian customer, Live Payments, a leading payment solutions provider serving more than 10,000 small and medium-sized businesses. This new partnership continues Pipe’s rapid global expansion, with its product now live in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. The Australian market has been a frequent early adopter of new fintech options.

Today, Solflare, the gateway to the next era of finance, has partnered with Mastercard, to launch the Solflare Card, the first true self-custody debit card on Solana. Seamlessly linking to users' Solflare Wallets, the new digital card allows users to make instant debit card payments with USDC while maintaining full control of their assets, without preloading or prior conversion.

Modern Life, the AI-powered life insurance brokerage transforming how advisors serve their clients, announced today that it has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital, with participation from New York Life Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Allegis. 

Nuvei today announced that its eCommerce merchants have started processing transactions via Wero, the innovative digital wallet of the European Payments Initiative (EPI). Wero is designed to deliver instant, secure account-to-account payments across Europe.

In the UK, equity trading is spread across multiple trading venues, sparking competition, innovation and lowering the cost of trading. However, it can also make it challenging for market participants to assess overall market liquidity, causing it to be underestimated.  

An equity tape brings data from across UK markets together, providing investors with a more comprehensive and clear view of the market. This will help boost market participation and the global competitiveness of UK equity markets. 

Akur8, the next-generation insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by transparent machine learning, announced today the opening of its new office in the heart of Madrid, Spain. This marks Akur8’s eighth global office, reinforcing its commitment to serving clients and partners across the globe.

Wallet-first infrastructure provider Mangopay predicts that experiences will be one of the standout growth areas of Black Friday 2025, as new analysis of more than 113 million transactions from last year’s sales period shows UK shoppers increasingly funnelling their spend into travel, days out and live entertainment.   

Kaaj, an agentic AI credit intelligence platform that simplifies small business lending, today announced it has raised $3.8 million in seed funding led by Kindred Ventures, with participation from Better Tomorrow Ventures and others.