Wayne Johnson, CEO & Co-Founder for Encompass Corporation

Positive customer experience is crucial to building and growing a successful business and since the Covid-19 pandemic, there has undoubtedly been a shift in expectations. Consumers demand a better, more inclusive round-the-clock service than ever before.

●      how.fm’s $5.4m seed round is led by Join Capital, with renewed investment from Kindred Capital and Capnamic Ventures, and a roster of industry-leading angels.

●      The company will use the funding to recruit across the business — to build commercial teams across The UK and Europe, and to expand from logistics into other verticals seeing high turnover.

Dallas Venture Capital LLC (“DVC”) Announces Closing of $80 Million Early-stage B2B SaaS Fund II in the US

Partnerships

Laiye Partners with Accenture to Power Intelligent Automation and Innovation at Scale

As the way we work continues to evolve, so have we as an employer. 

Hand in hand with our goal to attract and retain top talent, we have reimagined how to create high performing teams with a significant investment in our workplace flexibility and benefits model that meets the ever-changing needs of today’s workers.   

Last June, the Brazilian Central Bank implemented a new framework for receivables, turning the world of Brazilian fintech on its head. Marvin was the first startup to take advantage of this new market with a “registration-as-a-service” platform that allows SMBs to pay their suppliers using their own credit card receivables. We’ve led a $15M Series A, alongside existing investors Canary and Maúa Capital, making this our largest investment in Latin America to date.

Babel Finance, the world’s leading wholesale crypto financial services provider, announced the completion of a US$80 million Series B financing round at a valuation of US$2 billion.

Mastercard, a technology leader in the global payments industry, has announced a strategic partnership Saudi Arabia-based HyperPay, the fastest growing e-commerce payments services provider in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), to drive the adoption of digital payment solutions across the region.

The money will help more members avoid high-cost, unethical lenders and manage their finances throughout the UK's cost-of-living crisis. One in six (16%) UK adults will need to borrow in the next months, according to Creditspring. Creditspring wants to provide £100 million in fixed-cost subscription loans to its users by 2022. In 2021, £25 million was lent.