European Fund Administration (EFA) is pleased to announce that it is rebranding to "efa", as part of its integration journey into Universal Investment Group. The new efa brand is a major milestone in the company’s transition to becoming “more than a fund company” while underlining its proud belonging to the Universal Investment family. 

Money20/20, the world’s leading fintech show, regarded as the place where money does business, is unveiling Money20/20 Europe’s Champions of Change who will be taking their stages at RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre on June 6-8th.  Seven influential fintech leaders are presenting or moderating sessions as part of the Champions of Change program this year.  Dr.

ITAS Assicurazioni, Italy’s oldest insurance company, continues its strategic path of digital transformation and launches ITAS Pay with the support of 

M-KOPA, a leading fintech platform, today announced it successfully closed over $250m in new debt and equity funding to expand its financial services offering to underbanked consumers across Sub-Saharan Africa. This marks one of the largest combined debt and equity raises in the African tech sector, enabling M-KOPA to continue its rapid growth.

Fintech startup Lanistar has recently unveiled its latest feature, which allows customers the choice to customise their virtual payment card with one of Lanistars eight iconic colour schemes.

Throughout its marketing campaign, Lanistar has put its payment card in the spotlight. The multitude of colours, all accompanied by a holographic finish, have been seen in the hands of football stars and Instagram models alike, having exploded online due to Lanistars intense social media marketing campaign.

Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces, is delighted to announce that it has entered into a new partnership that will see it power Money Expert’s consumer credit proposition. 

It will provide its wide selection of secured and unsecured lending products to Money Expert customers from credit cards and personal loans to second-charge mortgages, all through Freedom Finance’s proprietary soft search technology. 

Banks are expected to increase their lending this year as the UK economy swerves the predicted and the housing markets shows small signs of some revival, according to a panel of leading economists.

Simpl, India’s foremost merchant-first checkout platform, today announced a partnership with Zolvit (formerly Vakilsearch), India's largest legal services platform, to provide reliable and personalised legal solutions for the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) merchants across the country. The partnership aims to provide a one-stop platform for legal, tax and compliance needs of D2C merchants and solves for a critical pain point, enabling them to focus on their core business. 

Copper.co, a leading provider of institutional digital asset custody and collateral management, today announced the appointment Jim Turley as a Non-Executive Director and the appointment of Dr Stephen Strickland as Chief Compliance Officer. Both appointments are effective immediately.