Nucleus365, a UK-based payment institution offering a centralised platform for global payment processing, FX and connected banking, has launched to market at Money20/20. Nucleus365 offers an integrated payment solution for merchants seeking to access new and emerging markets.

Plus500, the global multi-asset fintech group, has launched an international advertising campaign starring Kiefer Sutherland, the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor, director and singer-songwriter, to elevate its international brand profile amongst the fast-growing trading community.

Biz2X, a subsidiary of Biz2Credit and the leading online digital lending platform for business lending at banks and financial institutions around the world, announced today that it has been named to American Banker’s list of 

Leading fintech payments and credit company MarketFinance has partnered with Funding Options to join its real-time lending platform, Funding CloudTM.

MFS Africa, Africa’s largest digital payments network, today announces that it has secured an additional US$100 million in equity and debt funding led by Admaius Capital Partners, taking the total amount raised in the series to US$200 million. New investors, Vitruvian Partners and AXA IM Alts joined the extension, alongside existing investors, AfricInvest FIVE and CommerzVentures, who re-invested in the extension.

Alternative data has been making waves in the financial sector at least since 2017. While the concept of alternative data has existed for nearly a decade prior, the value of investment strategies took some time before it was discovered.

In the first months of 2022 tourism in Italy is beginning to show some tangible signs of recovery, as evidenced by data from Federalberghi, Nexi and Zucchetti relating to the presence and spending by tourists in hotels, and the preferred Italian destinations this summer.

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, today announces a new £30m Tier 2 capital facility for a challenger bank, Allica Bank. Allica Bank has been lending to smaller businesses since March 2020, committing over £560m in loan offers in 2021 and is set to offer £1 billion to smaller businesses in 2022.