Ebury, the global financial technology firm headquartered in London, has unveiled its new office with a global training centre in Malaga, Spain, to support the growing demand for its international trade solutions and services.

With over €1.2 million spent on its renovation, the new facility will act as a hub for Ebury’s global operations as well as provide an attractive centre for technical training opportunities.

ila Bank, the fast-growing digital mobile-only Bank powered by Bank ABC, has now made it possible for - its debit, credit, and prepaid cards customers to make payments through Samsung Wallet. With the addition of this payment service, ila card users have a new convenient way to make secure payments while they are on the go. 

Allica Bank is today exposing a hidden £7.5 billion a year savings penalty on the country’s hard-pressed SMEs – and is calling on the wider banking industry to give SMEs a better deal.

While the cost-of-living crisis has led to significant pressure on banks to pass interest rate rises on to personal savings customers, Allica’s research has revealed a hidden savings penalty of more than £7.5 billion a year for SME bank customers - who are facing an equally tough cost-of-business crisis. 

Statement, a groundbreaking enterprise cash flow management platform, recently secured $12m as part of its seed funding initiative.

Finzly, a provider of cutting-edge payments infrastructure for financial institutions, announced today that it has closed a Series A funding round of $10M with TZP Growth Equity. The funding will be used to accelerate Finzly’s expansion as it continues to meet the growing needs of financial institutions for digital transformation.

Beluga, a trusted crypto platform that onboards and guides new users through their crypto journey, announced today a $4M seed round from some of the most well-known crypto and FinTech investors. The round was led by Fin Capital with participation from Anagram, UDHC, Dispersion Capital, Aptos Labs, 2 Punks Capital, Borderless Capital, Kyber Capital, 186 Ventures, W11 Capital, Rubik Ventures, and more.

Creditly Corp., dba Credit Genie, a leading digital personal finance platform that has served more than one million Americans, announced today the successful completion of an additional funding round, securing $10 million in capital, bringing its total financing to $21 million. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Tippet Ventures.

iDenfy, a Lithuania-based identity verification, compliance and fraud prevention tools provider, announced a new partnership with Viena Moneta, also a Lithuania-based financial company offering currency exchange services, recognized as "One Coin" in English. iDenfy’s AML solution will swiftly screen customers against various databases, including sanctions lists and global watchlists, to help Viena Moneta identify any suspicious activities faster.

When it comes to instant access savings accounts, it’s not all about securing the best rate, according to research from digital agency, MagiClick.  A survey of over 2,000 UK adults, undertaken in conjunction with YouGov, revealed that also being able to securely manage your savings account via a mobile app is a key factor when it comes to choosing an instant access savings account provider.

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