Car repairs payment platform www.bumper.co.uk has raised £26.1 million ($30 million) in investment from its Series A extension round, with automotive giants and venture capitals Autotech Ventures, InMotion Ventures (the investment arm of Jaguar Land Rover), ITOCHU and Revo Capital investing in the automotive fintech start-up.

Trustly, a leading Open Banking provider, today reveals that Open Banking can maximise online returns for retailers this Black Friday Weekend, as in-person shopping remains below pre-pandemic levels.

Enfuce, the European card issuing and processing powerhouse, has won the coveted FF Award for Mobile Payments. Recognised for its fully cloud-based Cards as a Service (CaaS) innovation, Enfuce was selected as winner of the category over Fiserv, Giesecke+Devrient, Vesta Corporation and Wallet Factory.

Zimpler, a leading fintech company born in Sweden, announced today their partnership with Elon – one of the biggest merchants in consumer electronics in the Nordic’s – offering B2B payments solutions to Elon’s customers, in Sweden. After going live with its new solution in March, Zimpler became the first provider in the country to offer instant B2B account-to-account payment in real-time.

Ashman, the ambitious new entrant bank serving small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the commercial real estate sector, has successfully gone live on Mambu. Ashman is currently leveraging Mambu’s cloud banking platform to manage its loan offering to build speedy, personalised service for conscientious property businesses and entrepreneurs in the UK.

Currencycloud, the experts simplifying business in a multi-currency world, has partnered with Scottish start-up app Skedadle to provide its users an easy, secure and seamless way to transfer money earned in-app while playing games on public transport.

Till Payments (Till), global payments fintech disruptor, has announced the release of Terminal Connect. The proprietary in-house solution integrates with a selection of Till's in-person devices, including its Till Mobile and Till Portable terminals. Terminal Connect enables partners and their merchants to deploy an integration between payment terminals and their Point of Sale (POS) software, unlocking feature-rich capabilities direct from their device screens. 

ION, a global leader in trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics and insights, and strategic consulting to financial institutions, central banks, governments, and corporates, announces that XTP Risk JANUS won the Best Operational Risk Solution category at the RegTech Insight APAC Awards 2022.

SEBA Bank AG, a leading crypto bank in Switzerland having a suite of fully regulated banking services, officially opened its Hong Kong office for its subsidiary, SEBA (Hong Kong) Limited (“SEBA Hong Kong”).

Open banking provider Yapily has teamed up with the embedded insurance platform Certua to make it easier, quicker, and cheaper for people to apply for and manage their life insurance coverage in the UK.