As we go through this year's Golden Quarter—the peak holiday shopping season from Black Friday to Christmas—we’re already seeing a huge surge in activity. Shopper turnout across websites and stores hit an all-time high of 200.4 million people over the five-day weekend beginning with Thanksgiving, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF).

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, announced today Matthew Miller will join the boards of Klarna Holding AB and its subsidiary, Klarna Bank AB. 

Volt, the global real-time payments platform, today announces the appointment of Irina Chuchkina as the company’s first Chief Marketing Officer.

Bumper, the fintech enabling flexible payments for car repairs, has announced the completion of a $48 million / €46 million / £40 million Series B fundraising to accelerate its growth. 

Decentro, India’s leading Banking-As-A-Service startup, has launched its Penniless Bank Account Verification (BAV) API. Making it one of the first companies to launch such a product, it aims to help enterprises save over 5 - 10 man hours and close to Rs. 50 - 75 per onboarding of every new consumer or merchant. 

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Revfin, a leading digital lending platform that finances electric vehicles, has raised $14m in a series B funding round. 

This significant injection of capital was led by Omidyar Network and was joined by the Asian Development Bank, Companion Capital Limited, a group of angel investors, and existing investors such as Green Frontier Capital and LC Nueva Investment Partners.

Scienaptic AI, a leading global AI-powered credit decision platform provider, announced its integration partnership with DigiFi, the financial industry's leading platform for automated digital lending. With this integration, DigiFi clients can seamlessly access Scienaptic’s advanced AI-powered signals for lending.

D•One, the open banking services business from The ClearScore Group, has today announced a new partnership with social purpose lender Salad Money. D•One offers financial partners such as Salad Money the ability to use consumers’ transaction data to make a fairer assessment of their eligibility for loans.

Wolters Kluwer, the software solutions giant, has today announced the launch of an expert financial technology solution aimed at helping the nearly 33 million U.S. businesses impacted by the beneficial ownership reporting rule under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).