Playter, a buy now – pay later (BNPL) startup, has raised a $1.7 million Seed round, according to a statement from the company.

Playter is a London-based platform that aims to help startups scale quicker with BNPL invoicing. The round was co-led by global investment firm Fin Capital and 1818 Ventures, with participation from RLC Ventures, and investment network Angels. Marc Cohen, Partner at 1818 Venture Capital, has joined the Playter board.

PostNord Strålfors, the market-leading player in Customer Communication Management, and the largest distributor of invoices in the Nordic region, has chosen Tink, Europe's leading open banking platform, as its open banking payments technology provider.

PostNord Strålfors is part of PostNord Group, a leading provider of parcel and logistics services to, from, and within the Nordic region.

Enhanced program serves the growing Freshworks community of more than 500 resellers and 350 independent software vendors

Bitcoin has been unstable since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which started on the 24^th of February this year. Although the financial impact and long-lasting consequences of war remain unclear, drastic changes have already been witnessed. As Bitcoin has been sticking to a £27,000-£34,000 trading range during the last month, uncertainty levels over crypto’s ability to remain powerful seem to rise significantly. 

Chaos is here, but Bitcoin remains low

JPMorgan Chase continues to monitor the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine to consider how we can best deploy our resources to meet growing and changing needs in the region.

Scorching-hot inflation will continue to support Bitcoin prices in the coming months as investors await a crucial statement by the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations.

The comments from Nigel Green of deVere Group, a game-changing financial giant, come amid a flurry of tweets from Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla and the richest person in the world, over the weekend regarding cryptocurrencies.

Payday loan companies have made millions of pounds worth of unaffordable loans over many years. The Claims Management Company TheClaimsGuide.com is seeing faster responses for complaints against payday lender Lending Stream.

Ventura Securities - a leading financial services company, announced a major strengthening of its online digital strategy as it moves towards its next phase of growth by appointing Mr. Manu Monga as Executive Director. In this role he will be responsible for strengthening the company’s digital capabilities and will lead next phase of growth for the company with a digital first approach.

Household finances across the UK are already stretched thin. The added pressure of a steep rise in energy prices and spiralling inflation could not have come at a worse time. 

Deployment aims to significantly improve loan approval rate and automated decisions\

Leading global AI-powered credit decision platform provider Scienaptic AI announced today that Community Choice Credit Union has chosen its AI-based underwriting platform to provide enhanced and faster credit decisions for its members.