London-based Weavr announces an update that adds a new level of convenience for cardholders to add their cards to Apple Pay and Google Wallet, improving digital security and card usage, and in turn fuelling transaction growth for embedded finance innovators.

Kiya.ai, one of the most innovative digital solutions providers in India, announced that Union Bank of India was among the first banks to launch NPCI’s UPI linked to Rupay Credit Card and UPI Lite on the unified payments interface (UPI) platform with Kiya.ai as their technology partner in this achievement.

PPRO, the leading provider of digital payments infrastructure, has strengthened its market coverage of Malaysia with the integration of major e-wallets GrabPay and Touch ‘n Go on its payments infrastructure.

Ledgy, the equity management platform for high-growth international startups, today announced a $22 million (€22m / £19m) Series B funding round led by global venture capital firm, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from Sequoia Capital, Speedinvest, btov, Visionaries Club and VI Partners, as well as existing angel investors.

Verto, the leading B2B cross-border payments and foreign exchange (FX) enabler, today announced that it has been selected as part of the DIFC FinTech Hive 2022 Accelerator Programme Cohort. The programme offers the most innovative start-ups access to the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA)’s largest financial industry banks and insurance companies for partnership opportunities, exposure to investors and mentorship.

A soft September brought Robo.cash a new milestone of €63M attracted investments. The platform is also approaching half a billion euros of purchased loans.

To date, more than 27 thousand investors have joined the platform. Over the summer, there was an average 6% monthly increase in registrations. Germany still leads the number of investors. Spain and France are in second and third place respectively. 

The latest Bank of England figures1 reveals that quoted household interest rates on consumer credit products continued to rise in August amid an economic environment of rising interest rates, mortgage rates and inflation. 

Finaro, the global cross-border payment provider and fully licensed bank making complex payments brilliantly simple, has announced that it is on track to surpass over $1 billion of transaction volume processed in 2022, with its gateway platform incentivising new commercial partnerships and rapid merchant uptake of alternative payment methods (APMs).

In a strategic move to further strengthen its cross-border payment solutions, TerraPay, a leading global payments infrastructure group today announced its partnership with NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), the International arm of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).