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Airwallex Raises 320 Million Dollars at 11 Billion Dollar Valuation as Agentic Finance Bet Accelerates
FinTech Funding

Airwallex Raises 320 Million Dollars at 11 Billion Dollar Valuation as Agentic Finance Bet Accelerates

Airwallex has raised 320 million dollars in a Series H round that…
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Pete Sadler
Adyen Takes Direct CBUAE Licence, Cutting Local Intermediaries Out of Its UAE Settlement Chain
Payments

Adyen Takes Direct CBUAE Licence, Cutting Local Intermediaries Out of Its UAE Settlement Chain

Adyen has secured a Retail Payment Services Category II licence from the…
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Pete Sadler
Santander-Backed Ebury in Talks to Buy FX Rival Lumon in £100m-Plus Deal
M&A

Santander-Backed Ebury in Talks to Buy FX Rival Lumon in £100m-Plus Deal

Ebury, the cross-border payments and foreign exchange business majority-owned by Banco Santander,…
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Pete Sadler
Moneybox reaches £800m valuation as it becomes first UK fintech to use PISCES
Wealth

Moneybox reaches £800m valuation as it becomes first UK fintech to use PISCES

Moneybox, the UK savings and investing app, has been valued at £800m…
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Pete Sadler
UK mutuals walk away from Atom Bank as £600m sale process nears collapse
M&A

UK mutuals walk away from Atom Bank as £600m sale process nears collapse

The auction of Atom Bank is close to unravelling. Yorkshire Building Society…
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Pete Sadler
audax Powers Embedded Shariah Banking for Maybank Indonesia Syariah and Muslim Pro
Islamic Banking

audax Powers Embedded Shariah Banking for Maybank Indonesia Syariah and Muslim Pro

audax Financial Technology has gone live with its first deployment in Indonesia,…
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Pete Sadler
Finova buys AI start-up Cubit Labs in push to automate broker-led mortgage lending
M&A

Finova buys AI start-up Cubit Labs in push to automate broker-led mortgage lending

Finova, the UK cloud-based mortgage, savings and lending software provider, has acquired…
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Pete Sadler
Oman Arab Bank Completes Visa Tokenisation Rollout as BPC Partnership Hits Ten Years
Payments

Oman Arab Bank Completes Visa Tokenisation Rollout as BPC Partnership Hits Ten Years

Oman Arab Bank (OAB) has gone live with Visa tokenisation, completing a…
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Pete Sadler
BNPL Enters the Mainstream as 18% of UK Adults Hold a Loan, TransUnion Finds
Lending

BNPL Enters the Mainstream as 18% of UK Adults Hold a Loan, TransUnion Finds

Buy now, pay later has moved decisively out of its niche and…
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Pete Sadler
Nubank Wins Central Bank Approval to Operate in Brazil FX Market
Digital Banking

Nubank Wins Central Bank Approval to Operate in Brazil FX Market

Nubank has secured authorisation from the Central Bank of Brazil to operate…
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Pete Sadler
Kraken eyes a European banking licence, with Lithuania in its sights
Banking

Kraken eyes a European banking licence, with Lithuania in its sights

Crypto exchange Kraken is reportedly pursuing a full banking licence in Europe,…
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Pete Sadler
Nium acquires Cypher to bridge fiat and blockchain payments
Payments

Nium acquires Cypher to bridge fiat and blockchain payments

Nium, the global cross-border payments infrastructure company, has acquired Cypher, a crypto-native…
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Pete Sadler
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