Archive for May 2021
Funding Circle partners Atom to lend £300m to SMEs
The lending partnership will deploy new funding to around 4,000 small businesses and follows announcement that Funding Circle has been accredited under the British Business Bank’s Recovery Loan Scheme.
Read MoreXFW21 to focus on customers and society
This year Amsterdam FinTech Week will be run as an online-only event, with special guests including Jan Ceyssens of the European Commission and De Nederlandsche Bank’s Steven Maijoor.
Read MoreRailsbank hires general manager for Australia
Ben Smith, who joins from WorldFirst, will focus on the strategic development of products and operations in the Australian market
Read MoreBanco Santander selects Raidiam for Open Banking
The UK fintech has been chosen to accelerate Banco Santander’s Open Banking programme.
Read MoreTink teams up with Wealthify
The partnership, which is already live, will provide users of Wealthify’s app with ‘seamless’ payment initiation services.
Read MoreSME lending ‘not in a liquidity crisis’
As government-backed support in the form of CBILS and BBLS come to an end, Open Banking Expo brought together a panel of commercial lenders to discuss the future of SME lending.
Read MoreFintech Week London returns in July
The five-day hybrid event will gather senior decision makers from high street banks and fintechs to discuss global themes including banking as a service and financial inclusion, with keynote speaker Ron Kalifa.
Read MoreIrfan Khan becomes CEO of mmob
Khan will lead the new open finance partnership platform, which he co-founded in 2020.
Read MoreTrueLayer partners with Spanish trading app
HeyTrade, which launched in June 2020, will use Open Banking payments to provide instant account funding to users.
Read MoreA2A payments to enter mainstream, says Token CEO
Todd Clyde said that Open Banking APIs have removed the barriers to access that meant account-to-account payments were seen as niche and alternative.
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