Expensify Brings its Corporate Card into Europe

Expensify Brings its Corporate Card into Europe
  • Expensify has expanded its partnership with Marqeta to launch the Expensify Card in Spain, Ireland, Poland, and the Netherlands.
  • The European rollout gives multinational businesses access to spend controls, virtual and physical cards, receipt matching, and no foreign transaction fees.
  • The launch reflects growing competition among US spend management providers to expand internationally, while highlighting Marqeta’s role in enabling cross-border card programs.

Business expense management company Expensify has expanded its partnership with card-issuing platform Marqeta to bring its corporate card offering into select European markets, including Spain, Ireland, Poland, and the Netherlands.

The Expensify Card, which the company originally launched in the US in 2019, offers multiple features that cater to businesses’ needs. In addition to automatic transaction coding and receipt matching, the card also offers real time visibility into spending, spending limits and category rules, virtual card creation, and integrations with major accounting platforms. Crucial to the international launch, the Expensify Card does not charge foreign transaction fees and can be connected to any GBP, EUR, or US business bank account with no minimums, deposits, or credit checks required.

“The Expensify Card works quietly in the background to keep your business spend controlled, compliant, and ready for accounting,” said Expensify Founder and CEO David Barrett. “It’s a preaccounting assistant that eliminates hours of reconciling transactions, chasing receipts, and reimbursing employees. One of our US customers, Pivot Bio, cut down on their expense report audit times by 90%. We can’t wait to share that same time savings with millions of businesses in the UK and EU.”

The launch represents the Expensify Card’s first broad commercial expansion beyond the US, following a UK and EU beta introduced in 2025. The European launch extends the company’s ability to serve multinational businesses with its unified spend management platform. It also serves as another example of how US spend management providers such as Brex and Navan are investing more resources into international expansion to support multinational businesses. While the demand for global corporate spend management tools and card providers expands, global reach has become an important competitive differentiator.

Fueling this launch is Marqeta’s multinational card-issuing capabilities. Leveraging Marqeta’s platform, Expensify is offering physical, virtual, and tokenized cards. Businesses can use the cards for a variety of use cases, including travel, one-time vendor purchases, and departmental expenses. Additionally, Marqeta’s card capabilities enable Expensify clients to set spend controls by cardholder, authorize transactions in real-time, and provide insights into spending patterns that can help improve cashflow visibility and budgeting.

“With multinational card issuing capabilities built into our platform, we are uniquely positioned to support this type of international scale, enabling customers to enter new markets and grow their card programs while simplifying the complexities that come with global expansion,” said Marqeta Chief Revenue Officer Todd Pollak.

For Marqeta, the partnership is another example of how embedded card issuing providers are key enablers of global fintech growth. Rather than building payments infrastructure market by market, fintechs are increasingly relying on third parties with established regulatory, issuer, and network relationships to accelerate international expansion.

Founded in 2009, Marqeta provides infrastructure and tools to help companies build and manage their own payment programs. The company, which just expanded its partnership with Klarna, processed nearly $383 billion in annual payment volume in 2025 and has increasingly focused on helping customers scale internationally through its multinational issuing capabilities.

Marqeta and zerohash Enable Stablecoin Spending on International Card Networks

Marqeta and zerohash Enable Stablecoin Spending on International Card Networks
  • Card issuing platform Marqeta has announced a partnership with digital asset infrastructure provider zerohash.
  • The collaboration will integrate zerohash’s stablecoin infrastructure into Marqeta’s card issuing capabilities to enable companies to offer stablecoin payments to their customers without having to rebuild their core systems.
  • A Finovate alum since 2016, Marqeta is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Card issuing platform Marqeta and digital asset infrastructure provider zerohash have teamed up to enable Marqeta customers to embed stablecoin payments directly into both new and existing financial products. The integration of zerohash’s stablecoin infrastructure into Marqeta’s card issuing capabilities means organizations will benefit from the ability to offer stablecoin payments to customers without having to rebuild core systems or accept additional regulatory burdens.

“Our customers are building the next generation of financial products, and that requires new ways to manage and move money,” Marqeta Interim Chief Product Officer Anthony Peculic said. “By integrating with zerohash, we will be able to give our customers a full solution to deliver multinational and stablecoin-backed card programs that meet the needs of their users, while also being compliant and ready for global scale.”

Courtesy of the collaboration, Marqeta customers will be able to spend their digital dollars at tens of millions of merchants around the world using a standard payment card, with merchants paid in fiat currency. Marqeta will manage card issuance, acceptance, and bank and network relationships. zerohash will provide the underlying infrastructure that supports custody, compliance, and liquidity for on-chain money custody and movement.

The partnership between the two companies comes at a time when stablecoin adoption is accelerating throughout financial services. In February of this year, for example, stablecoin monthly transaction volumes reached $7.2 trillion, topping the ACH network’s $6.8 trillion for the first time. zerohash saw its own transaction volume grow 6.9x year-over-year in 2025, with transaction frequency up more than 2x. Having partnered with crypto companies to power debit card offerings in the US and Europe that enable spending in fiat currency based on crypto holdings, Marqeta will now be able to expand its capabilities to enable crypto and non-crypto companies to make stablecoin-based payments a part of their offering.

“Compatibility between stablecoins and traditional payment networks is a critical unlock for users’ onchain money, while also opening new opportunities for traditional businesses through stablecoin-backed cards,” zerohash CEO and Founder Edward Woodford said. “zerohash’s role is to abstract the complexity behind the scenes so stablecoins can be leveraged as a seamless part of everyday payments and money movement.”

A cryptocurrency, stablecoin, and tokenized asset infrastructure provider, zerohash offers an API and an embeddable dev kit that enables innovators to launch solutions for cross-border payments, commerce, trading, payroll, remittance, tokenization, and on/off-ramps. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and founded in 2017, zerohash serves fintechs, marketplaces, banks, brokerages, trading platforms, and more with regulated crypto trading and staking, real-time stablecoin payments, and tokenized financial products. The company supports more than 100 different assets, has more than seven million end customers, and a global regulatory footprint across the European Union, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Bermuda, and the US. The firm also operates regulated entities in 51 US jurisdictions.

A Finovate alum since 2016, Marqeta debuted at our developer conference, FinDEVr Silicon Valley. The Oakland, California-based fintech offers card issuing, including virtual cards and tokenization, as well as processing and settlement services with Just-in-Time (JIT) funding and dynamic spend controls. Marqeta’s solutions enable businesses to transform real-time data into personalized, optimized solutions to enhance consumer loyalty, capital efficiency, and more. Processing nearly $400 billion in annual payment volume in 2025, Marqeta operates in more than 40 countries around the world.

Marqeta’s partnership announcement with zerohash comes as the firm reports that it has expanded its collaboration with fellow Finovate alum Expensify. The spend management software platform is leveraging Marqeta’s card issuing platform to bring its solution to customers in the UK and EU.

“Businesses across Europe are seeking expense management tools that are simple, automated, and designed to save them time and money,” Expensify Chief Strategy Officer Daniel Vidal said. “Through our expanded partnership with Marqeta, we’re able to bring our proven corporate card capabilities to Europe, delivering the same high-quality spend management solutions our US customers rely on to businesses of any size across the region.”


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Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

If you’re in the US, you may be pouring an extra cup of caffeine after an activity-filled long weekend. While you were away, however, the rest of the fintech world kept moving. This week, we’ll continue to add more announcements as the week progresses.


Payments

Marqeta expands account and money movement offering in Europe, building on strong regional momentum.

PlayHQ partners with Gr4vy to power payments across global markets.

Mastercard renews its partnership with CIB, the largest private sector bank in Egypt.

ClearBank Europe launches Digital Asset Rails to unlock programmable liquidity for cross-border flows.

Business financial management

Coupa acquires Tonkean to accelerate agentic intake and orchestration for global trade.

Fraud and identity

INETCO surpasses 100 billion annual transactions as demand for payment fraud protection soars.

Nigerian cybersecurity and compliance company SmartComply launches in the UK.

Agentic AI

Agentic finance startup Catena Labs raises $30 million in Series A funding.

Wealth management

FIS and InvestCloud team up to launch AI-powered wealth management solution.

DeFi and stablecoins

Coinbase re-launches direct deposit option.

Mastercard granted New York State Department of Financial Services BitLicense.

Digital banking

Monzo offers a new telco plan offering discounts every year


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Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Welcome to Q2! We’re looking forward to first-looks at how fintechs are faring in 2026, especially with regard to investment trends. For now, we’re seeing new C-suite leadership in digital banking, partnerships in insurtech, and a new fintech that is leveraging stablecoins for cross-border payments. Be sure to check back here at Finovate’s Fintech Rundown in the days to come for the latest fintech news headlines.


Digital banking

nCino introduces new Chief Revenue Officer Keith Kettell.

Issuer-processor Paymentology partnered with Bank Zero to enhance access to modern digital banking in South Africa.

Payments

Lush UK to deploy Quadient’s accounts payable (AP) automation software to enhance its finance operations.

Derivative Path delivers FX payments solution powered by Wells Fargo’s FX Payment Solutions and connected through Jack Henry’s Treasury Management platform.

Insurtech

PK1Cloud, a division of independent actuarial and insurance consultancy, Perr&Knight, forged a strategic partnership with Pythia, an AI-native intelligence platform for the property & casualty insurance industry.

Travel insurtech Koala announces partnership with European airline Volotea.

Lending

ASN Bank chooses core banking platform provider Ohpen as its new strategic technology partner to enhance its mortgage operations.

Fraud prevention

Marqeta enhances its Real-Time Decisioning (RTD) offering with an AI-powered risk score that analyzes transaction risk levels.

Finovate Best of Show winner 1Kosmos announces that its platform has secured Department of War (DoW) Impact Level 4 (IL4) authorization.

iDenfy and 5 Star Jets team up to integrate identity verification and AML screening into the aviation company’s payment verification process for both fiat and cryptocurrencies.

Stablecoins

Cross-border money movement startup Latitude emerges from stealth with $8 million in seed funding.

Embedded finance

Cognitive Banking Platform company Personetics teams up with embedded financial connectivity innovator Atomic.


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Klarna Unveils New Debit Card Powered by Marqeta

Klarna Unveils New Debit Card Powered by Marqeta
  • Klarna and Marqeta are launching a new debit card powered by Visa Flexible Credential (VFC), allowing users to pay now or later with the same card.
  • The Klarna Card marks a shift from BNPL-only into mainstream payments, which supports consumers’ demand for flexible, app-connected spending tools.
  • The launch supports Klarna’s pre-IPO growth strategy, which includes partnerships with Clover and Walmart as the company continues to mull its public debut.

BNPL giant Klarna has teamed up with card issuing platform Marqeta to power the Klarna Card: a new debit card powered by Visa Flexible Credential (VFC) that offers flexible payment options.

This development follows Marqeta’s move in July of 2024 to become the first issuer processor in the US certified for VFC. Using VFC, Marqeta will enable Klarna Card users to pay at the time of the transaction, or to pay later using the same card. Klarna is currently trialing the Klarna Card and plans to roll it out to a broader US user base later this year.

This isn’t the first collaboration between Marqeta and Klarna, who first teamed up in 2018 when Marqeta agreed to power Klarna’s virtual cards in the US. Since then, the two companies have expanded and Marqeta now supports Klarna in six countries.

“The future of payments is flexible, and we’re proud to enable this new offering together with Visa,” said Marqeta Chief Product and Engineering Officer Rahul Shah. “Our ongoing partnership with Klarna is a true testament to what’s possible with Marqeta’s platform and how we enable our customers to grow and innovate at global scale.”

Releasing the Klarna Card is a notable evolution for Klarna, shifting its focus from short-term BNPL loans into mainstream spending habits. By enabling “pay now” or “pay later” choices on the same card, Klarna and Marqeta are blurring the lines between credit and debit by offering a single, flexible product that caters to consumers’ expectations for control and choice at checkout.

Klarna isn’t the first BNPL player to expand into card-based products. California-based Affirm launched its own debit+ card in 2021 and just recently surpassed two million debit cards.

Marqeta was founded in 2009 to provide infrastructure and tools to help companies build and manage their own payment programs. The company enables developers to launch and scale new programs with flexibility. Headquartered in California, Marqeta processed almost $300 billion in annual payments volume in 2024.

“Through our continued partnership with Marqeta and Visa, we’re evolving the Klarna Card into a truly dynamic and versatile payment experience,” said Klarna Chief Marketing Officer David Sandström. “We’re excited to continue innovating alongside Marqeta as we scale the Klarna Card to provide smart, seamless payments that empower smarter, more informed shoppers everywhere.”

The news announcement comes as Klarna has been strategically ramping up its public presence in preparation for going public. While the company postponed its IPO plans earlier this year, it has partnered with Clover for in-store BNPL, signed an agreement to serve as Walmart’s BNPL provider, and announced that it reached 100 million active consumers in April 2025. 

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

This week marks Eid al-Fitr, the festival celebrating the end of Ramadan and the breaking of a month-long fast. Similarly, the close of this quarter feels like fintech is breaking its own fast, with Klarna filing its IPO prospectus, Rocket Companies announcing major acquisitions of Mr. Cooper and Redfin, and regulatory frameworks beginning to ease in the U.S. As we enter into the second quarter, here’s a look at this week’s fintech news as we leave the time of fasting behind. We’ll continue adding news to this post throughout the week, so stay tuned!

Digital banking

Border Bank chooses Jack Henry for technology modernization.

Y-12 Federal Credit Union upgrades ATM fleet to enhance self-service banking with NCR Atleos.

Lending

Financial services document automation and analysis company Ocrolus announces strategic partnership with digital consultancy Entech.

Finastra‘s cloud-based loan document preparation system LaserPro unveils enhanced features and sees further adoption by community-based financial institutions.

Business financial management

Tesorio launches AI agent that autonomously manages portal-based invoicing.

Enterprise spend management platform Mendel closes $35 million Series B round led by Base10 Partners with participation from PayPal Ventures.

Open Banking

Backbase now enables customers to integrate open banking compliance solutions from Salt Edge.

Mortgagetech

Rocket Companies agrees to acquire Mr. Cooper Group in an all-stock transaction for $9.4 billion.

Payments

Ingo Payments chooses card issuing platform Marqeta as its issuer processing partner.

SumUp and FreedomPay partner to enhance payment capabilities for retail and hospitality sector businesses.

Wise Platform teams up with Brazilian bank, Itaú Unibanco, to enable instant global currency transfers.

PayJunction integrates with Zapier to help businesses build custom payment workflow automations.

Payments and financial services technology provider Fiserv launched Clover, its point-of-sale system and software platform, in Australia.

Viamericas launches open payment network in the Philippines.

Fraud prevention

Fraud and risk platform DataVisor introduces its first Chief Operating Officer, Tony Kueh.

Highnote teams up with Feedzai to integrate AI-powered fraud prevention technology into its acquiring business.

Loyalty and rewards

Rewards and branded payments provider Blackhawk Network partners with consumer loyalty program company Exchange Solutions.

Crypto and Defi

Crypto payments firm MoonPay unveils new Recurring Buys feature to enable customers in the US to automate repeat cryptocurrency purchases.

Wealth management

Global wealth platform Arta Finance launches its intelligent suite of AI agents, Arta AI.


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Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Halloween is right around the corner. But have no fear of being out of the loop when it comes to the latest in fintech news — Finovate’s Fintech Rundown has you covered!


Insurtech

Scotland-based insurtech Broker Insights launches in the U.S.

Payments

Mastercard introduces Bill Qkr to streamline billpay for merchants.

Payment orchestrator Yuno unveils Payout, a new feature that enables management of both pay-outs and pay-ins from within a single solution.

Pinwheel launches new subscription management tool, Bill Navigator.

Bluefin and Sycurio announce a strategic partnership to enhance payment security.

Earned wage solutions provider DailyPay secures $100 million from Citi to bolster its secured credit facility.

Identity management and verification

Cross-border payments infrastructure company Nium launches a real-time bank account verification solution, Nium Verify.

Lending

Card issuing platform Marqeta launches embedded Buy Now, Pay Later solution, Marqeta Flex.

Deposit and loan origination software solutions provider Amount introduces its AI Policy Optimizer to enhance credit, pricing, and fraud policy management.

Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp secures a MiFID Multilateral Trading Facility (MFF) license.

Digital banking

U.K.-based banking group Lloyds unveils new Link pay capability in its mobile banking app.


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Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Fall is officially here! A favorite season for many, autumn also marks a likely acceleration in fintech and financial services news and activity. Be sure to check Finovate’s Fintech Rundown all week long for the latest in headlines and news updates!


Open banking

PNC Financial Services and Plaid sign data sharing agreement.

Cryptocurrency

CheckSig offers Italy’s first crypto staking service that integrates tax management.

Fraud prevention and digital identity

Financial crime risk management solutions provider Hummingbird acquires no-code integration and automation specialist LogicLoop.

Nasdaq Verafin announces enhancements to its Targeted Typology Analytics suite to add detection capabilities for terrorist financing and drug trafficking activity.

Trulioo and Airwallex expand global partnership.

Lending

Digital origination and decisioning technology company Amount launches new SMB lending and deposit account opening suite.

Canadian fintech KOHO partners with lending-as-a-service company Propel Holdings.

Forward Financing announces expanded $450 million credit facility.

Scotiabank expands partnership with Nova Credit to enhance digital credit access for newcomers across Canada.

Liberis launches new Flexible Cash Advance product to fund eBay sellers up to $2 million in the United States.

Multitude Bank and Salt Edge join forces to optimize loan repayment.

Payments

Worktech platform DailyPay adds new Savings feature to its DailyPay Visa Prepaid card.

Payments solution provider for the transportation industry, AtoB, secures $130 million in equity and debt financing.

Marqeta appoints Chief AI Officer.

DailyPay expands into the United Kingdom.

JPMorgan begins testing U.K. credit cards.

Cross River and Forward bring payouts-as-a-service to software developers.

Money transfer innovator Wise launches online invoicing tool for small businesses.

Cross-border payments platform dLocal announces an expansion of its partnership with Asia-based mobile wallet ShopeePay.

Credit unions

OneAZ Credit Union partners with Backbase for its Engagement Banking platform.

MANTL unveils business deposit origination for credit unions.

Wealth management and real estate

U.K.-based wealth manager Quilter acquires digital investment platform NuWealth.

Mesa raises $9.2 million for its homeowner membership platform.

Back office

Backbase unveils Intelligence Fabric to unlock AI-productivity gains for banks.

Insurtech

Zinnia partners with LPL Financial to streamline insurance fulfillment.

Business financial management

Marqeta and Found bring streamlined expense management offerings to SMBs and self-employed professionals.

Acrisure announces Robin Benoit as Chief People Officer.

Regtech

ValidMind launches ValidMind Advantage Program to bring trust and transparency to third-party AI model vendors.


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Marqeta Inks Five-Year Exclusive Issuer Processor Partnership with Varo Bank

Marqeta Inks Five-Year Exclusive Issuer Processor Partnership with Varo Bank
  • Card issuing platform Marqeta has signed a five-year deal with Varo Bank to serve as the financial institution’s issuer processor.
  • The partnership will enable Varo Bank to offer a range of new products including digital wallet tokenization via Apple and Google Wallets for its cardholders.
  • Headquartered in Oakland, California, Marqeta was founded in 2010.

Card issuing platform Marqeta has signed a five-year deal with Varo Bank to serve as the financial institution’s issuer processor. Marqeta’s ability to blend virtual, tokenized, and physical card-issuing technology with faster speed-to-market was among the factors cited by Varo Bank in teaming up with the fintech.

“We sought an issuer partner that complements our unique position as both a technology company and a regulated financial institution,” Varo Bank CEO Colin Walsh explained. “This partnership with Marqeta enables us to offer cutting-edge card issuing technology, giving our customers enhanced ability to view and manage their transactions efficiently. This advancement aligns perfectly with our mission of financial empowerment.”

Widely recognized as one of the first nationally-chartered consumer-based techbanks in the U.S., Varo Bank offers fee-free checking accounts, high-yield savings accounts, secured credit-building credit cards, instant payment solutions, and free ATM access at more than 40,000 locations. Varo Bank’s mobile app enables customers to review and improve their financial health, and now, courtesy of the institution’s partnership with Marqeta, the bank will enable digital wallet tokenization with Apple and Google Wallets for its cardholders.

“Marqeta is proud to announce this deal with Varo Bank, which relies on the latest payments and banking technologies to help Americans who are striving to get ahead,” Marqeta CEO Simon Khalaf said. “Varo’s mission is aligned with ours and we can’t wait to start innovating with the Varo team, enabling their customers to see transactions in real-time thanks to Marqeta’s APIs.”

Marqeta is an alumnus of our developers conference series, FinDEVr. The company presented its technology at our event in Silicon Valley in 2016. In the years since then, the Oakland, California-based fintech has grown into a major, modern card issuing platform operating in 40 countries and processing more than $160 billion in volume in 2022. The company’s partnership news with Varo Bank comes less than a month after Marqeta announced that it had become the first issuer processor in the U.S. that was certified to enable Visa Flexible Credential, a product that provides access to multiple funding sources from a single payment card.


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Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

As we enter into the last few days of July, there’s a lot to think about. The days are slowly getting shorter, but the list of tasks needed to complete 2024 objectives by the end of the year isn’t shrinking. Fintech news is set to pick up its pace as summer slows down, and we’ll be here to cover it. Stay tuned throughout the week to read the latest news this week as we post updates and evolutions.

Payments

Marqeta becomes certified to enable Visa flexible credential.

Billie integrates with Stripe, making the B2B BNPL solution available in Europe.

Spendbase partners with Thredd to shake up subscription management in the U.S.

AppBrilliance brings real-time payments to digital wallets with RTP and FedNow.

Crypto and DeFi

Ledger launches Ledger Flex, a mid-range hardware crypto wallet.

Metallicus, core developer of foundational Layer 0 blockchain, Metal Blockchain, welcomes KeyPoint Credit Union to its Banking Innovation Program.

Small business finance

Sage partners with Stripe to help SMBs control their cashflow.

Rillet raises $13.5 million to automate accounting.

Insurtech

iPipeline introduces former Microsoft executive Steve Cover as Chief Technology Officer.

Open banking

Salt Edge forges partnership with Lithuanian paytech SDK.finance.

Cybersecurity

AI-powered fraud prevention and AML platform Hawk announces a further extension of its Series B funding round.

Cybercrime analytics company and Finovate Best of Show winner SpyCloud adds Consumers’ Risk Module to its Check Your Exposure tool for banks and financial institutions.

Regtech and compliance

Intelligent automation and compliance solutions provider Kompliant announces strategic partnership with the Equifax Digital Solutions team.


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Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

In the U.S., the tax deadline kicks off the week, but don’t let that get you down! Sit back, relax, and catch up on some of the latest fintech news headlines. Check back for real-time updates on how the fintech landscape evolves this week.

Digital banking

Backbase forges strategic partnership with EverBank to enhance commercial and treasury services.

Small business tools

Boss Insights earns spot in the FinTech Innovation Lab New York’s 2024 class.

Paystand brings full payments integration to Microsoft Business Central.

Aurora Payments launches ARISE, a one-stop payment platform for small and medium businesses.

Corporate credit card startup Ramp secures $150 million in a round led by Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

Wealth management

TIFIN appoints Rob Pettman as Chief Revenue Officer and President to accelerate growth.

Digital identity

Digital identity platform Signicat launches InstantKYC and InstantKYB.

IDnow launches video verification service, VideoIdent Flex.

Prove Identity launches solutions in AWS Marketplace.

Trading and investing

Trading and investment platform eToro enables AGM voting.

Fractional investment platform for luxury assets Konvi acquires alternative investing platforms Diversified and Fractible.

Payments

Berlin-based corporate card platform Pliant raises more than $19 million (€18 million) in a Series A extension round led by PayPal Ventures.

Payment service provider PXP Financial partners with dynamic payment orchestration solutions company Celeris.

Deblock, a current account for both Euros and cryptocurrencies, partners with Numeral to manage its SEPA payments.

Lending

QuickFi wins “Best Overall LendTech Company” at the FinTech Breakthrough Awards for the third time in a row.

Baker Hill introduces new Chief Human Resources Officer Sheila Simpson.

Proptech / mortgagetech

Finovate Best of Show winner Chimney earns one of six spots in NACUSO’s annual Next Big Idea Competition.

Embedded finance

Card issuing platform Marqeta teams up with financial wellness benefits provider Rain to deliver earned wage access.


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Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

We’re already well into the second month of 2024, and while funding has slowed down a bit, news in the decentralized finance world has picked up. Take a look at some of the top headlines in fintech and banking this week.


Digital Banking

Israel-based digital bank oneZero unveils its new GenAI-powered assistant, Ella.

HighRadius acquires Cforia.

Payments

Tuition payments solution for trade and technical school students Mia Share raises $6.5 million in funding.

Fiserv expands in-person bill payment network to NCR Atleos ATMs.

Airbase appoints Mathew Schulz from Forrester as its new Vice President of Procurement Strategy. 

Blackhawk Network launches Select Codes to allow quick distribution of rewards.

NMI launches NMI Payments, a comprehensive embedded payments solution.

Tradeshift appoints Iain Balchin as Chief Financial Officer.

i2c Inc. adds new clients in Brazil, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico.

Banking-as-a-Service

Nordic Capital inks agreement to acquire majority stake in SaaS core modernization provider Zafin.

Crypto

Crypto wallet app COCA introduces virtual cards.

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX expands to Argentina.

Crypto custodian BitGo acquires private securities and alternative investment infrastructure provider Brassica.

Open banking / Open finance

Moneyhub named supplier of Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Open Banking Dynamic Purchasing System framework for the U.K. government.

Akoya, Envestnet | Yodlee, MX, and Plaid to integrate into FISOpen Access platform.

FIS and Banked partner to create new pay-by-bank solutions.

Wealth management & Investing

Swedish investment platform Kameo secures $1.3 million (£1.1million) investment from Incore Invest.

Attune Solutions launches Attune WealthData powered by BridgeFT.

Clearwater Analytics launches Clearwater MLx, mortgage loan investment solution.

Blue Ocean Technologies and DriveWealth partner to expand geographic reach and trading services.

Exponential Markets receives strategic investment from Citi.

Card Issuance/Management

Card issuing platform Marqeta inks travel management software company, Internet Travel Solutions (ITS).

ConnexPay launches ConnexPay Flex, a new variable-rate virtual card.

Mastercard and the Bank of Punjab expand their partnership to cover the commercial segment.

Lending

Yardline and AMZ Pathfinder partner on ecommerce funding.

Traditional finance

Barclays to acquire Tesco Bank’s retail banking business.

AtlasClear combines with SPAC and acquires Wilson-Davis & Co.

NCR Atleos to bring surcharge-free cash access to American Express checking customers.

Clearwater Analytics extends support for accounting with fund accounting and pooled participant interaction.

Fraud & security

Signzy launches one-touch KYC for seamless digital onboarding.

TruShield Insurance collaborates with Visa to help address cybersecurity risks facing small businesses.

Tina Stewart joins Utimaco as Chief Marketing Officer.

Data Zoo names former London Stock Exchange Group executive Charlie Minutella as new CEO.

Canada’s EQ Bank partners with Trulioo for identity document and biometric verification.

Armilla AI lands $4.5 million in Seed funding to help de-risk AI adoption for enterprises.

Mortgagetech

Better launches digital VA loans powered by Tinman.


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