Mifundo Teams Up with Yapily to Enhance Cross-Border Credit

Mifundo Teams Up with Yapily to Enhance Cross-Border Credit
  • Credit data platform Mifundo has partnered with open banking infrastructure provider Yapily.
  • The combination of Mifundo’s cross-border credit assessment platform with enriched bank account data from Yapily will make it easier for lenders to serve borrowers who live and work in multiple countries, and provide more accurate credit assessments overall.
  • Estonia-based Mifundo most recently demonstrated its technology at FinovateEurope 2026 in London.

Pan-European credit data platform Mifundo has teamed up with Yapily, an open banking infrastructure provider based in London. The partnership will combine Yapily’s enriched bank account data with Mifundo’s cross-border credit assessment platform via Yapily’s Data Plus product. Combined with verified credit bureau information from European markets, this data will enable the creation of a single, standardized, cross-border credit report. This will allow lenders to benefit from having multiple sources and types of financial information consolidated into a single report.

“Cross-border credit assessment requires more than one type of financial data,” Mifundo Founder and CEO Kaido Saar said. “Credit bureau data shows how a customer has managed credit over time, while open banking data provides additional insight into their current financial situation. Mifundo brings these different data sources together across countries and standardizes them into one report that banks can use in their credit assessment. Yapily is an important partner in providing open banking connectivity within that wider ecosystem.”

Currently, even as cross-border consumer lending is growing, credit data is typically siloed behind national borders. A consumer may have a strong credit history in one country, but have virtually no credit history in another country where they may be seeking to obtain a loan due to the absence of portable data or cross-border data access. The combination of Mifundo’s credit bureau and registry network and Yapily’s open banking connectivity will enable banks and other lenders to see a more complete picture of a borrower’s finances, their long-term credit management, and their current financial situation.

The partnership also comes at a key moment as the revised Consumer Credit Directive (CCD2) will apply throughout the European Union from November 20, 2026. Article 6 of this directive includes a non-discrimination provision when it comes to accessing consumer credit, which includes discrimination based on a borrower’s place of residence.

“Open banking has an important role to play in making financial data more accessible across borders, and to do that, it needs data that is ready to act on the moment it lands, not a raw feed that still has to be interpreted,” Yapily Director of Sales EMEA, Irene Brime, said. “Our Data Plus product delivers bank account information already categorized and enriched, complementing credit bureau information and helping lenders build a more complete view of customers with financial histories across different countries. We are excited to be partnered with Mifundo and to contribute to a solution addressing a real challenge for European lenders.”

Open banking API infrastructure platform Yapily securely connects its customers to thousands of banks across Europe, enabling them to access financial data, initiate payments and conduct other operations from credit assessment to onboarding. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, the company recently reported 2025 revenues that were up 2.5x over 2024, and has achieved and sustained profitability since Q1 2025.

Headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, and founded in 2022, Mifundo most recently demoed its technology at FinovateEurope 2026. At the conference, the company demonstrated how its cross-border credit data solution enables banks to access the verified credit history of borrowers from other countries. This helps them make lending decisions that are not just more accurate, but also avoid discriminating against worthy borrowers who live, work, or move across international borders. Mifundo makes foreign credit data accessible, standardized, and operational within existing bank processes, facilitating compliant, scalable cross-border lending across the European Union.


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Three Fresh Lending Tools that Are Redefining Credit Decisioning

Three Fresh Lending Tools that Are Redefining Credit Decisioning

As banks digitize their lending processes and seek to expand credit access across borders, it is becoming increasingly difficult to make fast, accurate credit decisions. To mitigate risk, lenders need real-time insights into spending habits, automated functionality, and visibility into a broader set of data, especially as they seek to improve speed, enhance the customer experience, and maintain compliance.

At FinovateEurope 2026, a new group of fintechs will showcase how they are addressing these challenges by bringing intelligence and automation directly into the lending process. From sourcing alternative credit data to deploying AI-driven lending agents, the companies below are helping banks and lenders modernize credit decisioning while keeping risk in check.

FinovateEurope 2026 will take place at London’s InterContinental O2 on February 10 and 11. Tickets are available now. Visit our FinovateEurope hub today and save your spot!


Intuitech

Intuitech brings live AI agents into lending workflows to automate manual, time-consuming processes across origination and servicing. The company helps lenders streamline tasks including data collection, validation, and borrower interactions. This automation helps reduce operational burden while improving speed and consistency.

By embedding AI agents directly into clients’ lending operations, Intuitech enables them to scale their lending activity without requiring additional talent in-house. The automated approach helps bring modern credit delivery to lenders of all sizes.

Mifundo

Mifundo’s technology enables customers to assess cross-border credit risk by sourcing and standardizing credit data from across European markets. The company helps lenders better evaluate borrowers with international financial histories by assess creditworthiness for mobile, expatriate, and cross-border customers. Mifundo enables banks to reach more borrowers, as many are underserved by traditional credit systems and therefore are overlooked.

With remote work becoming more popular and the potential for cross-border lending increasing, firms are realizing that there is a gap in data for European credit markets. Mifundo closes this gap by expanding access to reliable credit information, ultimately helping lenders minimize risk while unlocking new lending opportunities across borders.

Sea.dev

sea.dev provides real-time risk insights designed to help lending teams make better credit decisions across the loan lifecycle. The company’s platform aggregates and analyzes borrower, portfolio, and market-level data to offer lenders clearer visibility into risk exposure, ultimately supporting faster approvals.

sea.dev enables lending teams to continuously monitor risk and adapt decisions as inputs change. The company’s more dynamic, insight-driven approach helps lenders explore more products and serve new borrower segments.

Why banks should care

With more consumer data available than ever before, lenders can now underwrite loans more effectively, especially for customers who were once considered risky or had limited credit histories. This abundance of data also introduces new challenges, including inaccurate, unclean, or cross-border information that can complicate analysis and require specialized expertise. Fortunately, new tools are emerging to help automate data collection, filtering, and validation. These tools have the potential to enable lenders of all sizes to expand their reach and better serve a broader customer base.


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FinovateEurope 2025 Sneak Peek Series: Part 2

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateEurope in London on February 25. Register today using this link and save 20%.

b-next

Founded in 1989, b-next specializes in innovative data analytics, delivering actionable insights and surveillance solutions across asset and trading platforms.

Features

  • Revolutionizes how data informs strategy
  • Fuels better decision-making
  • Uncovers actionable market correlations
  • Creates continuous innovation through a scalable ecosystem

Who’s it for?

Banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and trading firms.

Light Frame

Light Frame is a pioneering wealth technology firm launching the next generation of foundational core technology.

Features

  • Simplifies onboarding and maintenance
  • Improves and automates operations
  • Streamlines costs
  • Elevates intelligence
  • Accelerates innovation

Who’s it for?

Private banks, wealth management firms, and banks offering brokerage services.

Mati Labs

Mati Labs is an AI-powered co-pilot for investment funds that integrates proprietary and external financial data to deliver secure, actionable insights via custom tools and workflows.

Features

  • Connects 200+ data providers, including proprietary sources, to AI
  • Integrates seamlessly with tools, like Power BI, SQL, and Outlook
  • Automates reports, alerts, and insights from unstructured data

Who’s it for?

Asset managers and investment advisors.

Mifundo

Mifundo’s data solution offers cross-border credit information and standardised credit scores for underwriting foreigners, non-resident nationals, expats, and migrants.

Features

  • Offers standardised credit scores
  • Enhances credit bureau data with open-banking
  • Offers access to all European countries with a single API (or online platform)

Who’s it for?

Banks, BNPL, and credit cards.