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Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

The summer fintech news slowdown is coming soon, but it hasn’t taken hold yet. Fintech news picked up last week, with multiple funding rounds and product announcements. Stay tuned to read this week’s news as we post updates and evolutions.

Embedded finance

Cross-border payments platform PingPong unveils its embedded lending solution.

Digital banking

Dubai-based NOW Money raises $4 million in funding.

Lending

Netherlands-based BridgeFund turns to Mambu to enhance its SME lending operations.

Payments

Dash Solutions expands its collaboration with Visa to provide real-time money movement.

Payments platform ConnexPay launches its Intelligent PayOuts technology.

Curve appoints Nancy Yaffa as USA CEO.

Digital receipts company Slip raises £2.5 million in seed funding.

Shopify acquires Slack alternative startup.

Challenger banking

U.K.-based Starling Bank reported its third full year of profitability.

Digital identity

IDVerse makes its GenAI ID verification solution available on Temenos Exchange.

Financial compliance software provider Fenergo announces collaboration with essential business services company Vistra.

Fintracking launches pay-as-you-go platform for ID verification.

Regtech

U.S.-based merchant acquirer Merrick Bank forges strategic partnership with automation and compliance solutions provider Kompliant.

Wealth management

AI for financial advisors startup Jump raises $4.6 million.

Digital investment infrastructure provider WealthKernel forges partnership with wealth-building and educational platform Fint Invest.

eToro teams up with X to livestream financial education content on the social media channel.

Open banking

Canada-based open banking solutions provider Salt Edge announces partnership with Moldova’s Moldindconbank.

Insurtech

Mbank and Policybazaar.ae partner to empower customers with access to insurance solutions.

Credit reporting

TransUnion goes live with trended affordability data.

Fraud prevention

Account takeover prevention specialist SpyCloud raises $35 million in new financing.

Capital markets

FX and interest rate derivatives trading technology company Derivative Path launches new commodities trading capability, DerivativeEDGE Commodities.

Proptech and mortgagetech

Real estate investment management solutions provider Agora acquires Clearshift’s real estate division.

Small business finance

Bold Commerce announced its new upsell and cross-sell capabilities for Bold Subscriptions for Shopify Checkout through an integration with Bold Upsell.

Airbase launches advanced spend analytics and vendor management capabilities.


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