Alternative finance

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/retail

Wagestream expands workplace lending product

Wagestream, the market leader in workplace finance and wellbeing, has announced advancements to its Workplace Loans product.

/regulation

BVI survey attempts to woo cross-border fintechs

Fintech’s international expansion plans are being thwarted by a fragmented regulatory landscape, according to recently published research designed to promote the role of international finance centres (IFCs).

/payments

Australians embrace digital banking as digital wallet use surges

Australian consumers are adopting digital banking services in increasing numbers with 99.3% of transactions taking place over digital channels, including A$160bn in payments made via mobile wallets.

/startups

Banxware co-founder launches credit infrastructure platform

Berlin-based startup Credibur has secured $2.2 million in pre-seed funding to launch its credit infrastructure platform.

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Simply Asset Finance unveils virtual agent

Simply Asset Finance, the fast scaling specialist business lending provider, has unveiled Kara, a new virtual agent that will optimise the user experience, streamline processes and expedite lending decisions.

/crypto

Wall Street names announce stablecoin plans

Two of the biggest names on Wall Street are seemingly about to enter the stablecoin market based on comments made by their senior executives.

/payments

New payment platform QwikPay launches in Australia

Australia's newest and most disruptive payment platform has officially launched, with QwikPay promising to eliminate the friction, fees and outdated infrastructure that have long held back innovation in the way Australian consumers pay and businesses get paid.

/wholesale

Re:cap lands in the UK with €125m credit facility from HSBC

Recap UK Capital OS Launch has a €125 million fund to help tech companies in the area grow without giving up equity.

/inclusion

Binance launches Sharia Earn, an Islamic banking-aligned token

Global blockchain platform Binance has launched a Sharia-compliant multi-token in alignment with Islamic principles to promote inclusivity in crypto-trading.

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Why It Is Critically Important to Sustain Correspondent Banking

Inside the FinextraTV studio at EBAday 2025 in Paris, Jean-François Mazure, Global Head of Cash Clearing Services, Societe Generale emphasised the critical importance of keeping correspondent banking alive amongst the modern innovation of alternative solutions. Explaining its benefits, Mazure describes how it can help to create a frictionless future and contribute towards financial inclusion and provides an alternative opinion on what impact instant payments will have on correspondent banking.

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Adyen brings capital on demand to Canada

Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, launched Capital in Canada, which enables platform businesses to offer fast and flexible loans to the small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) they serve.

/devops

CBDC pilot projects seeing adoption in Ghana and Thailand – Giesecke + Devrient

Raoul Herborg, managing director, central bank digital currency (CBDC) solutions at Giesecke and Devrient (G+D) spoke to Finextra on their release of a recent survey on CBDC progress worldwide, and what we can expect from CBDCs in the coming years.

/wholesale

Propel Finance secures £1.5 billion in funding

Propel Finance has secured a £1.5 billion funding round to expand its support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK.

/retail

South African fintech Lesaka to buy Bank Zero

Lesaka Technologies, the South African fintech firm formerly known as , is set to buy South African digital-only institution Bank Zero Mutual Bank in a deal worth R1.1bn (US$62m).

/crypto

HashKey Chain and GF Securities partner on tokenisation

HashKey Chain has officially announced that GF Securities (Hong Kong) has become the first securities firm in Hong Kong to issue tokenized securities by fully integrating with HashKey Chain as its core on-chain issuance network.

/wholesale

Italy's Sibill raises €12m for SME finance platform

Sibill, an Italian fintech specializing in solutions that simplify financial and administrative management for SMEs, announces the closing of a €12 million Series A funding round led by the European venture capital fund Creandum, with participation from Keen Venture Partners and other Italian and international business angels.

/people

Fundbox acquihires Vaya founders

Fundbox has bolstered its embedded capital infrastructure for small businesses by acquihiring the founders of Vaya Technologies.

/payments

Automotive BNPL firm Payment Assist opens business lending division

Payment Assist, the UK’s leading provider of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and retail finance solutions for the automotive sector, has announced the launch of a business lending division, expanding its offering to include merchant cash advance, business loans, invoice finance and business credit cards.

/wholesale

Froda and Mimo roll out embedded SME funding in the UK

In a move set to change how UK small businesses access financing, Froda, one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintech players, is now live with an embedded funding partnership with Mimo, the UK-based platform transforming financial operations for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).