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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.

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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).

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Guavapay to provide financing to SMEs with YouLend

MyGuava Business, the B2B flagship product of the global fintech company Guavapay has partnered with embedded finance leader YouLend to provide flexible financing solutions tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK.

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YouLend to finance sellers on eBay

YouLend, the world’s leading embedded financing platform, has entered a strategic partnership with eBay Germany to offer sellers fast, flexible access to capital.

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MyPOS teams with YouLend to simplify SME financing

myPOS, the award-winning fintech platform for European SMEs, has teamed up with YouLend, the preferred global embedded financing platform for leading e-commerce, technology and payments providers, to launch a new service in France.

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MPower Financing securitizes $313.2m of international student loans

MPOWER Financing ("MPOWER"), a mission-driven fintech firm and the leader in international student financing, today announced the completion of its second securitization, MPOWER Education Trust 2025-A ("MPOWR 2025-A").

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PowerPay secures $400m warehouse facility

PowerPay, a prominent financial technology platform, is pleased to announce the successful closing of a $400 million committed warehouse facility. KeyBank led the transaction as part of a multi-bank syndicate.

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Liberis teams up with German SMB broker Fincompare

Liberis, a global embedded finance platform, has partnered with Fincompare, Germany’s largest small business broker marketplace, to bring its revenue-based financing solution to over 25,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across the country.

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Lemon partners with Siemens to bring 0% SaaS financing to the UK market

Lemon, the financing platform connecting software vendors and buyers with personalised, quicker, and more convenient access to capital, is today launching its 0% interest financing product to the market.

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Finom issues first credit line

FINOM, the European financial services platform for entrepreneurs, has issued its first credit line to a small business in the Netherlands, marking the company's official entry into direct lending.

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Czech fintech Flowpay raises €30 million in debt financing from Fasanara Capital

Czech fintech startup Flowpay has secured EUR 30 million from London-based investment manager Fasanara Capital.

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Square Financial Services gets FDIC approval for consumer loan product

Today, Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) announced its industrial bank, Square Financial Services, Inc. (SFS), has received approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to begin offering the consumer loan product Cash App Borrow.

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Lendela partners with Revive Financial for debt solutions in Australia

Lendela, Australia’s dominant loan matching platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Revive Financial, Australia’s largest debt relief and management firm. The collaboration aims to empower Australians who struggle to secure loans due to financial distress by offering them tailored debt solutions to regain financial stability.

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InDrive.Money launches in Indonesia

inDrive, a global mobility and urban services platform, in strategic collaboration with Fingular, a Singapore-based global financial group, and Indonesian licensed Sharia peer-to-peer lending platform Ammana, has launched inDrive.Money in Indonesia, a financial service designed to support drivers.

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Montonio and Inbank bring BNPL to Latvia

Montonio, a leading provider of online payment and checkout solutions, today announced the expansion of its partnership with Inbank to deliver Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) in Latvia and Hire Purchase solutions in Latvia and Lithuania.

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XTB scores securities license in Chile

XTB, a global company that provides individual investors instant access to financial markets worldwide, has received a securities agent license in Chile. This is a significant milestone for the company as it expands its presence in Latin America.

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365 Finance expands into the Republic of Ireland

Award-winning SME lender 365 Finance has expanded into the Republic of Ireland, supporting the growth of Irish businesses and entering the EU marketplace.

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Netbank to deliver blockchain-based business financing to Jia Finance

Netbank (A Rural Bank), Inc. is excited to announce its new loan channeling partnership with Jia Financing Inc., a fintech innovator revolutionizing small business financing in emerging markets.

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Qred streamlines credit decisions with open banking tech from Enable Banking

Enable Banking, the open banking provider offering the most comprehensive business account connectivity and account-to-account payment infrastructure in the market has partnered with Qred Bank, a trailblazer providing fast and flexible financing solutions tailored to entrepreneurs' needs.

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Saudi fintech lender Forus secures $60 million debt facility from Fasanara

Forus, one of Saudi’s leading debt crowdlending platforms specialising in working capital solutions for SMEs, has secured a $60 million securitization debt facility from Fasanara Capital Ltd (“Fasanara”), a London-based investment manager with over $4.5 billion in assets under management.