Latest Alternative finance News: Finextra Research

Fundbox acquihires Vaya founders

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

23 June 2025

Company update/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.

12 June 2025

Company update/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).

11 June 2025

Company update/wholesale

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.

10 June 2025

News/crypto

Keeta, Solo partner on blockchain-native credit bureau

Keeta Network, a high-performance blockchain that connects Web3 and traditional financial systems, aims to be a real-world tokenisation and financial interoperability frontrunner by working with Solo. Solo turns data into reusable, verified credentials, enabling banks, fintech firms and cryptocurrency platforms to make smarter, faster decisions, without compromising privacy.

06 June 2025

News/startups

OatFi raises $24m to build credit network for B2B payments

Fintech infrastructure startup OatFi has raised $24 million in Series A funding to build a credit network for business-to-business payments.

03 June 2025

Finextra TV/regulation

Why Lending in 2025 Now Faces an Entirely New Dynamic

Joining the FinextraTV virtual studio, David Ruis, Partner, Deloitte and Anthony Nonnis, Head of Global Partnerships, Mambu, discuss how banking as an industry is currently experiencing new dynamics and the emergence of alternative lenders. Examining how the current regulatory and geopolitical situation is impacting innovation, they outline the transformation that is now taking place with AI technologies throughout the lending journey.

03 June 2025

News/startups

Fintechs enter new stage of profitability - report

The global fintech has enetered a new chapter defined by a rise in profitability and the emergence of scaled fintech and an "intensified focus on profitable growth".

02 June 2025

News/retail

UK fintech Tide eyes unicorn status

Tide, the UK-based business banking fintech, is reportedly in talks about a funding deal that would make it the UK's next unicorn.

02 June 2025

News/payments

Monzo surpasses £1bn revenue milestone

UK fintech Monzo has recorded a sharp rise in profitability and posted revenue in excess of £1bn for the first time.

02 June 2025

Company update/wholesale

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.

22 May 2025

Company update/payments

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.

14 May 2025

Company update/retail

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").

12 May 2025

News/wealth

Citi and SDX announce digital assets plan for private markets

Citi has teamed up with Swiss post-trade group SDX in a bid to develop tokenisation for private market assets.

08 May 2025

News/inclusion

Robinhood to bring tokenisation to Europe

US-based stock trading app Robinhood is planning to expand its European presence by offering investors in the region access to tokenised US securities.

08 May 2025

News/startups

Juice raises £25m for founder-focused lending platform

Juice, a UK-based alternative lending platform for digital founders, has raised £25 million in funding.

08 May 2025

News/retail

Egypt's MoneyFellows raises $13m for digital money circles

Egyptian fintech Money Fellows has raised $13 million for its mobile-based platform for money circles - where a group of people put funds into a pot for a specific period so that they can save and borrow together.

05 May 2025

Company update/retail

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.

02 May 2025

News/payments

Tide rolls out B2B BNPL product on £100 million debt raise

Tide is to roll out a BNPL pay-in-four credit product to all elgible clients after securing a £100 million debt facility from Fansanara Capital.

01 May 2025

News/payments

Smarter, faster, still relevant: Experts weigh future of US payment systems

Nacha’s Smarter Faster Payments conference in New Orleans highlighted the growing momentum behind real-time payments, emphasising their transformative potential across commercial and technological verticals. Yet, amid this digital shift, sessions also acknowledged the enduring relevance of traditional rails like wire transfers, ACH, and even cheques - each facing its own modernisation challenges.

30 April 2025