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The 150 leading organisations confirmed to attend NextGen Nordics 2025

The Nordic region has long stood at the forefront of digital payments, open banking, and financial technology. This legacy of innovation continues at full pace with the return of NextGen Nordics, a premier event gathering the most influential players in the financial services ecosystem. Set against the dynamic backdrop of the Nordic fintech scene, the 2025 edition of NextGen Nordics on 29 April 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden promises to be the most impactful yet.

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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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Bitcoin now accepted for day and boarding school Lomond fees

Lomond School has become the first UK school to accept bitcoin for school fees, partnering with providers CoinCorner and Musquet.

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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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Indian government signs MoU with Paytm to promote fintech

India-based payments giant Paytm is collaborating with the Indian government in an initiative designed to boost the growth of fintech startups in the country.

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GoCardless partners Pipe to offer SMEs capital financing

Bank payments fintech GoCardless has teamed up with embedded finance firm Pipe to offer small businesses direct access to capital financing.

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Asia to dominate global fintech market – report

Asia could account for almost half of global fintech transactions by the end of the year as it continues to outpace other regions, according to recently published research.

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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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Capital on Tap scores £750m in funding facilities

London-based small business credit card provider Capital on Tap has secured £750 million in funding facilities.

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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.

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Finmid expands SME ffinancing platform to 20 countries

finmid, the financial infrastructure innovator enabling B2B platforms to quickly provide fast, personalised financing to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), today announced its expansion into eight new European markets.