Latest Embedded Finance News: Finextra Research

News/startups

NatWest buys stake in SME finance fintech Bourn

NatWest is buying a minority stake in Bourn, a London-bases small business financing fintech, according to Sky News.

13 hours

News/retail

Green Dot breaks up as bank and fintech units get separate owners

Green Dot is splitting up, with group's bank and embedded finance units being sold to different buyers.

25 November 2025

News/Sibos

BNY executives on combatting CX fragmentation and integrating AI

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Finextra spoke to BNY executive platform owner of payments platform Isabel Schmidt, and executive platform owner for treasury services Carl Slabicki, on everything AI, blockchain, and cross-border.

31 October 2025

News/wholesale

Allica Bank buys embedded finance player Kriya

British SME challenger bank Allica has boosted its working capital efforts and moved into the embedded finance market through the acquisition of fintech Kriya.

22 October 2025

News/ai

SBS talks changing face of banking, warns regulation and financial inclusion not optional

Day two of the SBS Summit 2025 continued to prioritise customer experience, but this time with a specific focus on data usage and inclusive efforts to serve the unbanked.

16 October 2025

News/payments

Remitee raises $20m for embedded remittances

Embedded remittance infrastructure provider Remitee has raised $20 million to help banks, fintechs, and retailers integrate instant cross-border payments directly into their apps and platforms.

03 October 2025

News/ai

Visa launches VCS Hub for AI-powered commercial payments

Visa has launched a hub to help issuers and fintechs deliver commercial payment and embedded finance experiences.

30 September 2025

News/retail

Pleo moves into embedded finance

European spend management platform Pleo has worked with Mastercard to launch an embedded finance offering that helps businesses managing large networks of SMB customers to offer real-time financial intelligence via spend and cash management capabilities directly from their own platform.

25 September 2025

News/payments

Cardless raises $60m

Embedded credit card platform Cardless has raised $60 million in a Series C growth round led by Spark Capital.

22 September 2025

News/retail

Saudi fintech Hala raises $157m

Hala, a Saudi Arabian fintech that provides embedded financial services to micro, small and medium enterprises, has raised $157 million in a Series B funding round.

16 September 2025

News/regulation

JP Morgan to charge fintechs for customer data

Fintechs wanting access to banks' customers' data may have to pay for the privilege, according to a report from Bloomberg on US bank JP Morgan.

14 July 2025

News/people

Fundbox acquihires Vaya founders

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

23 June 2025

News/crypto

Highnote partners BVNK for 24/7 stablecoin funding for card programmes

Card issuance and embedded finance platform Highnote has enlisted BVNK to launch real-time 24/7 stablecoin-based funding for card programmes.

19 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/wholesale

Unicredit invests €10 million in embedded lending platform Banxware

Unicredit has made a follow-on investment of €10 million in Berlin-based lending-as-a-service fintech Banxware.

05 June 2025

News/ai

Liberis builds AI underwriting agent

Embedded business finance platform Liberis has launched a proprietary AI underwriting agent built to boost accuracy and slash decision times.

05 June 2025

News/wholesale

Citi invests in embedded mortgage platform Vontive

Citi has made an equity investment in Vontive, an embedded mortgage platform for investment real estate.

30 May 2025

News/ai

Temenos Community Forum welcomes an era of innovation, customer centricity and agentic tools

Temenos CEO Jean-Pierre Brulard opened this year’s Temenos Community Forum (TCF), in Madrid, Spain, with an impassioned speech focused on customer and partner gratitude.

22 May 2025

News/payments

Visa unveils programme for smoother fintech integrations

Visa has launched a programme it says will turbo-charge the fintech ecosystem by making it easier for businesses to embed payments into their applications.

22 May 2025

News/ai

Citi joins Series A for AI-powered B2B embedded finance platform CrediLinq

AI-powered B2B embedded finance platform CrediLinq has closed a $8.5 million Series A funding round led by OM/VC and MS&AD Ventures.

16 May 2025