Latest Embedded Finance News: Finextra Research

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.

26 February 2025

News/retail

The AA opens for savings and loans with NatWest embedded finance partnership

The Automoblie Association (AA) is to open savings and loan accounts for members and the wider market using embedded finance tools from NatWest Boxed.

24 February 2025

News/payments

NextGen Nordics 2025 agenda to cover DORA, VoP, CBDC, instant payments, fraud, and GenAI

Give the future of payments the green light at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden on 29 April 2025 where the stage will be set for a transformative shift in financial services. NextGen Nordics will gather core decision-makers, stakeholders, and experts within the payments sector to focus on digital resilience, advanced technologies, regulatory frameworks, and set a course of action for the financial ecosystem of tomorrow.

13 February 2025

News/wholesale

BMO brings embedded finance to business ERP systems

Canada's BMO has teamed up with embedded banking specialist Fispan to let business clients integrate their online accounts directly into Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and accounting systems.

05 February 2025

News/startups

Open Banking fintech Yavrio raises $2.4 million to eliminate CSV files

London-based open banking fintech Yavrio has raised $2.4 million in seed funding to bring embedded banking to the enterprise resource planning (ERP) space.

29 January 2025

News/payments

Highnote raises $90m; expands into merchant acquiring

Card issuance and programme management platform Highnote is moving into US merchant acquiring after raising $90 million in Series B funding.

22 January 2025

News/startups

SC Ventures launches invoicing and billing fintech to SMEs in Apac

SC Ventures, the fintech investment and incubation arm of Standard Chartered, has launched Labamu, an invoicing and billing platform for SMEs in Apac.

06 January 2025

News/payments

Fiserv boosts embedded finance offering with Payfare acquisition

Fiserv is boosting its embedded finance capabilities with the acquisition of Payfare, a provider of workforce payments for gig economy companies.

23 December 2024

News/payments

Why financial technology can make global payments a frictionless process

Both consumers and businesses, as technology has developed, have begun to rely on global payment services for a variety of uses. As the process becomes more and more digitised, fintech firms are focussed on better speeds and transparency whilst remaining just as, if not more, secure.

13 December 2024

News/retail

Railsr and Equals Group set for £283m merger

The long-trailed merger of embedded banking platform Railsr and payments firm Equals Group is set to go ahead through a £283 million takeover deal.

12 December 2024

News/wealth

Embedded investment API Upvest raises €100 million

Investment API Upvest is set to double its 170-strong team after closing on a €100 million Series C funding round.

12 December 2024

News/payments

Swedish spend management fintech Mynt raises €22 million

Swedish spend management fintech Mynt has raised a €22 million Series B funding round at a significantly increased valuation of approximately €175 million.

11 December 2024

News/payments

Morgan Stanley invests $20m in NovoPayment

Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital has invested $20 million in embedded financial and payment infrastructure service provider NovoPayment.

14 November 2024

News/cloud

Green Dot launches embedded finance brand

Digital bank and fintech provider Green Dot has launched an embedded finance brand and platform of services.

23 October 2024

News/payments

Worldline moves into embedded payments market

Worldline is moving into embedded payments via a partnership with Online Payment Platform (OPP), a provider of payment technology for platforms and marketplaces.

09 October 2024

News/wholesale

HSBC launches embedded finance venture

HSBC has partnered B2B global trade network Tradeshift on a joint venture offering embedded finance solutions to business clients.

03 October 2024

News/payments

India's PayMate agrees $400m DigiAsia deal for Indonesian play

Indian business-to-business payments firm PayMate is plotting a move into Indonesian through the $400 million acquisition of a DigiAsia subsidiary.

25 September 2024

News/people

Former TSB boss Pester becomes chair of wealthtech startup Firenze

Former TSB and Virgin Money boss Paul Pester has taken on the role of chair at Firenze, a Manchester-based embedded finance startup that helps wealth managers offers customers loans secured against their investment pots.

19 September 2024