/payments
Embedded credit card platform Cardless has raised $60 million in a Series C growth round led by Spark Capital.
22 September 2025
/regulation
The European Union looks set to block Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta from accessing a new financial data sharing system, according to the Financial Times.
/crypto
Two Asia-based fintechs, Line Next and Kaia, have launched what is described as a stablecoin superapp, designed to facilitate cross-border payments.
/inclusion
A $120m investment led by asset manager TPG has seen the valuation of Tide, the UK-based business management platform, reach $1.5bn
/ai
Rekord, a Dublin-based startup building an AI-native orchestration platform for credit decisioning, has raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding.
Meta has added a QR code-based payments option to the WhatsApp Business App.
/retail
NatWest is in talks to offload its 85% stake in Cushon, two years after spending £144 million for majority ownership of the workplace savings and pensions fintech, according to Sky News.
19 September 2025
Fintech venture capital firm, SoftBank Vision Fund, will be axing 20% of its staff in a push to boost AI investment.
/startups
Nvidia Corp has pledged £2 billion to fund AI innovation and development in the UK, investing in AI companies, fintech firms, and startups.
Growing from a market capitalisation of $130 billion to $280 billion since the end of 2023, Stablecoins continue to grow in relevance. Recent regulatory framework introductions have begun to go further and introduce their adoption within broader applications across traditional finance.
Kredete has raised $22 million to help African immigrants in North America and Europe build credit and send remittances via stablecoin payments.
/wholesale
The UK accounted for more than half of European fintech venture funding in the first half of 2025, as the sector reached a point of maturity following a difficult couple of years, according to a Finch Capital report.
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