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Funding Circle partners with Atom Bank

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 24 Nov 2023

UK-based lending platform Funding Circle has partnered with Atom Bank to provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with convenient access to funding. 

partnership, funding, financing , online platform, banks, financial services, SMEs, SME lending

Funding Societies raises USD 7.5 mln from Norfund

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 03 Nov 2023

Singapore-based fintech SME lender Funding Societies has raised USD 7.5 million in debt from Norfund to bring financial inclusion to SMEs in Southeast Asia.

funding, debt facility, SMEs, growth markets, financial inclusion

Starling Bank launches one-year saver product for SMEs

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 17 Feb 2023

Starling Bank has launched a one-year saver product for its SME customers with a 2.5% fixed interest rate over one year on balances of GBP 2.000 or more.

banks, product launch, SMEs, fintech, banking license

Getting to grips with CBDC

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 29 Sep 2022

We have been hearing about Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) on an almost daily basis. Jesper Domargård from IDEMIA explains CBDC in very simple terms, together with what kind of ‘financial animal’ CBCD is.


CBDC, Bitcoin, stablecoin, payment methods, cryptocurrency, credit card, debit card, biometrics

Chinese municipal bank offers first digital yuan loan

News | Cryptocurrencies | 09 Aug 2022

The Rural Commerce Bank of Zhangjiagang has issued its first digital yuan loan backed by intellectual property as collateral.

digital currency, CBDC, fintech, digital payments

UK government puts banks in the spotlight after releasing BBLS data

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 01 Aug 2022

The UK government has published the first figures on the performance of its three emergency COVID-19 loan guarantee schemes, pushing banks like Starling Bank to explain their reliance on state-back funding.

banks, COVID-19, SMEs, acquisition, data

Starling Bank to acquire mortgage book worth GBP 500 mln

News | Payments General | 14 Jun 2022

Starling Bank has agreed to acquire a mortgage book worth about GBP 500 million, as the digital challenger attempts to broaden its assets beyond COVID-19 loans.

banks, COVID-19, acquisition, challenger bank, digital banking

Acquisitions and investments in the payments industry: challenges and opportunities

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 03 Jun 2022

Anda tackles the M&As and investments from Q4 2021 to Q1 2022, focusing on challenges and opportunities and what should businesses consider when looking to acquire capital or companies.


payment processing, account-to-account payment, Unicorn, BNPL, acquisition, online payments, payments

IMF urges El Salvador to drop Bitcoin

News | Cryptocurrencies | 27 Jan 2022

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged El Salvador to abandon Bitcoin, saying the cryptocurrency could pose risks to national financial stability

Bitcoin, central bank, regulation, cryptocurrency

iwoca releases SME Expert Index

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 02 Nov 2021

iwoca has released its quarterly SME Expert Index of UK Brokers which showcases that small business owners are feeling optimistic about economic conditions for growth.

SMEs, SME lending

Brokers see rising demand for unsecured finance, study finds

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 15 Jul 2021

Demand for unsecured finance from SMEs is on the rise, according to iwoca’s quarterly SME Expert Index of UK brokers.

lending, SMEs, SME lending, study

Interview with the FBI on financial fraud and crime threats

Interviews | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 13 Jul 2021

The Paypers sat with an FBI representative to find out what are the latest financial fraud and crime threats coming out of investment firms/crypto and learn how to tackle them

fraud detection, financial crime, CDD, FBI, COVID-19, cryptocurrency, AML

US-based banks to issue credit cards to people with no credit scores

News | Cards | 14 May 2021

US-based banks have planned to start sharing data on customers’ deposit accounts to extend credit to people who have traditionally lacked opportunities to borrow, according to WSJ.

JP Morgan, banks, credit card, credit scoring

US Justice Department is probing fintechs over PPP loan calculations: Reuters

News | Payments General | 10 May 2021

The US Department of Justice has been investigating whether financial technology companies may have erred while distributing billions of dollars in pandemic aid to struggling SMEs.

fintech, SMEs, SME lending, COVID-19, lending, banks

China to push its tech giants to share consumer credit data

News | Online Payments | 12 Jan 2021

China has shown signs of trying to push tech giants including Ant Group, Tencent, and JD.com to share consumer loan data to prevent excess borrowing and fraud.

China, Ant Group, Tencent, JD, consumer data, credit agencies, banks, PBOC, Open Banking, open data

Italy to take on USD 17 bln of UniCredit bad loans to ease MPS sale, Reuters

News | Payments General | 08 Jan 2021

Italy has plans to take on about EUR 14 billion (USD 17 billion) of UniCredit’s impaired loans to make a takeover of state-owned Monte dei Paschi more attractive for the bank, according to Reuters

Italy, UniCredit, MPS, Monte dei Paschi bank, takeover, AMCO, debt, high-risk loans, treasury, Mediobanca, UBS, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Orrick, ECB

Nucleus Commercial Finance to lend GBP 200 mln via CBILS

News | Payments General | 06 Jan 2021

UK-based alternative lender fintech Nucleus Commercial Finance has pledged to lend GBP 200 mln to SMEs through the government-backed Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).

Nucleus Commercial Finance, UK, CBILS, alternative lender, lending, fintech, coronavirus, government backed loan, loan scheme

Mergers & acquisitions in the fraud prevention space – the last 12 months overview

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 10 Dec 2020

Simona Negru, content editor at The Paypers, has outlined an overview of the most important mergers and acquisitions in the fraud space and the reasons behind their business strategies

mergers, acquisitions, Simona Negru, The Paypers, fraud prevention, ecommerce, digital transactions, KYC, identity, compliance, financial services, banking, merchants, ATO, online channel, digital onboarding, identity verification, fraud detection, risk management

UK government provides financial help to businesses after Brexit

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 08 Dec 2020

The UK government has announced that it will offer extra financial help to businesses to help them cover their costs after Brexit.

UK, government, trade finance, SCF, Brexit, trade, loans, EU, UKEF, guarantee, lenders, banks

Iwoca looks to increase CBILS lending to GBP 200 mln

News | Payments General | 13 Nov 2020

UK-based fintech and participant in the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) Iwoca has declared intentions to double the amount it lends through the government-backed loans.

iwoca, UK, CBILS, lending, fintech, coronavirus, Bank of England, British Business Bank, SME