Posts by Ellie Duncan
Funding Circle appoints successor as CEO Samir Desai steps down
Managing director of its UK business Lisa Jacobs has been named the new CEO of Funding Circle, and will take over from 1 January 2022, as Desai moves to a new role on the board.
Read MoreTrueLayer teams up with Cazoo for instant payments
By integrating TrueLayer’s Open-Banking powered PayDirect platform, the online car retailer can also improve the refunds experience.
Read MoreOpen Banking Expo to reunite industry at Confex in November
Senior executives and leaders from across Open Banking and Open Finance will be able to gather in London for this year’s event, along with headline partner Token and more than 80 speakers from across the industry.
Read MoreYolt to close smart money app to focus on YTS
The decision to shut down the consumer-facing app is part of a repositioning and will allow it to focus resources on its Open Banking platform Yolt Technology Services.
Read MorePayPal pays $2.7bn to acquire Japan’s Paidy
The acquisition boosts PayPal’s presence in the country, where it said Paidy had ‘pioneered’ BNPL solutions tailored to the Japanese market.
Read MoreExperian collaborates with fintech OBR to support SMEs
Partnership sees Experian power OBR’s flagship product OpenRep, an ‘early warning system’ for SME owners and lenders.
Read MoreMastercard expands Open Banking reach with deal to buy Aiia
Mastercard said that the addition of Aiia will ‘anchor’ its European Open Banking efforts.
Read MoreTrueLayer hires ex-Klarna exec for payments role
Mariko Beising has been named head of payment partnerships at the Open Banking platform.
Read MoreUK to host world’s first VRP hackathon
Ozone API, Open Future World and UK Finance have partnered to host the hackathon from 13 September for four weeks, to test potential use cases that VRPs can deliver.
Read Moreiwoca launches merchant cash advance product with Funding Xchange
The new product will give online sellers access to flexible revenue-based repayment loans of between £1,000 and £50,000.
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