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Sweden’s Open Payments raises €3m in funding to ‘accelerate’ B2B payments

The funding round was led by Alfvén & Didrikson, with participation from existing investors, including Industrifonden.

Cross River Bank launches automated sweep feature for BaaS clients

The new API-enabled feature will reduce the admin involved in manually distributing funds across multiple institutions.

Symcor announced as headline partner of Open Banking Expo Canada 2025

This is the first year Symcor is headlining Canada’s flagship Open Banking Expo.

FCA, PSR reveal plans for new independent company to drive VRP in the UK

The regulators made the announcement as part of the next steps for UK Open Banking.

Norway’s Neonomics acquires UK Open Banking platform Ordo

The deal has been approved by the UK and Norway’s financial regulators, respectively.

Pay.UK appoints Fiona Bradshaw to new role as director of payments

Fiona Bradshaw has more than 25 years’ experience in payments and transaction banking, most recently at HSBC.

Tandem Bank deploys Sikoia solution to automate income verification

Alexis Rog, founder and chief executive officer of Sikoia, called the partnership “a key milestone” for the mortgage industry.

Trustly unveils new iteration of payments technology for gaming industry

Trustly has upgraded its payment technology ‘Pay N Play’ which harnesses its proprietary data engine, Azura.

FCA to deliver VRP, Open Finance in 2025 to ‘support growth’ in the UK

Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the FCA, wrote to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, outlining how the regulator will support the UK’s economic growth.

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