Danske Bank UK and Aiia partnership

Network B turns to Nordigen for financial data to power client loyalty programmes

Network B plugs into Nordigen’s free Open Banking platform for raw transactional data as an alternative to card linking. 

Tink and Youtility partner to offer embedded subscription and carbon management tools

Tink and Youtility have entered a strategic partnership to provide UK retail banks with embedded subscription and money management tools.

GoCardless secures $312m to accelerate growth in open banking 

GoCardless has secured $312 million in a Series G funding round, making it the latest European and UK tech unicorn valued at $2.1 billion.

Boston Fed and MIT publish initial CBDC design research findings

The work produced one code base capable of handling 1.7 million transactions per second.

SME online retailers can save £19,000 a month on transaction fees – Yolt

Open Banking technology can help small and medium-sized online retailers save an estimated £19,000 by reducing transaction fees associated with payments providers.

Bunq introduces investing feature to app

Through a partnership with birdee, ‘Easy Investments’ allows Bunq’s users to invest.

Tribal secures $60m in Series B round for LatAm push

The B2B payments platform for emerging markets plans to use the latest proceeds to build out local teams in Brazil and Mexico, among other LatAm countries.

Barclays unveils new fintech initiatives in partnership with Rainmaking

The Rise Start-Up Academy, a virtual digital skills-building accelerator for early-stage fintechs, is the first of the initiatives to launch, with more planned for later this year.

TotallyMoney chooses Bud for Open Banking

The partnership aims to create ‘an easy way for people to understand their eligibility for credit products’.