Lloyds to licence invoice financing technology from Satago
Lloyds Banking Group is to run a six month trial of an invoice financing platform from Satago Financial Solutions, with a five-year commercial contract for the product on the line. As part of the pilot, Lloyds Bank will be extending financing to its customer base utilising Satago’s digital cashflow management and invoice financing platform. Satago will be paid a recurring fee for each customer of the Bank that utilises the technology. Sinead McHale, CEO of Satago, says: “Lloyds’ brand and reach, combined with our technology and speed of execution, is a great example of how established banks and innovative Fintech companies can work together to deliver better outcomes for SMEs.” […]
Global money transfer service Azimo and payments fintech dLocal to facilitate remittances from Europe, Australia to Colombia
Global money transfer service Azimo has teamed up with dLocal in order to allow workers in Europe and Australia to send funds to Colombia.
FinTech Scotland teams up with Lloyds for Innovation Lab
FinTech Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group launch a new fintech programme aimed at improving and creating innovative collaborations.
Plato signs up with TradeCore
TradeCore partners with Plato, supporting the payments business in bringing quicker, easier and more cost-effective payment transfers.
Launchnodes helps to support the launch of Professional Services in AWS Marketplace
Launchnodes announced today that it is participating in the launch of Professional Services in AWS Marketplace.
Trade Ledger platform selected by Bibby Financial Services to drive funding automation
BFS will leverage the Trade Ledger platform to enhance functionality and enable greater control for businesses seeking funding.
London FinTech TrueLayer partners with Visa
London API provider TrueLayer is collaborating with Visa, which now has a minority stake in the FinTech as part of a $35 million Series C funding round in June, outlets reported on Tuesday (Oct. 29). The funding round was led by Temasek and Tencent with participation from previous investors Northzone and Anthemis. The investment helped TrueLayer expand across Europe to Germany, France, Italy and Spain. It also launched payment initiation capabilities and partnering with companies including Revolut, Zopa, ClearScore, Plum, Emma, CreditLadder, Canopy, and ANNA Money. “We want to scale open banking to a level where it manifestly impacts every aspect of financial services for consumers,” he says. “[This] requires […]
Softbank pumps £510m into finance firm Greensill that could kill off payday lenders
Japanese conglomerate Softbank is set to inject another £510million into British online finance firm Greensill as part of plan to launch a new service that aims to wipe out controversial payday loans. City sources said Greensill, set up by former Morgan Stanley banker Lex Greensill, is in advanced talks to buy FreeUp, a technology company that should enable the firm to offer ordinary workers early payment of their wages. SoftBank’s Vision Fund, led by maverick entrepreneur Masayoshi Son, is pouring in more than half a billion pounds to support the expansion strategy. Sources said the deals could be announced as soon as this week. To read more, please click on […]
