Thursday 15th July, 2021

British-based banking and payments app Revolut has announced a $800m series E funding round, valuing the business at $33 billion. This funding round makes Revolut one of the UK’s most valuable fintech.

Wednesday 14th July, 2021

Superfluid a blockchain-based system that streams perpetual payments for use in crypto-native settings and for things like subscriptions, rewards and salaries, has raised $9 million in a funding round led by Multicoin Capital along with Semantic Ventures.

Tuesday 13th July, 2021

Tradeshift released a series of innovations to Ada™ a next-level artificial intelligence and machine learning layer embedded on the Tradeshift platform. Accounts payable teams using the Tradeshift® Pay solution now have access to a powerful set of tools designed to help them visualise the impact and effectiveness of Tradeshift’s payables automation capabilities compared to human-operated processes.

Monday 12th July, 2021

EPSA and Proactis have announced a new partnership for bePayd, the dynamic discounting solution developed by Proactis. With this partnership the two experts will combine their knowledge and experience to optimise payments between buyers and suppliers. This will enable the EPSA group, a specialist in enterprise financial optimisation, to propose to customers a supply chain financing solution.

Friday 8th July, 2021

Barclaycard announces new partnerships with WellnessLiving and Tevalis to provide specialist payments expertise for customers with an online presence and with physical stores, across the leisure and hospitality sectors. As non-essential stores reopen for business, and pubs and restaurants return to serving food and drink indoors, being able to offer customers a seamless payment experience is critical to success.

Thursday 8th July , 2021

National Audit Office (NAO) has provided a review on why the British Business Bank decided to authorise Greensill Capital to give out emergency Covid-19 loans.