SMEs

Lloyds and PayPoint Launch Payments Partnership for Small Businesses
Lloyds and PayPoint Launch Payments Partnership for Small Businesses
December 04, 2024  |  SMBs

British payments technology firm PayPoint is expanding its partnership with U.K. bank Lloyds. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Dec. 4), is designed to provide banking and...

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Monzo Business Customer Base Exceeds 500K
Monzo Business Customer Base Exceeds 500K
October 16, 2024  |  Digital Banking

British neo-bank Monzo says it now has more than 500,000 business customers. And with that milestone, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. 16) a new plan...

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Dubai’s Ziina Raises $22 Million as UAE’s Small Business Sector Grows
Dubai’s Ziina Raises $22 Million as UAE’s Small Business Sector Grows
September 03, 2024  |  Investments

Ziina has raised $22 million to provide FinTech services for UAE-based small businesses. In an interview with TechCrunch Tuesday (Sept. 3), Co-founder and CEO Faisal Toukan said there were a...

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Mamo Raises $4.3 Million for UAE Small Business Financing
Mamo Raises $4.3 Million for UAE Small Business Financing
July 28, 2024  |  Fintech Investments

Dubai-based financial services firm Mamo has raised $4.3 million in new funding. Founded in 2019, the company offers services such as payment collection, corporate cards...

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Clearco and Boundless Team to Expand Working Capital for eCommerce Merchants
Clearco and Boundless Team to Expand Working Capital for eCommerce Merchants
July 16, 2024  |  eCommerce

eCommerce invoice funding firm Clearco has teamed with small-business-focused capital marketplace Boundless. The partnership, announced Tuesday (July 16), is designed to provide working capital to...

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Decipher Credit Launches SMB Lending Partnership With Validis
Decipher Credit Launches SMB Lending Partnership With Validis
April 22, 2024  |  SMBs

Loan origination platform Decipher Credit has teamed up with small business financial data provider Validis. The partnership will allow commercial lenders to extract financial and accounts receivable...

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BankiFi Partners With Praetura to Expand Small Business Funding Access in UK
BankiFi Partners With Praetura to Expand Small Business Funding Access in UK
February 21, 2024  |  SMBs

FinTech BankiFi has partnered with financier Praetura to develop a lending-as-a-service solution for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the U.K. The platform is specifically designed to help...

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Microsoft/Vodafone $1.5 Billion Deal Will Help Expand M-Pesa
Microsoft/Vodafone $1.5 Billion Deal Will Help Expand M-Pesa
January 16, 2024  |  Partnerships

Microsoft and Vodafone have launched a $1.5 billion payments and AI-focused collaboration. The partnership will see the companies employ Microsoft’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) to...

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Business Lender iwoca Raises $243 Million to Fund Small Businesses
Business Lender iwoca Raises $243 Million to Fund Small Businesses
October 16, 2023  |  SMBs

European small business lender iwoca says it has raised $243 million in new funding.  The financing, announced late Monday (Oct. 16), follows the $152 million the London-based...

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