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UK fintech investment levels defy global slowdown

Figures from Innovate Finance show the amount invested in UK fintech rose 24% in the first six months of 2022, while globally, investment is levelling off.

Mexican fintech Stori secures $150m to become a unicorn

Co-founder Marlene Garayzar is the first Mexican woman to have founded a unicorn technology startup in the country.

EQ Bank teams up with Flinks for Open Banking

Through the partnership, the bank’s customers will be able to securely share data with their other financial apps.

Mastercard Engage Partner program expands to include Open Banking

As part of the expansion, there are two new direct implementation options for partners, ‘Partner Linked’ and ‘Partner Direct’.

Enfuce founders

Finland’s Enfuce enters the UK

Peter Baxendale will lead Enfuce’s UK team as executive VP of fintech sales.

Volt hires Stuart Barclay as VP of strategy

Barclay joins from Swedish fintech Trustly, where he spent three years, and has also served as a senior policy advisor in the UK Cabinet’s open innovation team.

Online payments

Tink upgrades payments stack with launch of ‘settlement accounts’

The new feature, which launches in the UK first before rolling out to Europe, intends to simplify the payments process for merchants.

Emma Steeley joins Freedom Finance as CEO

She has left Equifax, where she was CEO of AccountScore, to lead the digital lending platform.

Open Banking Expo Awards 2022 winners revealed

Find out which Open Banking pioneers and innovators were recognised at the ceremony in London.

PayPoint backs SaaS startup OBConnect

OBConnect CEO Darran Morford called PayPoint “a natural partner” as it seeks to expand its Open Banking solutions.