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Funding Circle launches embedded finance solution

Partners Funding Options and Capitalise.com are the first to natively embed Funding Circle into their website to offer business loans of up to £500,000.

Q&A: Axway’s Eyal Sivan on why Canada needs ‘practical steps’ and ‘not just talk’

Eyal Sivan, head of Open Banking at Axway, explains why ‘strong leadership’ is only part of the way to get Open Banking over the line in Canada, and what it can learn from Brazil’s implementation journey.

Yapily enters partnership with B2B checkout platform Sprinque

The partnership with Amsterdam-based Sprinque will allow B2B marketplaces and merchants to embed B2B payments into their platforms, and is part of Yapily’s European expansion plans.

FCA 90-day rule change ‘huge win’ for Open Banking industry

The UK regulator announced the alterations to the 90-day authentication rule following a consultation in which respondents called it “onerous” and reported “high customer dropout rates” as a result.

Open Banking Exchange Ukraine launches

The Open Banking Exchange team will work closely with Sigma Software Group, as well as the Ukrainian Interbank Payment Systems Member Association and the National Bank of Ukraine, to kickstart Open Banking in the country.

Beyond Bank chooses Frollo’s CDR gateway for Open Banking

Builds on existing relationship between the two companies, with Australia’s Beyond Bank already using Frollo’s PFM platform to launch a financial wellbeing app.

Insight: How fintech is facilitating the future world of work

A new report finds a third of businesses are crying out for freelancers – but can’t pay them on time. Sonovate’s Richard Prime explains which fintech trends are helping businesses to accommodate the rising freelance demographic.

Canadian SMEs need convincing about Open Banking

Delegates at Open Banking Expo Canada heard from speakers at the last panel of the Confex that small businesses are sceptical about data sharing and will need the fintech community to ‘communicate the benefits’.

Allica Bank secures £110m in Series B funding round

Atalaya Capital Management led the investment, with Warwick Capital Partners, Allica Bank’s majority shareholder.