84 developments from 83 companies: 4 acquisitions, 4 funding, 40 partnerships and integrations, 12 launches, 2 licences and regulators, 22 other developments.
Bending Spoons S.p.A. completed acquisition of Evernote and became the legal Processor entity under Evernote's DPA.
evernote.comFanatics reported in talks to acquire BetParx sportsbook app from Greenwood Gaming, per CNBC; no deal closed.
pitchbook.comRaised USD 10 million debt capital from Microvest Capital Management.
timesofindia.indiatimes.comEnacomm partnered with IDmission, a biometric AI technology company, to integrate biometric identity verification into its platform.
ibsintelligence.comAmadis partners with Payplug to deliver a NEXO standards-based SoftPOS application for in-store payments.
ibsintelligence.comLaunched Typeform AI feature powered by OpenAI and Amazon Bedrock (Anthropic Claude), disclosed via AI Services terms page.
typeform.comVodafone Fiji extended partnership with Paymentology to issue Mastercard digital-first debit cards via M-PAiSA app.
essential-reading.comtZero and Wazuzu announced a partnership to create a path to continuous liquidity for NFTs and other digital securities.
ibsintelligence.comLithic publicly named Stearns Bank as its sponsor bank partner to strengthen card issuing infrastructure.
ibsintelligence.comNetworked Banking product launched, offering FDIC sweep coverage up to $125M through partner banks Grasshopper Bank, N.A. and Piermont Bank.
angellist.comKlarna announced that iBilly's user rates soared after the company partnered with Klarna Kosma for open banking connectivity across Europe.
klarna.comAnnounced partnership with Indonesia-based Bank Mayapada for digital onboarding through eKYC and digital solutions suite.
ffnews.comE9pay and Shinhan Bank announced a partnership to promote overseas remittance services.
ibsintelligence.comIngenico partnered with Cover Genius to offer embedded insurance at in-store point of sale via Ingenico terminal infrastructure.
ingenico.comTrueLayer and WealthOS announced a partnership to enable instant bank payments in wealth management products via open banking payment initiation.
ibsintelligence.comPurpl partnered with Mambu to facilitate money transfers to Lebanon, as reported by IBS Intelligence.
ibsintelligence.comVTB and Skolkovo Ventures announced a partnership to transform the digital assets sector in Russia.
ibsintelligence.comFingerprints partnered with STMicroelectronics to deliver a biometric system-on-card solution, combining Fingerprints' biometric software with STMicro's secure microcontroller hardware.
ibsintelligence.comCurrencycloud published a case study naming Growth Lending as a customer, detailing how the partnership replaced a fragmented multi-bank payment process with a single streamlined platform.
currencycloud.comOrka Ventures and Enfuce announce partnership to launch the Orka Card consumer lending card across European markets.
thefintechtimes.comSGX partnered with Cassini Systems to help market participants prepare for Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) compliance, enhancing pre-trade margin analytics on the exchange.
ibsintelligence.comAlloy publicly partners with Kyckr to streamline KYB checks for global companies, embedding Kyckr's registry data into Alloy's identity decisioning platform.
ibsintelligence.comForwardAI and FIFO Capital partner to enhance loan underwriting process using ForwardAI's accounting data API.
ibsintelligence.comCrowdHealth integrated Breez Wallet and partnered with Swan Bitcoin for cryptocurrency payment options.
leadiq.comKiatnakin Phatra Securities announced partnership with Nasdaq for Trade Surveillance to enhance market integrity in Thailand.
nasdaq.comCrédit du Maroc selected Temenos to power its digital transformation, as reported by IBS Intelligence.
ibsintelligence.comOla Financial Services ceased new lending through Avail Finance app and announced integration of services into Ola Money.
economictimes.indiatimes.comCandis launched its own Visa corporate credit cards powered by Pliant's white-label card platform; CEO Christian Ritosek cited doubling of customer card spend within a year.
getpliant.comBalance and Mirakl announced a partnership to power online B2B marketplace payment experiences.
ibsintelligence.comBackbase launched Grand Central ITS as the banking industry's first fully managed Integration Platform-as-a-Service (IPaaS) with out-of-the-box connectors for banking APIs.
ibsintelligence.comMonex USA and TKambio USA announced a referring partnership for B2B international payments.
monexusa.comNatWest launches protection product suite (life insurance, critical illness cover, over-50s life insurance) underwritten by Aviva.
covermagazine.co.ukSparkassen-Card Plus Gewerblich (debit+credit line for SME customers) launched network-wide.
sparkasse-oberpfalz-nord.deLaunched Tradeteq Connect to enhance core trade distribution capabilities, covered by IBS Intelligence.
ibsintelligence.comClearpay launched the Pulse loyalty programme rewarding on-time payers with benefits.
ibsintelligence.comIIFL Finance launched business loans up to $1M accessible via WhatsApp, reported by IBS Intelligence.
ibsintelligence.comSentBe officially launched its cross-border money transfer service in the United States, targeting migrant workers and enabling transfers to 50+ countries.
financialnigeria.comSabb launched a Shariah-compliant supply chain finance solution, as reported by IBS Intelligence.
ibsintelligence.comIBM launched IBM Payments Center – Wire Services on AWS to help financial institutions modernize to ISO 20022.
aws.amazon.comCryptomathic launched AWS BYOK Terms and Conditions, formalizing its cloud key management service offering.
cryptomathic.comRebranded from Loveheart.ai to Mana; relaunched at makemana.com targeting Australian childcare centres.
makemana.comS-Kreditpartner GmbH launched 'FlexiGeld' revolving credit card with Nexi SpA handling technical card processing; GÖRG law firm provided regulatory and contract advice for BaFin authorization.
goerg.deKFH selected Codebase Technologies to implement a RegTech platform for regulatory compliance and reporting.
ibsintelligence.comMicrosoft confirmed multi-year, multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI, reported at up to $10 billion.
news.crunchbase.comManagement Board expanded with appointment of Dr. Benon Janos as CFO and Stephan Simmang as CTO.
flatexdegiro.comSwift and Singapore's IMDA join forces to drive global trade digitalisation, connecting trade document networks.
ibsintelligence.comMonibyte expanded to Mexico in alliance with Banca Afirme, bringing corporate card controls and expense management to Mexican SMBs.
liderempresarial.comillimity and Apollo announced a strategic joint venture for credit opportunities.
ibsintelligence.comInvestGlass published guidance on building BNPL products using its platform as compliance and onboarding backbone, signaling expansion into lending workflow orchestration.
investglass.comGrowth Lending Group Limited (GLGL) published consolidated cookie and privacy policies, confirming the BOOST&Co / Growth Lending legal unification under company number 12452128.
growthlending.comRebranded corporate identity from 'North American Bancard' to 'North'.
north.comAcquisition by Global Payments closed; EVO Payments became a wholly-owned subsidiary.
fintechfutures.comFireblocks published a customer story detailing how Orbital uses Fireblocks Automation for digital asset custody, saving hundreds of hours monthly and improving transaction security.
fireblocks.comYolo Group deployed Fireblocks automation for treasury operations, reportedly saving 50–100 hours per month and eliminating manual crypto flows.
fireblocks.comPayEm announced $220M in equity and credit financing ($20M Series A equity, $200M warehouse credit) from Viola Credit, Mitsubishi Financial Group, and Collaborative Fund to fund credit card operations and global expansion.
techcrunch.comPublished first Modern Slavery Statement covering reporting period 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023.
modernslaveryregister.gov.auClear Haven Capital provided OneBlinc with a $100M credit facility to fuel portfolio growth and refinance existing debt.
abfjournal.comeftpos (AP+) collaborated with Australia Post to pilot connectID, a digital identity verification service.
ibsintelligence.comTradeStation Securities became the first US broker to offer options trading directly on TradingView's platform.
ffnews.comCIBC Innovation Banking provided a corporate debt financing package to Artlogic to support R&D expansion.
business-money.comEach item is a dated development on the dossier of a company the Index tracks, linked to its announcement where the dossier recorded one. It is not every embedded finance announcement of the month. Deals between two tracked companies are listed once. Kinds are assigned from each announcement’s wording, and deals are ranked by the amount raised or paid, where disclosed.