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March 2023

Embedded finance in March 2023

39 developments from 38 companies: 2 acquisitions, 3 funding, 14 partnerships and integrations, 11 launches, 1 licences and regulators, 8 other developments.

The biggest deals

  1. 1
    Spiral

    Closed $28M Series A led by Team8; total funding reaches $42M. source

  2. 2
    Ibanera

    Ibanera finalised an $18.5M venture round from Emerchantpay Limited at a discounted valuation of $195M to support its BitLine business line. source

Acquisitions 2

Mar 1

Acquired by Credicorp.

oaklins.com
Mar 1

Acquired Comma to combine embedded and open banking capabilities

finextra.com

Funding 3

Mar 1

Closed $28M Series A led by Team8; total funding reaches $42M. Announced intent to expand to 10,000+ US financial institutions.

fintechfutures.com
Mar 1

Closed €6M Series A led by Mangrove Capital Partners

finmatics.com
Mar 1

Ibanera finalised an $18.5M venture round from Emerchantpay Limited at a discounted valuation of $195M to support its BitLine business line.

einpresswire.com

Partnerships and integrations 14

Mar 1

Microsoft launches AI-powered Copilot across Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, powered by Azure OpenAI Service.

techcrunch.com
Mar 1

RBC named Vestwell exclusive partner for 401(k) recordkeeping to close the retirement gap for small businesses.

linkedin.com
Mar 1

Announced partnership with Curve to bring passive wearable payments to Europe across 31 countries.

financialit.net
Mar 1

Announced partnerships with Visa, Plaid, Stripe, Akko, Mulberry, and Array; expanded team with hires from Sony Music, PayPal Honey, Scottrade, and Tripwing.

businesswire.com
Mar 1

Hellenic Bank selected LTIMindtree as strategic sourcing partner for core banking transformation and data analytics.

channeldrive.in
Mar 1

Yo-Uganda Limited announced grant partnership with the United States African Development Foundation to deploy Mastercard Foundation-supported financial services.

yo.co.ug
Mar 1

Pocketbook announced a partnership with Bond to launch branded finance solutions including digital wallets and ACH APIs for SMB clients.

prnewswire.com
Mar 1

Chubb and Techcombank announced a 5-year co-creation partnership for digital general insurance under the TechCare brand.

techcombank.com
Mar 1

Launched debit cards; partnered with Swan for expansion in French, Spanish, German markets

ffnews.com
Mar 1

Partnered with Rain crypto exchange for fiat on/off-ramps in Bahrain

fintechfutures.com
Mar 1

Kiatnakin Phatra Securities selected Temenos Wealth platform to enhance its wealth management advisory front-office.

ibsintelligence.com
Mar 1

Partnership with Rappi to embed Allianz home insurance for Rappi Prime customers.

mercadoeconsumo.com.br
Mar 1

NatWest partnered with OneID to launch its 'Customer Attribute Sharing' digital ID service, using NatWest's Bank of APIs to power embedded digital identity for businesses.

openbankingexpo.com
Mar 1

OneID partnered with DocuSign to provide identity verification for e-document signing use cases.

ibsintelligence.com

Launches 11

Mar 1

Launched co-branded credit card with Chase; cardholders receive cashback and benefits

techcrunch.com
Mar 1

Launched in Spain offering local Spanish IBANs for European expansion

ffnews.com
Mar 1

Launched payment links for B2B platforms growth

crowdfundinsider.com
Mar 1

Launched Automated Onboarding Task Lists and onboarding enhancements

namely.com
Mar 1

Unveiled Penny Connect embedded finance proposition for digital SME lending

finextra.com
Mar 1

Purpl announced go-live on Mambu's cloud-native banking platform and launched its digital wallet product for Lebanese citizens.

financialit.net
Mar 1

Netspend Earned Wage Access Privacy Notice effective date published, confirming EWA product launch.

rainapp.com
Mar 1

Launched issuing platform, expanding into embedded finance

ffnews.com
Mar 1

Selcom, Tigo Tanzania, and Mastercard launched the Tigo Pesa virtual Mastercard card service through Selcom's CaaS platform.

selcom.net
Mar 1

Launched multibank network to diversify fintech banking risk

pymnts.com
Mar 1

Launched BukaTabungan digital banking on AWS with Standard Chartered nexus BaaS

press.aboutamazon.com

Licences and regulators 1

Mar 7

Became UK's first BaaS provider with a banking licence (similar to Solaris in Germany)

blog.griffin.sh

Everything else 8

Mar 1

Agreed to rescue sale at 99.8% discount to last valuation

finextra.com
Mar 1

Co-founder Bryan Carroll steps down as CEO to join the board.

fintechfutures.com
Mar 1

BILL published a customer case study highlighting AE3 Architecture + CM's use of BILL for financial operations after going fully remote

linkedin.com
Mar 1

Equity capital raise co-led by BMH Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen.

thepaypers.com
Mar 1

Executed Deposit Processing Services Agreement with Customers Bank for white-label BaaS deposit accounts.

lawinsider.com
Mar 1

Appointed Robert Granados (ex-DealerTrack / Cox Automotive) to board

techtrendske.co.ke
Mar 1

PayEm announced SOC 1 Type 2 compliance, demonstrating mature internal controls over financial reporting.

payem.co
Mar 1

JPMorgan payment gateway deployed for Volvo Cars India XC40 Recharge direct-to-consumer EV sales, including VRN-based payment reconciliation.

thepaypers.com

Where this comes from

Each 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.

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