Financial IT

NatWest Group Partners with Uinsure to Make Home Insurance Simpler, Faster and Easier to Manage * link below in the comments #InsurTech #DigitalBanking #FinancialIT

Upstart Announces Multi-Year $4 Billion Forward Flow Agreement with Castlelake * link below in the comments #Lending #Fintech #FinancialIT

With Swift, RBC and TD, a New Era for International Money Transfers Arrives in Canada * link below in the comments #CrossBorderPayments #Banking #FinancialIT

75% of Small Business Owners Tapped Personal Credit for Business Expenses, Bluevine Study Finds * link below in the comments #SmallBusiness #BusinessFinance #FinancialIT

MiFinity to Launch PayAnyCoin, Delivering Global Stablecoin Payouts Enabled by BVNK Infrastructure * link below in the comments #Stablecoins #DigitalPayments #FinancialIT

AU10TIX and Reality Defender Partner to Detect Deepfake Identity Fraud * link below in the comments #IdentityVerification #Cybersecurity #FinancialIT

Tipalti’s New Payout Infrastructure Gap Report Reveals Outdated Payout Infrastructure Is Slowing Business Growth * link below in the comments #Payouts #Fintech #FinancialIT

TerraPay Partners with HDBank to Power Real-Time International Payments from Vietnam 📎 TerraPay has partnered with HDBank to enable real-time outbound international payments from Vietnam to bank accounts and mobile wallets worldwide. Tapping into Vietnam’s expanding outward remittance market - forecasted to reach $346 million by 2030 - the collaboration bypasses traditional correspondent banking bottlenecks to deliver faster, more efficient cross-border transactions for retail and SME customers. 📎 By leveraging its existing Swift connectivity, HDBank can integrate TerraPay’s global payout network spanning over 156 countries and territories without heavy capital expenditure or complex technology upgrades. The solution allows customers to maintain a familiar banking experience while enjoying instant global reach and reduced intermediary complexity. 💬 "Known for its strong retail banking franchise and growing SME business, HDBank continues to invest in digital banking and innovative customer solutions. Partnering with TerraPay empowers us to bring real-time international payments to our customers without asking them, or our infrastructure, to change. It’s a strategic step forward in supporting Vietnam’s expanding trade and business ecosystem." – Trung Minh HUYNH, Director of Bancassurance and Affiliate Partner Development at HDBank 💬 "Banks like HDBank sit at the heart of how a country transacts with the world, and correspondent banking was never built for the speed today’s outbound payment demand requires. This partnership gives HDBank a direct route to global reach through infrastructure they already trust, so they can bring new capabilities to market faster and without disruption." – Ani Sane, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of TerraPay #TerraPay #HDBank #Vietnam #CrossBorderPayments

LemonEdge Announces $21M Series A Funding Round 📎 LemonEdge has completed a $21 million Series A funding round to accelerate product development and expand its modern fund accounting platform across the US and Europe. The round was led by Blackstone Innovations Investments (Blackstone's early-stage investment arm) and BNY, with participation from existing investor Sidekick Partners, bringing LemonEdge's total funding to over $30 million. 📎 Alongside the funding, LemonEdge has appointed David T. O’Malley as Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair and Katharine Briggs as Chief Growth Officer. The company's platform addresses legacy system limitations in private markets by providing real-time, automated, and auditable accounting operations embedded with native AI capabilities. 💬 "LemonEdge was built to simplify the complexity of the rapidly scaling private markets space, with global private market AUM forecast to reach $26.7tn by 2030. Legacy systems froze, and, as a result, many of the most sophisticated private market firms in the world are being held back by tools that were not designed for the complexity they face today." – David Thomas O'Malley, CEO and Board Chair of LemonEdge 💬 "Many of the firms we serve have requirements that legacy systems can no longer support, from new fund types to the safe adoption of emerging technologies. Both depend on one system of record where the data is governed, auditable and accurate. LemonEdge is among the platforms purpose-built to address these challenges..." – Christine Waldron, Global Head of Fund & Investor Solutions at BNY #LemonEdge #Blackstone #BNY #FundAccounting

PayPal and Amazon Launch Buy Now, Pay Later for Customers in Germany and Austria 📎 PayPal and Amazon have announced a partnership to bring PayPal Ratenzahlung to Amazon.de and the Amazon app in Germany and Austria starting in August 2026. The integration enables more than 40 million PayPal customers to split eligible purchases ranging from €30 to €10,000 into fixed monthly installments. 📎 In addition to standard 3-, 6-, 12-, and 24-month terms, PayPal is introducing exclusive 36- and 48-month options for Amazon shoppers. Fully integrated into the Amazon checkout experience, the service allows users to review transparent terms upfront, with automatic debits and full management capabilities available directly through the PayPal app. 💬 "As Buy Now, Pay Later has become a popular payment choice for consumers to shop and pay, offering trusted and flexible payment options is more important than ever. Bringing PayPal Ratenzahlung to Amazon in Germany and Austria marks an important milestone in expanding our Pay Later offerings through the world’s largest ecommerce retailer, giving even more customers access to the trusted PayPal Pay Later experience they already know." – Carola Wahl, Managing Director Germany, Austria and Switzerland at PayPal 💬 "We know that flexibility at checkout matters. With PayPal Ratenzahlung, available in Germany and Austria on Amazon.de from August, customers can decide to pay over time with clear terms and no surprises - all within the seamless Amazon experience they already know and trust." – Rocco Bräuniger, Country Manager Amazon DACH #PayPal #Amazon #BNPL #Germany #Austria #Fintech #DigitalPayments #ECommerce