Starling Bank completes internal fundraise of £130.5m

Clerq announced that it has secured $21 million in capital to power the future of payments

Grasshopper, the client-first, full service digital bank, today announced several key lending developments, including the rollout of its Innovator Term Loan, a new unsecured loan offering built to power growth for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across the innovation economy. The launch of the term loan reflects Grasshopper’s commitment to helping entrepreneurs scale, combining speed, flexibility and transparency in a digital experience.

Paygentic, which provides an all-in-one billing and payments platform purpose-built for AI-native and agent-driven products, has successfully completed a $2M pre-seed round

The Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association (PIMFA), the trade association representing wealth managers and financial advisers across the UK, has called on the Government to prioritise stability, fairness and long-term planning in its forthcoming Autumn Budget.

Previsico has closed its Series A funding stage enabling accelerated strategic development as it scales up with ongoing innovation

M2 Capital Limited, the proprietary investment arm of M2 Group, a UAE-headquartered conglomerate with a diversified portfolio in digital asset solutions, has announced a $21 million strategic investment in the Nasdaq-listed AVAX One Digital Asset Treasury (DAT), which is focused on AVAX, the native token of the Avalanche ecosystem. This investment reflects M2 Capital’s long-term strategy to bridge global blockchain innovation with the growing appetite for compliant digital assets in the MENA region.