Love Finance, the UK’s fastest-growing SME lender and broker, has partnered with iwoca, one of Europe’s leading SME lenders, to make it even easier and quicker for small businesses to access finance. The partnership will see iwoca’s API integrated directly into the Love Finance platform, delivering faster decisions and a seamless journey for SMEs.

Fingular, a global fintech holding headquartered in Singapore, announced a major milestone for its Malaysian brand Tambadana. The company has now surpassed USD 150 million in total consumer financing issued. Since its launch, Tambadana has processed around 600,000 individual cases, marking a significant step forward in Fingular’s regional growth strategy.

Nevis, an AI platform for wealth management, today announced that it has raised $35 million in a Series A round from Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ and Ribbit Capital, bringing its total funding to $40 million less than a year after founding.

Edinburgh-based AI and data consultancy, Optima Partners, has secured significant investment from Growth Capital Partners (GCP) – the UK’s leading partnership investor in the knowledge economy – as it ramps up its UK and European expansion. The company specialises in AI-led transformation, helping businesses tackle complex challenges through business strategy, machine learning/AI, and advanced engineering.

Sokin today announced it has secured $50 million in Series B funding to accelerate its global expansion and product capabilities

BKN301 Group has announced major milestones marking a new phase in its growth journey

Valereum Plc (AQSE: VLRM) is pleased to announce that it has entered into legally binding heads of terms agreement to raise USD $200m of Royalty and Streaming (R & S) capital from Valereum QGP-SP ("V QGP").

Apis Partners Group and Asia Partners announced a joint investment in the US$60 million Series C fundraise by Roojai, Thailand’s leading D2C digital insurer.

LHV Bank has today launched its new Easy Access savings account paying a highly competitive 4.17% Gross/4.25% AER on balances up to £100,000.

Finom, the European financial services platform for entrepreneurs, announced expansion of their credit offering to Germany after a successful pilot in the Netherlands started earlier this year. The credit lines are currently available to existing Finom customers who have been with the platform for at least three months, allowing the company to scale the offering responsibly while supporting businesses they already know.

Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald has announced that seven SMEs in Belfast are investing more than £4.1m to grow exports, invest in research and development, and create 33 new jobs.

Public opinion on the future of pension tax relief is sharply divided, according to new research from PensionBee - with views split along age and income lines, and even unexpected support for reform among the highest earners.

Aviva, a startup using natural language processing to transform conversations into structured data to offer microloans, has secured a USD 50 million credit line from Community Investment Management (CIM), an institutional impact investment manager that provides strategic debt capital to demonstrate and scale responsible innovation in lending for underserved communities.

RateX, the leading yield trading protocol on Solana, today announced that it has raised a total of $10.4 million across three funding rounds over the past two years, including a recently completed $7 million strategic round. The latest raise includes participation from leading global investors such as Animoca Ventures, ECHO, GSR, Crypto.com Capital, Gate, Rzong Capital, BGX Capital, Summer Capital, and more.

Bibby Financial Services (BFS), the independent SME funder, has provided a £12 million confidential invoice discounting facility to Diverse Recruitment Group, supporting its growth ambitions.