Leading global fintech AND Global, today announced it has raised $21.4 million USD in a Series B funding round led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of The World Bank Group, and AEON Financial Service, a leading Japanese financial group active in 11 Asian markets. This investment will support further development of AND Global’s services, such as digital lending and other fintech solutions, to improve financing access for small businesses, as well as the unbanked and underbanked across Asia. With the successful completion of its Series B, AND Global now becomes the first Mongolian company to secure Series B funding, further solidifying its mission to bridge the financial inclusion gap in Southeast Asia.

IVIX, the first AI-powered platform designed to help governments around the world combat financial crime at scale using LLMs, advanced graph analytics and publicly available data, today announced the close of its $60 million Series B funding round, bringing the total amount raised to $85 million. The round follows five consecutive years of rapid growth and customer acquisition, as IVIX has helped customers identify billions of dollars in offshore assets and illicit financial activity.

Meshed, the UK's first AI native insurance broker, today announced the closing of its oversubscribed £950K pre-seed round

Mesh, the leading crypto payments network, announced additional investments from PayPal Ventures

Riva Money, the global payments firm using blockchain technology to streamline the movement of money, has raised a pre-seed round from Project A as well as angels from Revolut, Monzo and J.P. Morgan. The USD 3 million round will be used to solve the persistent pain points of global money transfers.

HSLC, $227 million community bank serving Ohio and Kentucky, will reduce commercial loan processing time from days to hours after implementing Vine’s AI-powered lending platform. The 130-year-old institution expects to eliminate manual document processing while improving accuracy across its commercial real estate, equipment financing, and agricultural lending portfolio.

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), Qatar’s leading digital bank, is pleased to announce that the bank has awarded over 600 winners in the ongoing 8th edition of the Misk Account. With this Misk edition, QIB continues to promote beneficial financial practices and encourage consistent savings habits among its customers.

New research from HSBC UK reveals that while Brits are actively cutting back on subscription services, many are still losing money to 'invisible spending' - particularly through automatic payments they forget to cancel.

The Fourth AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2025) has concluded with over US $300 million in investment and trade deals signed and a robust communiqué affirming both regions’ commitment to deeper collaboration. The two-day event, co-hosted by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and the Government of Grenada, brought together more than 2,100 delegates, from 80 countries, including 11 Heads of State and Government, representatives of governments, private sector leaders, and development partners.

Borough Broth, the UK’s leading brand in organic, slow-cooked bone broths, is using a tailored Invoice Finance facility from eCapital to support its national expansion and product innovation.

South Africa’s fastest, most secure and only digitised bridging funding platform, TransBridj, has been announced as a finalist in the ‘Most Innovative Proptech Company of the Year’ award as part of the Annual Africa Proptech Forum, hosted by the Africa Property Investment (API) Summit. The awards will be handed out on the 18th of September 2025 at the 16th API Summit at The Westin in Cape Town.

Levr Bet, today, announced it has completed a $3 million round led by Blockchain Capital and Maven 11 for the world’s first leveraged sports betting platform. Building on Monad, the seed round brings Levr’s fundraising total to $5.3 million since 2024.

United Arab Bank (UAB), listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced the successful completion of its capital increase, which ended on July 29, 2025. The Rights Issue raised AED 1,031 billion increasing the Bank’s issued capital from AED 2,062 billion to AED 3,093 billion. The newly issued shares were priced at AED 1 per share. All necessary regulatory approvals have been obtained for this transaction.

Alkymi, the leading AI-powered data workflow platform for financial services, today announced a strategic financing round

Wagestream, the market leader in workplace finance and wellbeing, has announced advancements to its Workplace Loans product. These developments, supported by the £300 million debt financing secured from Citi in April, directly address the issue of inaccessible credit, and reinforce Wagestream’s commitment to providing fair financial services to the everyday worker.