Allica Bank has reached a major milestone in its mission to support the UK’s established businesses, surpassing £1 billion in asset finance lending since launching the proposition in 2021.

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), working with other mandated lead arrangers, has successfully closed a US$1.75 billion syndicated receivables purchase facility for Sonangol, Angola’s national oil company.

Funnel (www.funnel.io), the marketing intelligence platform trusted by global brands including Uber, Adidas and Sony, has secured an $80 million (approximately €68.7 million) debt facility from HSBC Innovation Banking and Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC). The facility replaces a prior $58 million (€50 million) debt arrangement and provides additional capital to support the company’s continued growth, product innovation and path to profitability.

Vennre, a wealth creation platform enabling HENRYs (High Earners, Not Rich Yet) to access private market opportunities, today announced the successful close of its Pre-Series A funding round, raising USD 9.6 million through a hybrid equity and debt structure.

Pace, the agentic AI platform purpose-built for the insurance industry, announced today that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital. The investment will accelerate Pace’s mission to modernize the $70 billion insurance business process outsourcing (BPO) market by replacing legacy manual workflows with autonomous AI agents.

Binq, AI and open banking powered business marketplace has integrated with one of Europe’s largest SME lenders iwoca, to offer funding to UK businesses:

A total of €66 million was invested through the Estateguru financing platform in 2025. This funding supported several hundred selected real estate projects across the Baltic states. The largest share of investments was allocated to projects related to Estonia, amounting to €25 million.

CheckSig, an Italian fintech founded in 2019 by Ferdinando Ametrano and Paolo Mazzocchi with the goal of making crypto services safe and transparent for private and institutional investors, has announced the closing of a Series A extension funding round of €3.5 million. The capital raised will be used to accelerate the company's growth in Italy and abroad, strengthening its leadership in the European crypto sector.

Tech-driven, flexible finance provider, PayItMonthly, has secured a £10m asset-based lending facility from Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance (STB CF) to turbocharge its service to independent businesses across the UK.

CheckSig, an Italian fintech founded in 2019 by Ferdinando Ametrano and Paolo Mazzocchi with the goal of making crypto services safe and transparent for private and institutional investors, has announced the closing of a Series A extension funding round of €3.5 million. The capital raised will be used to accelerate the company's growth in Italy and abroad, strengthening its leadership in the European crypto sector.

Tech-driven, flexible finance provider, PayItMonthly, has secured a £10m asset-based lending facility from Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance (STB CF) to turbocharge its service to independent businesses across the UK.

The British Business Bank today announces West Midlands-based ART Business Loans as the fourth accredited delivery partner under its Community ENABLE Funding programme.

Findi Limited (ASX: FND), through its majority-owned Indian subsidiary Transaction Solutions International (India) Private Limited (TSI), has entered into a binding term sheet with Nova Global Opportunities Fund PCC for a strategic investment of up to INR 418 crore (A$72 million), subject to completion of legal due diligence and execution of definitive documentation. The proposed investment marks a significant milestone in Findi’s India growth journey and materially strengthens TSI’s long-term funding position, providing a strong platform to accelerate expansion across Brown Label ATMs, White Label ATMs, and digital payments infrastructure in underserved and underbanked markets across the country.

PensionBee, a leading online retirement savings provider, has warned that millions of people in the UK are heading towards retirement incomes far below what is commonly understood to be adequate, in its response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) call for evidence on Income in Retirement.

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has provided a USD 64 million Acquisition Finance Facility to Levene Energy Development Limited. The facility supports Levene Energy’s equity commitment to Bluecore Gas Infraco Limited (the “Acquirer”) enabling the acquisition of a 30% equity stake in Axxela Limited, one of West Africa’s leading gas and power infrastructure companies.