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.

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.

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").

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.

Barker, a pioneering Fintech firm that transforms illiquid asset valuations into insurance-backed instruments, secured $3.5 million in funding led by Walkabout VC. The new capital will accelerate expansion of Barker’s agentic valuation system, delivering real-time, enforceable hard asset valuations across asset-backed finance.

New research from Creditspring reveals that the average Brit has spent hundreds of pounds in the past year on unplanned expenses - from car repairs and broken appliances to vet bills and home emergencies - with millions now worried that the upcoming Autumn Budget will make life even more expensive.

Kaaj, an agentic AI credit intelligence platform that simplifies small business lending, today announced it has raised $3.8 million in seed funding led by Kindred Ventures, with participation from Better Tomorrow Ventures and others.

SAPI, the payment-linked financing platform has raised $80 million in a package comprising approximately $75 million in debt and $5 million of equity. The funding will be used to scale SAPI’s repayment-at-source technology and expand its global footprint.