Teal, the payroll data platform building financial data solutions for the credit industry, has raised £1.4 million in pre-seed funding led by Passion Capital, with participation from ACF Investors, K Fund and prominent angel investors from notable fintechs such as Plaid and Checkout. The funding will be used to bring instant income and employment verification to millions across the UK.

Japfa Ltd (“Japfa” or, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a leading industrialised agri-food company, has successfully closed a USD 150 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) facilitated by DBS Bank and Rabobank as joint sustainability coordinators. This milestone highlights Japfa's steadfast commitment to sustainable business practices and further cements the Group’s track-record in sustainability financing transactions. This marks the first time Japfa has included social key performance indicators (KPIs) in a sustainable finance instrument, reflecting its holistic approach to sustainability.

CurveBlock, a UK-based proptech start-up pioneering sustainable real estate investment, has secured a $400,000 grant (approximately £298,000 GBP) from Kadena, a leading Proof-of-Work L1 blockchain, as part of its $25 million RWA grant program. Launched earlier this year alongside Kadena’s RWA Token Standard, this grant program is dedicated to accelerating the adoption of compliant asset tokenization on Kadena’s blockchain infrastructure.

United Arab Bank PJSC ("UAB"), listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced that it proposes to increase its issued share capital by an amount up to AED 1,031,275,325 (one billion thirty-one million two hundred seventy-five thousand three hundred twenty-five dirhams) from AED 2,062,550,649 (two billion sixty-two million five hundred fifty thousand six hundred forty-nine dirhams) up to AED 3,093,825,974 (three billion ninety-three million eight hundred twenty-five thousand nine hundred seventy-four dirhams) by way of the Rights Issue offered to the existing shareholders of the Bank. Further, United Arab Bank has published an invitation to its shareholders (the "Invitation") to subscribe for New Shares. Frequently asked questions relating to the Rights Issue will be made available on UAB’s website (http://www.uab.ae/) on or around today's date.

OakNorth, the leading digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a £7.5m revolving credit facility (RCF) to leading livestock feed manufacturer, Harbro.

Scalable Capital has successfully completed a funding round, raising €155 million

Nomupay has entered into a significant partnership with Japanese payments solution firm SBPS in a deal worth $40m, at a $290m valuation.

Stitch (www.stitch.sa), the unified platform for launching and scaling financial products, today announced the successful closing of a $10 million seed round.

Vontive, the technology company standardizing the business-purpose mortgage, today announced an equity investment from Citi

Uplinq announced the closing of a $10 million Series A funding round.

Kashable, a mission-driven fintech platform Redefining Credit for Working Americans as an employer-sponsored voluntary benefit, today announced the closing of a $250 million credit facility

Dojo has announced it has secured an investment of $190 million from Vitruvian Partners

Velocity announces a $10M pre-seed funding round and emerges from stealth to launch the Stablecoin Payment Account. The round was led by Activant Capital, with participation from Fuel Ventures, Triton Capital, Fabric Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Digital Space Ventures and Preface Ventures. Strategic shareholders include current and former executives from Stripe, Worldpay, Visa, Circle, PayPal, and Google.

Palla, an international payments platform that enables instant cross-border payments for global financial institutions and fintech firms, announced today that it has raised $14.5 million in a Series A funding round

Kholo Capital Mezzanine Debt Fund I (“Kholo Capital”) (www.KholoCapital.com) and Maia Capital Partners (“Maia Capital”) announced today that they have provided R250 million mezzanine debt funding to Catapult Group (“Catapult”) to fund growth capital expenditure and to refinance a portion of existing senior debt to create cashflow headroom for the business as it embarks on its next growth phase.