Nimbla, the invoice insurance company and one of our clients, closed a £5.1 million funding round led by Fin VC, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, with participation from Barclays Bank. The investment will aid Nimbla’s plans to scale up its operations, including growing the platform and team. Apart from invoice insurance, Nimbla also allows SMEs to quickly check the credit rating of their customers for better cash flow security. The platform has processed more than 67 million invoices, worth a total of £2.6 billion. We congratulate Nimbla on the impressive funding round and wish the whole team good luck on your expansion plans!

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Verto, the B2B currency exchange marketplace, and ClearBank, the digital clearing bank, join forces to break down barriers to cross-border payments for UK and European businesses. Due to the partnership SMEs will get access to a multi-currency bank account and foreign exchange solutions. Using ClearBank’s multi-currency product, Verto will offer real-time payments and banking services. As Ola Oyetayo, Verto’s Co-Founder and CEO, commented, “We’re working together to meet a surge in demand for digital payments and address new and old challenges posed by cross-border payments, from high fees to Brexit and Covid-19 uncertainties.” Verto’s marketplace enables businesses to exchange currencies as well as send and receive international payments.

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Anthony Beilin, Co-Founder and CEO at Collective Benefits, announced that the company secured $10 million from the Amsterdam-based investor Prosus Ventures. The funding will propel Collective Benefits’ cover expansion to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and its launch of an accident detection and emergency response solution. The company’s plans also include improving their digital claims experience and intensifying its educational and community-building efforts. Collective Benefits teams in the UK and Netherlands are also expected to grow in the near future.

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The neobank Atom and the buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay closed a £500 million funding deal. The partnership aligns with Atom’s larger strategy to expand its lending book via third party lenders, with the deal enabling access to new markets. It also complements Atom’s offering, which already includes prime and near-prime residential mortgage products. John Goodall, CEO at Landbay, said, “This partnership with Atom will help us at Landbay to extend our reach in the buy-to-let market and broaden our offering to brokers and landlords.”

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The BNPL leader Klarna has launched a shopping app to simplify the eCommerce experience. With the one-stop solution available in all Klarna markets now, users can shop in all online stores, get exclusive deals, access the delivery tracking of their purchases, and manage payments and returns, among other features. The app also allows users to choose Klarna as their payment method at all shops, whether they’re partnered with Klarna or not. The new product aims to put consumer needs at the heart of eCommerce and transform online shopping. Extra app features, such as a collective loyalty card space, money-saving tools, or live shopping events, are already in the works and set to launch soon.

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