Lending stories

Net Essence has acquired Workshop IT, enhancing its IT services reach, supported by a loan from Growth Lending to fuel future growth.

Business Next has launched AGENTNEXT, India's first AI agent platform, to modernise banking and financial services, aiming for 60-70% task automation.

Growth Lending and Aros Kapital have joined forces to provide GBP£1 billion in loans to UK SMEs over the next 5 to 6 years, targeting various sectors.

Griffin, a UK bank for fintech firms, exits early access phase with its platform now generally available, aiming to transform finance integration.

MyState Bank launches a new digital banking platform, developed by Backbase, enhancing personal finance management and security features, to fuel growth.

Lentra joins the AWS ISV Accelerate Program, aiming to enhance digital lending for banks with its cloud-powered solutions, having processed USD $20 billion in loans.

Jio Financial Services launches the 'JioFinance' app beta, aiming to revolutionise digital banking and financial activities for Indian citizens.

Lendtech platform Finyoz partners with multi-currency specialists Currencycloud, aiming to modernise supply chain financing through innovative solutions.

Aryza Group and Acquired.com mark six years of partnership with advanced data-driven collection and disbursement options, enhancing the end-to-end payment process for clients.

ASB bank launches Clean Tech Fund to financially back New Zealand's green technology start-ups with up to $5m each.

Bud Financial appoints Rachel Fairhurst as VP of Credit Risk & Client Success, and Jakub Piotrowski as VP of Product to drive commercial growth and innovation.

Aryza launches new 'embedded finance' products, Aryza Originate and Aryza Lend, to revolutionize the financial sector.

Weavr, a trailblazing embedded finance provider, appoints ex-Visa executive Mark Pettit as Chief Product Officer to fuel growth and expansion.

Nils Frowein has been appointed as the new CEO of additiv, the international digital investment and financial solutions company.

A change to government policy rather than an oversimplified approach of raising the cash rate will be needed to address the current bout of inflation.

Fintech True Balance has made senior appointments to reinforce its growth across India's underbanked market, including Souparno Bagchi as COO.

Indian financial services firm True Balance appoints Souparno Bagchi as COO and Himanshu Jaggi as principal product manager to boost expansion efforts.

Prometheus Finance, the Wellington-based finance company with a mandate for socially responsible lending, has called in receivers after failing to.

Departing Real Estate Institute chief executive Helen O'Sullivan said the Reserve Bank's decision to continue the loan-to-value ratio restrictions.

The New Zealand dollar touched a month-low against the US dollar as the greenback broadly strengthened on optimism about the US economy and after t.