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Deal Feed
Partnerships, funding rounds, product launches, and M&A across the ecosystem.
Italian PayTech firm Nexi partnered with Meniga, a provider of white-label digital banking solutions, to integrate personal and business financial management tools into Nexi's partner banks' apps. The deal leverages PSD2 open banking regulations to enhance digital banking experiences for individuals and small businesses across Nexi's bank network.
First Horizon Bank partnered with fintech Interchecks to launch ClearPath Fast Payments, a white-label payout platform for treasury clients. The platform enables instant payments via Visa Direct, ACH, and checks through API integration or a turnkey portal branded under First Horizon. This deal exemplifies banks embedding fintech-powered payment infrastructure to serve commercial clients.
Jiko completed its acquisition of Mid-Central Federal Savings Bank on September 4, 2020, becoming the first fintech to purchase a US-regulated bank. The deal received approvals from the OCC and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Acting OCC Comptroller Brian Brooks praised the acquisition as a milestone for fintech maturity.
PayPal Ventures made a strategic investment in Neon, a Brazilian digital banking fintech. The investment strengthens PayPal's presence in the fast-growing Latin American fintech market. Neon offers digital accounts and financial services to underbanked consumers in Brazil, aligning with embedded finance trends in the region.
Banco Santander spun out its fintech venture capital arm Santander InnoVentures into an independent entity called Mouro Capital, doubling allocated funds to $400 million. Mouro Capital will invest in fintechs and financial services businesses globally. The move gives the fund greater operational independence while maintaining Santander's backing.
Intuit partnered with Green Dot as its BaaS sponsor bank to launch QuickBooks Cash, an AI-powered primary banking product for small businesses. Green Dot's CEO highlighted the deal during a summer 2020 earnings call, projecting millions of new accounts. The partnership represents a significant expansion of embedded finance into small business banking.
MX announced Portal, a new open banking API product enabling financial institutions and fintechs to embed data connectivity into their platforms. The product facilitates secure data sharing and account aggregation. Portal strengthens MX's position as infrastructure for embedded finance use cases.
UK clearing bank ClearBank became the first clearing bank to offer multi-currency bank accounts via API, supporting over 30 currencies. The service enables fintechs and regulated financial institutions to access real-time payment services and banking functionality. This positions ClearBank as a key BaaS infrastructure provider in the UK and European market.
NovoPayment and Visa launched a white-label Banking-as-a-Service platform enabling instant virtual account issuance and disbursements for banks and fintechs across Latin America and the Caribbean. The solution supports self-enrollment with biometric validation, instant virtual account creation, and optional contactless cards. It can be deployed in as little as 10 weeks, targeting issuing banks and fintechs seeking faster digital onboarding and financial inclusion.
Ally Financial partnered with Mastercard's Vyze platform to expand its financing capabilities into retail point-of-sale lending. The partnership enables Ally to offer embedded consumer financing at the point of purchase through Vyze's multi-lender marketplace. This marks Ally's entry into embedded retail lending beyond its core auto finance business.
Moov Financial, an open-source Banking-as-a-Service platform, raised $5.5 million in a seed round led by Bain Capital Ventures. The round included participation from Canapi Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Gradient Ventures, RRE Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Veridian Credit Union, and 27 angel investors. Moov enables companies to embed financial services like receiving funds, storing value, and remittances via a single API with a developer-first, modular approach.
TechCrunch reported on Max Levchin's vision for fintech's next opportunities, spotlighting how companies like Stripe Capital, Square Capital, Brex, and Shopify Capital were leveraging merchant transaction data to offer embedded lending products. This approach of using real-time cash flow data for creditworthiness was framed as the future of credit scoring.
BankMobile Technologies, a subsidiary of Customers Bank, announced a business combination with Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp (MFAC) to bring its digital BaaS platform to the public market. The deal values the enterprise at $140 million. BankMobile serves over 2 million accounts across 722 college campuses and powers digital banking for partners like Google and T-Mobile.
Google expanded its digital banking initiative by partnering with six additional U.S. banks, including BMO and BankMobile, to offer digital bank accounts managed through Google Pay. The partnerships leverage BaaS infrastructure to embed banking services within Google's ecosystem. This signals big tech's deepening engagement with bank-fintech distribution models.
Volante Technologies, a cloud-based payments and financial messaging solutions provider, raised $35 million in growth equity led by Wavecrest Growth Partners. Strategic investors included BNY Mellon, Citi Ventures, PostePay, and Visa Inc. The company's VolPay platform uses cloud-native microservices to power payment rails for major financial institutions.
Coastal Community Bank expanded its Banking-as-a-Service operations including a partnership with Google for deposits and loans. The community bank adopted a pay-as-you-go and subscription revenue model with near-zero customer acquisition costs. This illustrates how smaller banks can compete in embedded finance through BaaS partnerships with big tech.
TD Bank extended its 15-year payments processing partnership with TSYS through a new multi-year deal signed in early August 2020. TSYS continued to provide core payments infrastructure for TD Bank's card and transaction processing. The renewal underscored the ongoing reliance of major banks on specialized payments processors.
Open Payments, a Swedish fintech focused on open payments infrastructure, raised €3 million (~$3.5 million) in seed funding led by Industrifonden with participation from existing investor Brightly Ventures. The round supports the company's mission to build API-based payment infrastructure aligned with Europe's open banking regulations.
Industry analysis identified embedded finance as a $7 trillion market opportunity over ten years, with Stripe (valued at $36B) and Square ($57B) positioned as leaders. Payment facilitation companies were enabling platforms and online businesses to seamlessly integrate financial services, representing a paradigm shift in financial services distribution.
Varo Money received full approval from the OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve on July 31, 2020, becoming the first consumer fintech in U.S. history to obtain a national bank charter. This allowed Varo to launch Varo Bank, N.A. on August 1, 2020, offering FDIC-insured banking services nationwide. The milestone marked a major shift in the competitive landscape between fintechs and traditional banks.
Denver-based Transact Bank selected Fiserv's Precision core banking platform on July 30, 2020, to support its new focus on domestic and cross-border payment processing and card issuing services. The partnership provides Transact Bank with modern core infrastructure to enable BaaS-style payment and card programs. This positions Transact Bank as a potential partner bank for fintechs requiring payment and card issuing capabilities.
Fasspay obtained Bank Negara Malaysia's approval to expand its white-label e-wallet service with increased transaction limits and new card capabilities. The approval enables Fasspay to issue physical Visa-branded prepaid cards, virtual cards, and supplementary account features linked to e-wallet applications. As one of the first regulated white-label e-wallet providers in Malaysia, this strengthens Fasspay's position as a BaaS infrastructure provider with four e-wallet partners.
Circle raised $25 million from Digital Currency Group to enhance its Platform Services suite, which provides businesses and developers with APIs for USDC stablecoin integration in payments, commerce, and financial applications. The funding supports yield and lending services built on stablecoin infrastructure.
Nium integrated with Google Pay on July 29, 2020, enabling its card users to make contactless payments via Android devices at Visa merchants worldwide. The integration allows Nium's BaaS card-issuing clients to offer Google Pay compatibility to their end users. This partnership extends Nium's embedded finance reach by connecting its card infrastructure to a major mobile payments ecosystem.