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Small businesses need faster loans. Orbii connects to a lender's business software (ERP) and store checkout systems (POS). That lets the lender see real sales and approve loans in minutes, then send the money and track it. Funding: 3.6M seed led by Prosus Ventures. Momentum: thousands of
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Crowdfunding meets Shariah finance. Scale follows. Saudi platform Lendo | ليندو lets investors finance small-business invoices through a shariah-compliant crowdfunding marketplace. The company earns a spread between investor returns and borrower fees. In September, it struck a $53.3 million cost-plus financing deal with Jadwa Investment through its Murabaha Finance Fund
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Open banking is built in Riyadh. Spare provides API-driven account aggregation, identity verification, risk assessment, and recurring payments to fintechs and e-commerce firms across the Gulf. Its business model centres on usage-based fees for developers and enterprise subscriptions. Last week, the company raised $5 million pre-Series A led by Arab
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MENA’s $157 million bet on SME finance. HALA offers business accounts, virtual cards, POS terminals, invoicing, payments, and even shariah-compliant lending to freelancers and small businesses. The Saudi company monetizes through subscription fees and transaction take-rates. Serving over 142,000 businesses and processing more than $8 billion in annual
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Build credit while you send money home. Kredete helps African immigrants build a U.S. credit profile while they remit money to family in more than 30 countries, linking bill payments and remittances to a credit-scoring engine. It earns revenue from transaction fees and upcoming card interchange. The platform already
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Audits without the agony. uiAgent builds customizable AI agents that handle audit preparation, reconciliations, and client accounting services, allowing accountants to focus on providing advice. It runs on a subscription-plus-usage model and integrates with existing accounting software. Early adopters report 80% fewer manual data entries and a 25% faster monthly
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Finance with a mind of its own. Tabs builds AI agents to run the entire contract-to-cash cycle for finance teams, drafting invoices, chasing collections, recognizing revenue, and reporting without a spreadsheet in sight. Its business model is simple: charge a SaaS fee and let the bots do the heavy lifting.
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Credit that speaks Brazilian Portuguese. São Paulo‑based Ume helps merchants build instalment plans and revolving credit using Brazil’s Pix payment rails and AI underwriting. Products like Limite Ume, Pix Parcelado, and Empréstimo Pessoal serve both merchants and consumers, while an LLM‑powered assistant manages repayment and customer engagement.
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Banking for mission‑driven orgs. Mazlo builds a compliance‑driven financial stack for nonprofits: bespoke checking accounts, integrated accounting tools, and smart cards, all under one roof. Its business model combines interest on deposits, card interchange, and a flat SaaS fee per account. The San Francisco company emerged from stealth
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Vertical SaaS needs better payments. Rainforest is a platform that helps software companies embed card processing and payouts without becoming payment facilitators themselves. Its low‑code API, merchant portability, and no‑risk model let platforms deliver chargeback handling, ACH validation, and partial authorisations while staying compliant. On September 8, the
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Advisers deserve better tools. Marloo builds an AI‑first assistant that automates meeting notes, document creation, and client communications for financial advisers. It was founded by Hardy Michel, Ben Robertson, and Shakeel Lala, who closed a $2.7M pre‑seed led by Blackbird Ventures. Investors include Revolut’s Chief Legal
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I burned €500,000 building a neobank for immigrants. Not advice. Just a founder’s confession. When I moved to Portugal, I couldn’t open a bank account. No local credit history. No proof of address. It took weeks, not days. I thought: This is a massive problem, I can