Newsletter / Briqs and Keel: two new bets on embedded finance infrastructure Briqs takes on PSP and platform lending, Keel reinvents itself as a profitable BaaS, and Bright adds payments to its back-office stack with Unipaas. By Lars Markull / 19 May 2026
News / A failed UK neobank reinvents itself as a profitable BaaS provider Failed UK neobank Frost reinvents itself as Keel, a profitable BaaS provider serving fintechs in remittance, treasury, property and neobanking. By Lars Markull / 14 May 2026
News / Bright adds payments to its back-office stack with Unipaas Bright adds a pay button to BrightBooks invoices through Unipaas, completing its back-office stack for UK and Ireland accountants and SMBs By Lars Markull / 14 May 2026
News / Briqs wants PSPs to own their lending, not rent it Briqs offers PSPs the technology layer for embedded lending without the balance sheet. Built by former Adyen Capital operators. By Lars Markull / 14 May 2026
Newsletter / Vertical SaaS embeds lending, UniCredit and Vodeno fund it Vertical SaaS embeds lending at the front end, while UniCredit and Vodeno fund it from the back. Plus Pleo, Deel, Hrmony and more. By Lars Markull / 12 May 2026
News / Barespace launches embedded lending for salons Irish salon OS Barespace launches Barespace Capital, embedding loans of €2k to €2m. The lending partner remains undisclosed. By Lars Markull / 10 May 2026
News / UniCredit funds Wealthon's SME lending book via Vodeno UniCredit signs €115m receivables purchase deal with Polish fintech Wealthon, funding SME lending via Vodeno's BaaS platform. By Lars Markull / 10 May 2026
Podcast / Why Embedded Finance Wins Where Banks Can't Reach, with Tom Sellin from Airwallex Airwallex Head of Growth DACH Tom Sellin on the embedded finance API, who is already using it, and what it takes to bring a global fintech to the German market. By Lars Markull / 7 May 2026
Newsletter / TikTok Creator Card lands in the UK, Marginalen turns BaaS provider TikTok and Visa launch a UK Creator Card, but who's the BaaS partner? Plus Marginalen joins SEB as Sweden's second BaaS-focused bank. By Lars Markull / 5 May 2026
Newsletter / Kleinanzeigen Moves from OPP to Adyen & 7 More April Stories Kleinanzeigen, efood, SpareBank 1, OpenAI, Hokodo, TikTok, Canva: April's embedded finance stories. Plus what's next. By Lars Markull / 4 May 2026
News / TikTok and Visa launch a UK debit card built for creators TikTok and Visa launched a UK Creator Card for TikTok LIVE earners. Who's the BaaS partner behind it, and why the UK before the US? By Lars Markull / 3 May 2026
News / Marginalen Bank turns a Swedish licensed bank into BaaS provider Marginalen Bank launches Embedded Banking, becoming the second Swedish bank to offer BaaS to non-bank companies, following SEB Embedded. By Lars Markull / 3 May 2026
