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Need to Know | Embedded Finance Unlocks Value for Underserved Small Business Sectors

Stax

The rapid evolution of embedded payments is reshaping industries and unlocking new opportunities, particularly for small business sectors that have often been overlooked. Embedded payments, according to Gray, enable nonprofit organizations to not only streamline processes but also generate additional revenue streams to offset costs.

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Unipaas and Mastercard Join Forces to Boost Card Acceptance for SMEs via Vertical SaaS

Fintech Finance

Unipaas , the go-to embedded payments provider for SaaS platforms, has announced it is partnering with Mastercard to increase card acceptance for SMEs using vertical SaaS platforms where payments are still predominantly manual and offline.

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From open banking to open finance and beyond: The future of financial data-sharing

The Payments Association

Open finance is no longer a compliance exerciseit is redefining the way financial products are built, distributed, and embedded into daily life. Embedded payments, dynamic credit offers at the point of sale, and hyper-personalised customer experiences are emerging as critical differentiators.

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Fintech Conference Boom: Where Innovation Meets Influence

Fintech Review

In 2025, key topics include open finance, embedded payments, regtech, AI in underwriting, blockchain use cases, and the rise of sustainable finance. Many conferences now dedicate tracks to fintech for underserved communities or the rise of women founders. Investor roundtables debate valuations, exits, and economic cycles.

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Adyen and BCG Research Finds Embedded Payments and Finance Now a $185 Billion Opportunity — a 25% Increase in Two Years

Fintech Finance

aIn parallel, the demand for embedded finance from small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — a sector typically underserved by traditional financial institutions — has broadened well beyond payments.1 To access the full report, click here.

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Why is Diversity and Inclusion Important in Fintech? The Industry View with Finastra, NMI

The Fintech Times

Under-representation Kate Hampton, chief strategy officer, NMI Kate Hampton, chief strategy officer at embedded payments solutions provider NMI, said: “Having worked in the technology and payments sector for almost two decades, I have gained a deep understanding of the critical importance of addressing DEI within the fintech industry. .

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Sleepless In Payments

PYMNTS

A fundamental question facing the payments industry now is the degree to which software is truly “eating the POS,” or whether the hardware/software bundle that is enabling checkout is just different. Different because of the new opportunities that embedding payments in software creates – and destroys.