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B2B Payments Today: What Firms Want From Global Payments Innovation; Truist Eyes Industry-Specific Business Banking
B2B Payments // June 01, 2021

Today in B2B payments, PYMNTS releases new data on corporates’ cross-border payments innovation needs, and Truist discusses an industry-specific approach to business banking. Plus, Funding Circle collaborates with Atom on small business lending, Credit Suisse addresses the ongoing Greensill fallout and iBanFirst secures new investment....

Funding Circle, Atom Partner On Lending For UK SMBs
B2B Payments // May 31, 2021

U.K. small business loan platform Funding Circle will work with U.K.-based mobile bank Atom, on a 300-million-pound (about $426 million) lending partnership, according to a press release. There has already been 350 million pounds (about $497 million) lent from Atom through Funding Circle, the release...

Atom Collaborates With Plaid On SMB Open Banking
B2B Payments // February 16, 2021

To launch open banking services for its clients, British financial institution Atom is teaming with open finance platform Plaid. The latter company lets clients provide their banking data to Atom, allowing for a faster response to requests for loans, according to a Tuesday (Feb. 16)...

Disruptor UK Bank Atom Raises £50M
Banking // July 22, 2019

Atom, a banking startup in the UK that caters to millennials, has raised £50M ($62.4 million) in a funding round and is now valued at £530 million ($660 million), according to a report by TechCrunch. The bank targets millennials with its slogan “It’s all about...

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Trovata Acquires ATOM to Bolster Treasury Management Offering

July 24, 2025
Cash/liquidity management platform Trovata says it has acquired treasury management system (TMS) ATOM. Trovata argues this deal makes it the “first modern, viable TMS alternative to legacy incumbents,” according to a Thursday (July 24) news release announcing the purchase. “There hasn’t been a new TMS built in nearly three decades,” Brett Turner, founder and CEO of Trovata, said in the […]

Disruptor UK Bank Atom Raises £50M

July 22, 2019
Atom, a banking startup in the UK that caters to millennials, has raised £50M ($62.4 million) in a funding round and is now valued at £530 million ($660 million), according...

Atom Now UK’s Most Recommended Bank

February 24, 2017
For the first time since its launch in 1989, First Direct is not the most recommended U.K. bank — it has been displaced by digital-only entrant Atom Bank. BDRC Continental’s...