Egyptian super-app Khazna secures $38m Series A round
Khazna has now raised a total of $47 million to date.
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FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 1 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Egyptian credit fintech Lucky raises $25m Series A
The cash will go towards cementing Lucky’s position in the market and building out its credit offering.
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BNPL platform ChargeAfter raises $44m Series B
The Series B brings the company’s total amount raised to date to $60 million.
How embedded finance can help brands cater to the needs of Gen Z
Payments are now just as important to brand identity as top-of-funnel activities like advertising.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three brilliant jobs you can apply for right now
Exciting open vacancies at Monzo, Klarna and Railsbank. Apply today!
Planned VPC-led listing of Indonesia-based BNPL specialist Kredivo is scrapped
The companies have announced the mutual termination of a previously announced acquisition agreement.
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State of play: fintech and telco
How we pay, what we pay, and who we pay is changing, and telco firms are well positioned to take advantage.
Demystifying the Indian BNPL market
India is primed to be the largest BNPL market in the world with a massive addressable population.
Fintech start-up Chari acquires Axa Credit in Morocco for $22m
The acquisition will enable Chari to launch buy now, pay later (BNPL) services.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Explore three excellent career opportunities in fintech today
Exciting open vacancies at Monzo, Klarna and Railsbank. Apply today!
Zeta partners Mastercard to shake up credit card issuance
The payments giant has also invested $30 million, alongside other investors, into Zeta.
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Indian fintech Money View lands $75m Series D funding
Money View is now valued at $625 million.
BNPL platform tabby raises $54m in Series B extension round
The cash will go towards expanding its product offering and supporting its international expansion.
Aussie BNPL firm Zip confirms Sezzle acquisition
The deal values Sezzle at approximately $360 million (AUD 491 million).
Mastercard, Pine Labs and DBS Bank to roll out BNPL credit card offering
The solution will be available on all DBS Mastercard, Visa and American Express credit cards.
Why instant loans are catching fire with fraudsters
Fraudsters are now increasingly finding clever ways to exploit this innovative form of financing.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 1 | Talking open banking
To kick off season three, we’re joined by John Natalizia, co-founder and CEO of Snoop.
Italian BNPL provider Scalapay raises $497m in Series B
Scalapay has also launched a checkout experience platform for e-commerce called Magic.
BNPL provider ViaBill raises $120m in equity and debt
ViaBill’s funding round was led by London-based Fasanara Capital.
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French BNPL fintech Alma raises €210m Series C to support European expansion
To date, Alma has raised €180m in equity and more than €100m in debt financing.
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Exciting open vacancies at Klarna, Xero and Revolut. Apply today!
The urgency needed for banks to enter the BNPL space
Banks have an opportunity to get ahead in the BNPL space as authorities introduce new regulations.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three really exciting roles to apply for this week
Exciting open vacancies at Klarna, Xero and Revolut. Apply today!
Why everyone will know the term embedded lending in 2022
SME demand for finance is set to continue to grow globally in 2022.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three interesting new roles to consider this week
Exciting open vacancies at Starling Bank, Klarna and Crowdcube. Apply today!
Aussie BNPL firm Zip confirms Sezzle takeover talks
The potential deal would follow a string of acquisitions by Zip over the past 18 months.
Insurance payments platform Ascend lands $30m Series A
Ascend claims to be “the first modern insurance payments platform”.
BNPL provider Splitit appoints new CEO, Nandan Sheth
Nandan Sheth moves from Fiserv, where he was head of global digital commerce and the firm’s Carat business.
Santander enters BNPL market with launch of new platform Zinia
Already live in Germany, Santander now plans to roll out the service in the Netherlands and Spain.
Rupifi appoints early investor Rajesh Kamra to lead B2B payments innovation
Rupifi says it’s India’s “first embedded finance company” in the B2B payments space.
Indian fintech start-up M2P raises $56m in Series C1 round
M2P claims to have raised more than $100 million in the past year alone.
Start-up Vartana launches with $57m funding with aim to become the “Affirm for B2B”
Vartana is a new provider of managed checkout and BNPL options for businesses.
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African fintechs Finclusion and Lipa Later raise pre-Series A funding
Finclusion has landed $20 million and Lipa Later has secured $12 million.
Retail finance platform Divido appoints Todd Latham as CEO
Latham has also held senior positions at American Express and Microsoft.
