Chat commerce platform Clickatell raises $91m Series C to boost expansion plans
Clickatell says chat is the largest digital platform in the world, with 7.7 billion users.
Platform-as-a-Service/PaaS
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.
Spend management platform Spendesk hits unicorn status with €100m funding
Spendesk will use the funding to nearly double its workforce.
Finance management platform Rho raises $75m in Series B round
Founded in 2018, the start-up has raised $205 million in equity and debt financing to date.
Singapore fintech Sleek raises $14m to fund global expansion
The company’s platform acts an ‘operating system’ for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Canadian card and spend management fintech Float raises $30m in Series A
This latest financing round brings Float’s total funding to date to around $34 million.
ID verification firm Socure valued at $4.5bn following $450m Series E round
The fintech plans to use the cash to develop new products, enter new markets and hire more staff.
Paytech start-up Extend raises $40m in Series B round
The New York start-up wants to modernise the payments industry “from the inside out”.
What the FinTech? | S.2 Episode 22 | Let’s talk about SaaS
Michel Breeuwer, general manager for the Benelux and Baltics at Mambu, joins us on this week’s episode of the What the FinTech? podcast.
Payments fintech Highnote emerges from stealth with $54m funding
The card issuing platform will help SMEs compete with ecommerce giants like Amazon.
Cobo raises $40m Series B funding for DeFi-as-a-Service platform
The Singaporean crypto platform will also use the $40m raised to secure regulatory licences.
JP Morgan Chase acquires Frank to firm up student offering
US firm hopes the deal for the college-focused financial wellness platform will boost student engagement.
Monese moves into digital banking with Investec
The new partnership will see the international bank begin to offer digital banking services to UK customers.
CaixaBank extends IBM partnership to underpin new CloudNow service
Spanish banking giant ready to deploy new hybrid cloud platform.
Aussie fintech Airwallex secures $200m Series E funding at $4bn valuation
The company has now raised more than $700m in total capital.
MODIFI tops €100m valuation with €20m Series B funding
Start-up plans to grow its trade finance platform into a global trade management hub.
Paytech Form3 secures $160m Series C round led by Goldman Sachs
London-based payment technology provider plots US expansion.
Swedish payments platform Billogram lands $45m investment
The recurring billing platform provider will seek to move into six new countries.
B2B payments platform Melio lands $250m investment at $4bn valuation
The firm says the Series D capital will be used to accelerate its expansion through partnerships.
FortisPay boosts commerce offering with OmniFund acquisition
The acquisition follows deals for EpicPay and Change Merchant Systems in June.
DevOps platform Copado lands $140m funding
The firm plans to use the cash raised to expand its testing software.
Irwin secures $20m in Series A funding round led by K1
The investment will help further the fintech’s mission to upgrade the capital markets software offering.
SEC threatens suit over Coinbase crypto lending product
Coinbase’s CEO and chief legal officer admonish US markets regulator over lack of clarity.
Trade surveillance fintech Eventus secures $30m Series B funding
Eventus will use the Series B cash to continue its growth.
Railsbank hires Stuart Gregory as new chief product officer
Gregory joins from fintech firm Wise, having previously worked for Paysafe and Visa.
Fintech software firm Veritran hits $225m valuation with Trivest investment
Veritran’s enterprise low-code platform facilitates billions of transactions annually.
AI accounting platform Vic.ai lands $50m in Series B funding round
The funding round, led by ICONIQ Growth, brings the fintech’s total capital raised to $63m.
Goldman Sachs hires AWS exec to boost asset management division
Kamlesh Talreja joins to improve client experience for Goldman clients.
Singapore fintech Thunes acquires payments platform Limonetik
The firm will combine Limonetik’s PaaS model with its existing global payments network.
Payments platform Dwolla secures $21m investment
Dwolla’s last venture funding round resulted in a $12 million raise in 2018.
Railsbank lands $70m investment to drive global expansion
The round follows a $37 million fundraise in November last year.
White paper: Back to the future – 8 features of fast and future-proof BNPL technology
Discover the tools you need to get ahead and stay ahead as BNPL grows its market share.
Cities and Villages Development Bank picks ICS Banks
Jordanian bank replacing legacy system with cloud deployment.
BaaS start-up Unit raises $51m in Series B round
The company also announced the launch of its new service Unit Go.
Standard Bank extends Microsoft partnership to boost cloud migration
The South African bank renews a 30-year deal with the US tech giant.
Moving finance systems to cloud infrastructure
How to best optimise “cloud first” and “ground to cloud” policies for ERP applications.
Aussie neobank Volt lands extended Series E investment from AFG
AFG picks up an 8% stake in Volt as part of the deal.
Morgan Stanley signs cloud partnership deal with Microsoft
Deal forms part of the US bank’s multi-cloud strategy.
UnionBank plans total cloud migration with Amazon Web Services
It aims to be the first entirely cloud-hosted bank in the Philippines.
Treasury Prime raises $20m in Series B cash to fuel BaaS expansion
The firm anticipates a rise in demand for its services in 2021.
