UK challenger Zopa lands £75m funding to fuel growth
Zopa says the deal “cements and markedly enhances” its unicorn valuation.
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Zopa says the deal “cements and markedly enhances” its unicorn valuation.
Software leverages behavioural analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence to detect anomalous payments.
FinTech Futures takes a look back at some of the year’s top developments and stories in payments.
Users across nearly all US states can now trade and store BTC, ETH and LTC in the MoneyGram app.
We chat with Derrick Walton of Bank of America about how cross-border payments have evolved.
liwwa operates a marketplace for SME loans where investors can purchase loan receivables.
Rohde joins from Swisscard, a joint venture between American Express and Credit Suisse.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Over the next three years, Aeon will pour the cash into SME loans arranged by Assetz Capital.
Ischenko will take over from founder Sergey Sedov, who will remain in the position of chairman of the board.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says previous staff cuts announced in April “did not go far enough”.
Tavares has more than 20 years worth of experience across technology and engineering.
Flutterwave will provide the infrastructure to enable SendSprint to process cross-border transactions.
It’s hoped the integration will address a “major pain point for users” in the crypto ecosystem.
As CTO, Dhillon will be tasked with developing the fintech platform’s architecture and infrastructure.
Western Union’s WU+ digital banking app is now live in Germany and Romania.
The latest round takes Copper’s total capital raised to date to $42.3 million.
MoneyGram responded to the “baseless claims”, adding it is “fully prepared to vigorously defend itself”.
The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2022.
The X World Wallet is Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay compatible.
Partnership will provide investment opportunities to Lydia’s 5 million customers via its app.
Robinson spent two years with Monzo, and 15 years at Capital One.
The Canadian firm says the partnership will expedite cloud adoption and boost innovation.
The House Crowd had struggled to raise capital.
New start-up offers an “all-in-one” app for short term lending.
Dosh is the first local mobile wallet solution in New Zealand.
New round tips total raised by auxmoney above $3 billion.
The one-year-old start-up has raised around $100 million to date.
WhatsApp is only allowed to do P2P payments in Brazil.
The Mastercard offering is powered by EML Payments.
Alami is helping the bank keep up with capital requirements.
BTB’s business model has brought annual average returns of 7% in the last seven years with low defaults.
The start-up is now looking to raise £5 million from institutional investors.
SoLo brought in $12m, which includes a $2.8m seed round and a series of convertible notes.
Singapore-based Volopay and Malaysia-based Microleap have raised $2.1 million and $3.3 million, respectively.
Alami hopes to distribute trillions to SMEs and micro businesses.
The Amazon founder’s personal VC participated in Chipper’s latest funding
The fintech allowed consumers to invest in Notes, corresponding to fractions of loans.
CleverCard’s Kealan Lennon reckons the market isn’t big enough for so many neobanks.
Ziglu insures digital assets against cyberattacks.