Credit card player Petal picks up $30m funding
Series B round led by Valar Ventures.
Investment & Funding
Oxygen gets $2.3m funding for digital banking life
San Francisco-based firm offers free banking services to freelancers.
Samsung backs Mobeewave in latest funding wave
Mobile paytech now has a total of $20 million.
Finxact secures $30m funding for core banking action
New investors include American Bankers Association and Accenture.
Data firm Essentia Analytics brings in £2.5m funding
Provided by Calculus Capital.
Mexican challenger bank Albo raises $7m
Series A funding round led by Mountain Nazca.
Nasdaq leads $20m funding in blockchain firm Symbiont
Will use funds for action in data management and lending space.
Financial software provider Zafin secures $17m funding
Round led by Vistara Capital Partners, Beedie Capital, and Accenture Ventures.
Allied Payment Network fortified via Plymouth Growth investment
The deal in Indiana was valued in the “multi-millions”.
PayPal joins $40m funding party for fintech app Dosh
Follows on from $44 million in last year’s Series A round.
AXA Venture Partners gets $150m for fintech funding
Aiming to support start-ups and digital health firms.
Swiss fintech KiWi gets $3m funding for SME lending and payments
To expand in Mexico and neighbouring markets.
Coinbase acquires API data enabler Blockspring
San Francisco-based start-up will still operate independently.
ScaleFactor secures $30m funding for back office automation
Texas-based accounting platform seeks expansion via “business OS”.
New investment for LendUp spurs credit card spin off
The US company will spin off its credit card business, Mission Lane, as a separate, stand-alone entity.
N26 plots delayed US launch with $300m funding
Mobile challenger bank is now valued at $2.7 billion.
BBVA leads $12m funding in paytech Grabango
Busy bank shows more interest in invisible payments.
LendingFront moves forward with $4m funding
Series A round led by Information Venture Partners.
White paper: Enabling information-driven financial services
Find out how to utilise data to increase revenue and reduce risk
Crypto data firm Nomics nabs $3m funding
Arthur Ventures leads the round with Coinbase participating.
ShopKeep closes $65m for small business financing leap
Brings US firm’s total funding to just over $72 million.
Motive Partners takes majority stake in Finantix
Private equity firm gets hold of digital services provider.
Plaid’s glad all over with $250m funding
US app provider now valued at a juicy $2.65 billion.
Data privacy provider Privitar picks up investment from Citi
UK firm plans to expand its US teams on the East Coast.
Digital security firm Trustology gets $8m funding
ConsenSys’ cybersecurity baby is doing well.
Banco Sabadell’s InnoCells moves on Mexico with UnDosTres investment
The bank’s corporate venture arm picks a paytech.
KKR leads $100m funding round in Cross River Bank
New Jersey-based bank plans expansion abroad.
Pindrop advances into smart devices with $90m funding
Phone-based fraud prevention company closes Series D round.
It’s on for paytech Switch’s $2m funding
Gets its largest round of funding to-date.
US tech watch: Gradifi, Numerated, Jibo, Corvus, Botkeeper
Boston bosses this one. A wave of cash for finance and insurance tech start-ups, and a robotic assistant goes dark.
Coinbase backs Flipside Crypto amid “healthy” currency selloff
The crash in digital currency values has tossed fuel on the already raging fire of skepticism.
Securitize supported by Coinbase and Ripple with $13m funding
Californian firm plans to build tokens out of securities.
Risk exchange CyberGRX raises $30m in funding
Series C round led by Scale Venture Partners.
Morgan Stanley’s $15m funding FX ups Integral
Foreign exchange tech provider looking for more banking and broker action.
Paytech Modo in good mood with $13m investment
Deutsche Bank-backed firm powers on with its interoperability intentions.
BBVA picks penguin-powered AI advisor with $9m funding
Bank’s Propel Venture Partners leads Series A in Charlie chatbot.
Plastiq gets $27m funding to its credit
US firm offers way to pay bills and business expenses by credit card.
Paytech Sezzle sizzles with $100m line of credit
Alternative e-commerce payment system is so hot right now.
Finleap takes a jump with €41.5m Ping An investment
To reach new tech firms and partners.
Wealthtech d1g1t likes digits with $7m funding boost
Two private investment rounds led by Purpose Financial.
