Payment giant Stripe funds fintech startup Ramp at $1.6 billion valuation
Ramp, a fintech startup that offers corporate cards and software for managing employee expenses, raised $115 million in a funding round led by digital payments giant Stripe and D1 Capital Partners, valuing it at $1.6 billion, it said on Thursday. The two-year-old New York-based firm competes with American Express, new-age fintech startups such as Brex and older expense management software makers like Expensify and SAP Concur. Stripe, which had invested in Ramp previously as well, had in March raised $600 million at a valuation of $95 billion. To read more, please click on the link below… Source: Payment giant Stripe funds fintech startup Ramp at $1.6 billion valuation | Reuters
TrueLayer raises US$70m to build the world’s most valuable Open Banking network
TrueLayer, Europe’s leading open banking platform, today announced it has secured a US$70m Series D investment round led by new investor Addition. The latest raise reflects the growing demand for its open banking-based services and marks another significant milestone for TrueLayer on its mission to open up finance, building an open banking network that brings together payments, financial data, and identity to redefine how people spend, save, and transact online. Existing investors, including Anthemis Group, Connect Ventures, Mouro Capital, Northzone, and Temasek, also participated, with a significant increase to the company’s valuation. Additional investors in the round include Visionaries Club, Surojit Chatterjee (CPO Coinbase), Zack Kanter (CEO Stedi), Daniel Graf […]
Digital Finance as the New Normal: Plaid raises $425 Million Series D
With digital finance being the new normal, Plaid has announced a significant funding round raising $425 million in a Series D round.
Acorns’ new fintech target is debt management with acquisition of Pillar
Saving and investing app Acorns has acquired Pillar, an AI-powered startup built to help manage student loan debt, in its second acquisition of 2021.
Coinbase $1.8 billion first-quarter earnings bigger than in all of last year
Coinbase posted total first-quarter revenue of $1.8 billion from $191 million in the same quarter a year earlier and an EBITDA of $1.1 billion.
US Fintech Avant acquires Zero Financial & Level
US fintech Avant announced on Wednesday it has completed the acquisition of Zero Financial and neobank Level.
Standard Chartered turbocharges digital payments proposition with investment and the merger of CurrencyFair with Assembly Payments
CurrencyFair, a global cross-border payments platform and Assembly Payments, whose platform automates complex payment workflows, today announce their merger as a result of a strategic investment by Standard Chartered, subject to regulatory approval. SC Ventures, the innovation, ventures and fintech investments unit of Standard Chartered is doubling down on its commitment to the rapidly growing payments industry, following its earlier investment in Assembly Payments in 2020. Bill Winters, Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered said, “Digital payments is a core strategic area for Standard Chartered and our 2020 investment in Assembly Payments greatly enhanced our presence in the domestic payments business. By bringing together the complementary strengths of CurrencyFair and […]
EML acquires Sentenial Group & enters the Open Banking market in Europe
EML has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Sentenial Group for €70 million upfront, plus an earn-out component of up to €40 million.
