Belfast fintech firm in fresh funding round for new bank-linked loyalty platform
Belfast-based fintech company LoyalBe has announced £725,000 of fresh investment in a funding round led by Techstart Ventures.
UK fintech RSM 2000 is acquired by PayPoint
PayPoint, the UK fintech that provides payment services for consumers, retailers, mobile and multi-channel solutions for businesses, acquires RSM 2000.
Mastercard partners with ConsenSys to support the future of multi-blockchain commerce
Mastercard has announced investing and partnering with ConsenSys, a software engineering firm in the blockchain space, to power the future of commerce.
Zip Co raises $400 million for international expansion
Zip Co has priced $400 million of senior convertible notes to fund expansion into new regions on the back of major growth in the US.
Pine Labs acquires consumer fintech platform Fave for $45M
Merchant commerce platform Pine Labs announced that it had acquired Fave, Southeast Asia’s fast-growing consumer fintech platform.
Safexpay, a FinTech startup raises $6mn bringing valuation to $100 million
Safexpay, a Mumbai-based FinTech start-up has raised $6 million in funding from two investors at a valuation of $100 million.
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 […]
