Fintech funding deals globally 26 April – 2 May 2021
Featuring Brex, Paxos, Vena, Greenlight, and Current.
Featuring Brex, Paxos, Vena, Greenlight, and Current.
The paper focuses on Big Tech-associated threats to competition.
Tred partners with Forest Carbon to deliver on its tree planting promise.
The fintech intends to use the fresh capital to hire more employees.
There is clear disruption already happening in the rewards space.
New merchants acquiring deal covers transactions online and in-person.
New start-up offers an “all-in-one” app for short term lending.
Square is “building a suite of new financial products”.
The deal, which is pending regulatory approval, is expected to close by mid-May.
The value of the stake remains undisclosed.
The start-up claims to cut the costs for operators to 0.5% per transaction.
Starling now claiming to hold a 6% share of the UK SME banking market.
“The complaint reflects the old way of thinking,” says Robinhood.
To stories from across the fintech world, featuring Coinbase, Pine Labs, Ozon and more.
The CPO joined Better in 2017 from Goldman Sachs.
Shares closed below $330, up a lesser 32%.
App features range from organising one-off expenses, to saving for college tuition.
The firm can now convert customers’ balances into electronic money.
Instead of shrinking, the racial wealth gap has only continued to swell and expand.
Zand is still waiting on its application for a full UAE banking licence.
COVID-19 took a toll on GoBear’s capital reserves and certain financial products.
Unlike its rivals, Paynote launches without bank support.
US fintech companies recognise the potential buying power of the European Union’s 550 million people.
Yates previously headed up Vocalink, the fintech Mastercard bought in 2017.
Users can either sign up to Neo Beginner, or Neo Pro.
The industry has long called out the interchangeable use of the word “neobank”.
Pillar helps students manage loan debt.
The raise comes less than a year after its Series A.
“Mobile banking is no longer the realm of start-ups”.
The towns are two of nine across the UK to get one.
It intends to invest £10 million into Moneycoach to scale the offering.
Airtel Africa hopes to list the mobile money business as a separate entity.
The one-year-old start-up has raised around $100 million to date.
WhatsApp is only allowed to do P2P payments in Brazil.
“Don’t lie about your customers’ ability to get their money when they need it.”
We’ve put together an “In Case You Missed It” (ICYMI) funding list.
Whilst some big deals never closed in Q1, plenty others took their place.
Roll-out of Prosper has already started in Denmark.
Tranglo’s global network spans more than 100 countries.
The sector has long felt divided over the progress of open banking adoption.