TomoCredit bags $122m funding to expand product offerings
Investors include Morgan Stanley’s Next Level Fund and Mastercard.
Financial Inclusion
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: TurnKey Lender, FairPlay, Bloom & more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Stori bags $150m Series C-2 funding at $1.2bn valuation
The company plans to use the fresh capital to grow its team and extend its product offerings.
Skilling initiatives pivotal for the growth of women nanopreneurs in rural India
Skilling initiatives can bring rural women in India into the financial system.
How Zolve is helping US immigrants land on their feet
Zolve helps immigrants accelerate their financial health through products that build wealth in the long run.
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Cover story: MAKING THE DREAM WORK – Helping Ukraine in a planet-friendly way.
Neobank Kinly taps open finance fintech MX for data aggregation solutions
Kinly says it will leverage clean data and personalised financial alerts from MX to help Black American communities.
Mojaloop: the open source software powering payments for the unbanked
FinTech Futures chats with Kim Walters, who led the building of Mojaloop’s software from the ground up.
Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank partners Thunes for cross-border payments
The partnership will enable “nearly 30 million” Moroccan bank account owners to receive remittances.
Three things you probably didn’t know about Brazil’s growing fintech sector
Millions of Brazilians can now gain access to a financial system that traditionally excluded them.
Creditas lands $50m Series F extension, acquires Andbank’s Brazilian banking licence
Firm hopes new licence will help diversify its sources of funding and grow its portfolio of credit products.
Cross-border salary payments platform Kadmos nets €29m Series A
The new funds will be used to grow its 30-person team and for further product development.
Brazilian fintech unicorn Neon hires André Madeira as new CTO
Madeira brings engineering and product building expertise from stints at Google, Snap, and Coinbase.
DND Finance launches UK’s first Shariah-certified credit card
The Score Mastercard enables new-to-UK users to transact and build up their credit history.
Nigerian fintech Moove lands $20m from British International Investment
BII is the new name of CDC Group, the UK government’s development finance institution.
Paytech Flutterwave hires Gurbhej Dhillon as new CTO
As CTO, Dhillon will be tasked with developing the fintech platform’s architecture and infrastructure.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Mapan, Ophelos, Lista, Vibrant and Singletrack
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Video: Bitstamp at Money 20/20 Europe – Putting trust in crypto
We chat with Bitstamp CEO JB Graftieaux to discuss how trust in and adoption of crypto varies across the world.
Credit-building start-up StellarFi launches web app in the US
StellarFi claims to be the only app that reports all bill payments directly to Experian, TransUnion and Equifax.
Indian B2B e-commerce platform Solv raises $40m Series A
Solv says the funding will support its expansion throughout more than 300 cities across Africa and Southeast Asia.
Women in finance – where are they?
Why is the financial sector still failing to attract talented women in 2022?
Stashfin lands $270m in Series C funding to expand in Asia
Stashfin says it will use the new money to expand its footprint across South and Southeast Asia.
Ghana’s Fido raises $30m Series A to broaden financial inclusion in Africa
Fido has now raised $38m to date and intends to use the fresh capital to launch new financial products in Ghana.
Starting small: how Nearside is trying to help create a more inclusive economy
With this rise in new small businesses comes a need for new banking services catered to these new entrepreneurs.
Fintech for migrants Rewire acquires prepaid card provider Imagen
Imagen is Rewire’s first acquisition and will enable it to provide prepaid debit cards in Israel.
Banking start-up Fiinu to launch plug-in overdraft, list on LSE
Fiinu is set to be acquired by media company Immedia for approximately £37.5 million.
Money 20/20 Europe: A new era for a digital Sterling
Project New Era, set to launch in September, is a pilot evaluating the future digital currency ecosystem in the UK.
Europe fintech funding round-up: Cryptio, Fung, Financielle and more
This weekly fintech round-up brings to you funding news from around Europe.
How Stilt is helping immigrants build a financially stable life in the US
FinTech Futures chats with Stilt co-founder Rohit Mittal about the firm’s aims to help immigrants in the US.
Mastercard partners HyperPay to boost digital payments across MENA
As part of the deal, Mastercard has also invested in HyperPay, leading a $40 million funding round.
Swiss fintech ZoodPay acquires Pakistan’s Tez Financial Services
ZoodPay enters Pakistan as a new player in its growing digital lending and fintech space.
YAP expands into Pakistan with EMI licence approval
YAP Pakistan hopes to address the challenges consumers face in the foreign remittance market.
Private market exchange ADDX raises $58m pre-Series B funding
Singapore’s ADDX has now raised approximately $120 million in funding to date.
Creditspring raises £48m to improve financial stability across UK
The latest funding round takes Creditspring’s total funds raised to date to £70 million.
Payments infrastructure firm Xendit lands $300m Series D round
This latest round brings Xendit’s total funding raised to date to $538 million.
The Credit Thing goes live with TrueLayer’s recurring payments API
The Credit Thing will now use TrueLayer’s recurring payment API for improved customer experience.
MarketFinance raises debt financing from Deutsche Bank
The company says the funds will be used to provide up to £100 million in lending to UK SMEs.
Ophelos partners Plend for ethical debt resolution
Ophelos’ machine learning platform will enable Plend to support customers in debt with “fair” payback options.
US fintech Current launches platform API with Plaid as first partner
Current’s platform API enables fintechs to build embedded financial services solutions quickly and easily.
Paying it forward: how Zirtue aims to remove the stress from relationship-based lending
FinTech Futures speaks with Zirtue co-founder and CEO Dennis Cail about tackling predatory lenders.
