2021: Top five fundraises
FinTech Futures takes a look back at some of the year’s most eye-catching funding rounds.
Investment, Asset & Fund Management
ICYMI funding round-up: pliant, CreditBook, CIRCA5000, and LiveFlow
Our weekly ‘In Case You Missed It’ funding round-up for you to get the latest funding news.
Brazilian neolender Open Co secures $115m funding to boost expansion
The start-up was formed through a merger of two consumer credit platforms earlier this year.
ICYMI funding round-up: Novus, Bumper, topi, Toucan, & Raison
With the fast-paced nature of the fintech world, it’s easy to let announcements slip by from time to time.
Fintech funding deals globally 6 December – 12 December 2021
Featuring Monzo, Tipalti, Mambu, Tradeshift and Pleo.
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ICYMI funding round-up: Trolley, TSLC, and Freetrade
With the ever fast-paced nature of the fintech world, it’s easy to let announcements slip by from time to time.
Digital wealth manager Wealthsimple exits UK
All eligible accounts will be transferred to Moneyfarm in January.
DIY investment platform Tillit launches
Tillit offers “a curated investment universe, exclusive content and a fee that is based on time rather than wealth”.
Wealthtech FNZ acquires client onboarding tech vendor Appway
Hanspeter Wolf, CEO and founder of Appway, will become FNZ’s CTO.
AMP appoints new CTO, Felicia Trewin
Felicia Trewin will start her tenure in March 2022 and join AMP’s executive committee.
Republic to buy Seedrs to create global private investment player
The $100 million deal brings together the US and UK-based partners.
Abrdn to acquire online investment platform Interactive Investor in £1.49bn deal
Abrdn had previously confirmed it was in talks to acquire the company in November.
Money management app Plum raises $24m from investors and crowdfunding
The London-based company plans European expansion and product development.
Digital wealth app Endowus secures $27m in latest funding round
The Singapore start-up gains backing from new and existing investors from across Asia.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – MoonPay, Airwallex & Gemini
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
ICYMI funding round-up: Pomelo Pay, Nudge, Recordent, fintus, EarlyBird, WLTH, and Basiq
In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) funding round-up for you to get the latest fintech funding news.
Nordea picks Temenos’ Multifonds for Luxembourg investor servicing activities
The cloud-based implementation will replace multiple on-premise systems.
Lydia to white-label Bitpanda platform for digital assets
Partnership will provide investment opportunities to Lydia’s 5 million customers via its app.
Family savings fintech UNest raises $26m in Series B round
Company is one of the few US fintechs with a female founder to gain investor funding to date.
Fintech funding deals globally 15 November – 21 November 2021
Featuring Gemini, Upgrade, CloudWalk, EasyHealth and Airwallex.
ICYMI funding round-up: Tarabut Gateway, TotallyMoney, Quartr & more
Another collection of funding rounds and raises from all over the world you might have missed.
Asset manager Abrdn confirms Interactive Investor takeover talks
Abrdn confirmed talks are taking place, but made clear nothing is finalised as yet.
Fintech funding deals globally 18 October – 24 October 2021
Featuring N26, Deel, FTX, Zopa and Brex.
New social investing app AleFi launches in US
AleFi aims to help new retail traders understand the market and follow trends.
Webinar: Reimagining the customer experience in wealth management
Celent and OneSpan give a closer look at the digitisation trends shaping the wealth management industry.
Goldman Sachs gets green light for total ownership of Chinese venture
Goldman becomes the second US bank to buy out its Chinese mainland joint venture partner.
Deutsche Börse plans digitisation for German capital markets
German exchanges operator aims for 80% of all securities to be digital by end of 2022.
Digital transformation in asset management – obstacles for fund administrators
Fund administrators are struggling to keep pace with digitalisation thanks to some notable obstacles.
State Street to acquire BBH Investor Services in $3.5bn deal
State Street says the deal will help enhance its investment products and services.
Mexican fintech Flink lands $57m in Series B round
New investment follows the company’s $12 million Series A round in February.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Mastercard, Ramp, PayPal & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
FinTech Collective raises $250m for new early-stage investments
The venture capital firm’s total AUM now exceeds $500 million.
Trading technology firm DriveWealth secures $450m Series D funding
Fintech will use the funds for continued product and service expansion and additional hires.
Fintech funding deals globally 16 August – 22 August 2021
Featuring DriveWealth, Sightline Payments, Bitpanda, PalmPay and Reali.
Family finance start-up Hapi launches investment app for parents
Parents can open a junior stocks and shares ISA or general investment account.
Wealth management start-up Smallcase raises $40m in Series C funding
The round included participation from e-commerce giant Amazon.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Goldman Sachs, Paysafe, HSBC & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
Goldman Sachs to acquire asset management firm NNIP in $2bn deal
US bank continues drive towards new revenue streams.
Sova Capital selects Appway for onboarding and KYC solutions
London-based broker looks to streamline client onboarding while ensuring full compliance.
