KKR leads $100m funding round in Cross River Bank
New Jersey-based bank plans expansion abroad.
Investment & Funding
Pindrop advances into smart devices with $90m funding
Phone-based fraud prevention company closes Series D round.
It’s on for paytech Switch’s $2m funding
Gets its largest round of funding to-date.
Axyon AI bags €1.3m from European banks
UniCredit and ING Ventures are keen investors and partners.
US tech watch: Gradifi, Numerated, Jibo, Corvus, Botkeeper
Boston bosses this one. A wave of cash for finance and insurance tech start-ups, and a robotic assistant goes dark.
Coinbase backs Flipside Crypto amid “healthy” currency selloff
The crash in digital currency values has tossed fuel on the already raging fire of skepticism.
Aussie challenger bank Xinja seeks second funding round
Potential investors can register now.
Australian lendtech Athena strengthened by $25m funding
Two ex-National Australia Bank bankers bask in the glory.
Philippines’ Voyager Innovations reaches $215m funding
Latest $40m injection follows juicy $175m investment last month.
Securitize supported by Coinbase and Ripple with $13m funding
Californian firm plans to build tokens out of securities.
UK savings app Chip notches up £4m funding
Firm says it got a record-breaking number of investors in the UK.
Risk exchange CyberGRX raises $30m in funding
Series C round led by Scale Venture Partners.
Morgan Stanley’s $15m funding FX ups Integral
Foreign exchange tech provider looking for more banking and broker action.
Paytech Modo in good mood with $13m investment
Deutsche Bank-backed firm powers on with its interoperability intentions.
UK challenger bank Monzo seeks £20m funding
It goes crowdfunding with a “much bigger round”.
BBVA picks penguin-powered AI advisor with $9m funding
Bank’s Propel Venture Partners leads Series A in Charlie chatbot.
Australian challenger bank Judo gets $350m funding boost
Receives debt facility agreement with Credit Suisse.
Romanian FintechOS gets €600,000 as it lines up €5m Series A
Digital banking platform has raised €1.6m so far.
Amsterdam students debut first investment via Dyme
The students are up to something.
Paytech Instarem reels in $20m funding
This is the first close in its Series C round of $45 million.
BCS Global Markets calls on Calypso Tech
For its ability to transact multiple assets.
Fenbushi’s Dispatch-ed for blockchain building in Asia
San Francisco-based Dispatch offers DLT app creation.
Xena the warrior for crypto trading with $3m funding
Series A round of financing led by Klever Internet Investments.
Plastiq gets $27m funding to its credit
US firm offers way to pay bills and business expenses by credit card.
Form3 shows good form with $13m funding
Aimed at expanding beyond the UK.
Uruguayan fintech Bankingly gets $5m investment
Financial inclusion, backed by U2 singer Bono.
Visa making a stand in India with BillDesk investment
As it faces fierce local competition.
Paytech Sezzle sizzles with $100m line of credit
Alternative e-commerce payment system is so hot right now.
Spain’s Liberbank partners with French lendtech October
The bank is stepping up its fintech game.
Data start-up Banked backed with £1.5m funding
Lead investor is Backed VC.
Finleap takes a jump with €41.5m Ping An investment
To reach new tech firms and partners.
Wealthtech d1g1t likes digits with $7m funding boost
Two private investment rounds led by Purpose Financial.
Sabadell’s InnoCells invests $10m in Base10
Base10 is an investment fund for automation in financial software.
Automation Anywhere going somewhere with $300m funding from SoftBank
RPA firm gets support from SoftBank Vision Fund.
Digital receipts fintech Slyp-s into the market
Easy to use, easy to set up.
Revolut to get $500m boost from Softbank
To enable US expansion.
Mastercard leads $16.5m funding round in Mobeewave
Series B round also includes support from NewAlpha and Forestay Capital.
Lighter Capital increases funding limit to $3m
US firm will provide start-ups working capital in exchange for 2% to 8% of their business’ future revenue.
Bain Capital Ventures nets $1bn funding for new round of tech bets
Its current portfolio includes companies focused on infrastructure software, security, commerce and fintech.
Capital markets software firm Genesis makes $3m funding revelation
Then fintech said: “Let there be light funding”; and there was light funding.
