BBVA sells Holvi business lender, invests $150m in VC fund
Spanish banking giant ditches Finnish business bank, sells back to founder
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Tandem Bank acquires £100m mortgage book from Bank and Clients
Private bank’s customers won’t notice the transition, claims challenger.
Fintech funding deals globally 1-7 February 2021
Featuring Stash, Built, LeaseLock, Valon Mortgage, and Metromile.
Fintech funding round-up: UiPath, Narmi, Balance, GajiGesa, and more
The start of February has seen a whole host of funding rounds around the world.
Barclays reveals fintech start-ups in its 2021 New York Techstars accelerator
Barclays’ 2021 cohort includes four data-focused fintechs.
NymCard raises $7.6m for Banking-as-a-Service in MENA
The Series A funding round brings NymCard’s total investment to $12 million to date.
Supply chain financing start-up CapBay raises $20m in Series A
CapBay offers short-term financing to “businesses of all sizes” through its “proprietary credit-decisioning model”.
UK fintechs Token and Tradeteq get investment
$15m for open banking payments platform Token and $9.4m for trade finance tech specialist Tradeteq.
US fintechs Albert and Crux Informatics in funding rounds
Featuring Albert’s $100 million Series C funding round and Crux Informatics’ $36 million convertible note.
Fintech funding deals globally 25-31 January 2021
Featuring Robinhood, Nubank, Melio Payments, Albert and Rhino.
New funding for European fintechs Compeon and SESAMm
Germany-based Compeon lands €15 million and France-based SESAMm – €7.5 million.
Payroll fintech founded by Google alums raises $35m
Check says it already works with 100,000 small businesses in the US
Nubank rakes in $400m to fuel expansion in Colombia and Mexico
Brazilian challenger reaches $1.8 billion in total funding raised.
Milo brings in $6m to provide US credit to international citizens
Lending start-up plans extra growth after round led by QED Investors.
Rhino raises $95m to support US renters
US-based insurtech believes the industry is set for “explosive growth”.
Curve signs PassFort to automate KYB processes
The card consolidation firm picked PassFort in the wake of its Series C round.
Founder-focused start-up Remagine nabs €20m in seed investment
Berlin-based firm aims to help “impactful” businesses with a range of products.
Wealthpilot raises €8m to fuel data aggregation push
German wealthtech has raised €14.9 million since 2017.
Saudi start-up Hakbah raises $1.2m in seed funding
Hakbah aims to “modernise and ease” savings in Saudi Arabia.
Lithuanian paytech kevin. raises €1.5m in seed funding
Lithuanian firm plans availability across Europe by Q4 2021.
Waqfinity launches in UK to provide “impact focused” Islamic finance
Former Rizq founder sets up new Islamic wallet app.
Asia-Pacific fintechs Volopay and Microleap land funding
Singapore-based Volopay and Malaysia-based Microleap have raised $2.1 million and $3.3 million, respectively.
FinTech Futures Jobs: five awesome fintech companies founded by women
Featuring Aya Payments, Modularbank, First Boulevard, GoHenry, and Alinea Invest.
Wealthtech Elinvar raises €25 million funding
Founded in 2016 in Berlin, Elinvar has “the vision to connect the entire wealth management ecosystem”.
Minna Technologies raises €15.5m in Series B funding round
Minna says the investment will be used for global expansion, “with requests from all continents”.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 22 January 2021
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
The five p’s of banking
Banks have relied on the “five p’s” – people, physical cash, premises, processes and paper.
FinTech Futures Jobs: new year, new job – five tech companies that are hiring now
Featuring CGI, Cleo AI, Freetrade, Market Finance, and Monzo.
Aion Bank signs payments processing deal with Form3
Form3 to provide real-time payment processing, clearing and settlement.
ADQ’s unnamed neobank nabs new CEO from Emirates NBD
Patel joins the upcoming challenger after leading Emirates NBD’s challenger Liv.
Dubai-based Bankiom promises “new way” to manage money
Banking app promises fast account setup and loan processing.
Walmart prepares launch of its own fintech start-up
Retailer says customers want more of its financial products.
Canadian challenger Koho appoints new CTO
Jonathan Klein joins the neobank from Wayfair.
Shariah P2P fintech Alami raises $20m in debt financing
Alami hopes to distribute trillions to SMEs and micro businesses.
Revolut applies for UK banking licence to boost primary account numbers
Fintech unicorn seeks to transition to full bank in the UK.
Orange Bank acquires challenger Anytime to expand SME focus
Anytime to fall under the Orange brand as it looks to scale up for businesses.
San Francisco challenger Oxygen raises $17m in Series A
Runa Capital, S7V, EFG Hermes, and Rucker Park, took part in the investment.
Fintech funding deals globally 28 Dec 2020-3 Jan 2021
Featuring Mission Lane, Narmi, Finja, CarPay, and ZipLoan.
UK challenger B-North raises £250,000 and signs deal with Channel 4
Channel 4 signed an advertising-for-equity deal.
Oxbury plans 2021 launch after fresh £15m injection
Challenger bank for farmers receives investment from Duke of Westminster’s estate.
