ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Ximple, Hero, Curve, Chift and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Curve
Financial super-app Curve bags additional £58m in Series C extension
The additional cash brings Curve’s total Series C funding to over £133 million.
Curve announces plans for global expansion
LinkedIn’s former talent hunter will head international recruitment.
Amex throws Curve a curveball
American Express blocks customers from adding Amex cards to Curve.
Curve rolls out Amazon cliché in $50m funding quest
The “Amazon of banking”. Whatever.
Curve card gives zero FX
Firm is looking to stand out with its currency conversion fees.
Curve card comes a-calling in UK
An app that connects debit and credit cards to one Curve Mastercard.
Curve integrates with Xero to automate expense reports
London-based startup Curve, a mobile app that enables users to spend from all their accounts with one card, is dangling a juicy carrot in front of small business owners and freelancers—it will handle their expense reports.
Fintech funding round-up: 13 July 2017
And the money keeps rolling in for fintech! Features Revolut, Curve, Pixoneye and Gridspace. Banking Technology’s sister publication Paybefore reports. UK challenger bank Revolut announced a $66 million investment from Index Ventures, Balderton Capital and Ribbit Capital, which the company will use to introduce new features and expand globally, starting with Asia and North America. […]
Card payments problems bring down the fintech house
A whole swathe of fintech firms and challenger banks have been hit by tech issues – with card payments failing. The names include mobile-only challenger bank Monzo, Revolut, Starling Bank, Curve and payments start-up Fire. The problem is understood to be due to provider Global Processing Services (GPS), which as usual offers no updates on […]
Monzo, Revolut, Loot, U Account and other fintechs let down by payments processor
Payment outages have caused major problems to cardholders and fintech services provides in the UK and internationally. This is understood to be down to payments processor Global Processing Services (GPS).
Fintech funding round-up: 21 September 2016
Too many words can be absurd. A round-up of some key events in fintech funding. UK payments start-up Curve has announced a further tranche of fundraising taking its total investment to $5 million. The firm says this puts it on a “trajectory for a sizeable” Series A round by the end of December ahead of […]
UK start-up Curve launches all-in-one payment card
London-based start-up Curve has launched a physical payment card that can combine an unlimited number of bank cards into one place, and has Apple Pay in its sights. The Curve card is built on the MasterCard network, but with a nod to the non-physical it is supported by a mobile app. Shachar Bialick, CEO and […]
