ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Paytrix and Vixtra
This week’s round-up includes two start-ups – London-based Paytrix and Brazil’s Vixtra.
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North America fintech funding round-up: Cinchy, Lama AI, Kudos and more
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from North America.
CloudPay secures $50m to support development of payroll offering
The firm boasts “high double-digit growth” year-on-year and is projecting revenue growth of around 40% for 2022.
Financial super-app Curve partners Salt Edge for open banking compliance
The partnership will enable the app’s 4m users across Europe to continue to make the most of open banking.
US challenger Zenus picks Finxact to power its “global banking platform”
Finxact will join Microsoft and HSO, a business network and cloud consultancy, in delivering the platform.
Bilt Rewards bags $150m funding at $1.5bn valuation
The start-up is aiming to expand its loyalty programme and credit card offering for US renters.
ConnexPay secures $110m growth equity investment led by FTV Capital
The firm says the funding will be used to support its international expansion.
Danish investment bank Saxo taps Baffle for global data encryption solution
The bank will integrate Baffle’s Data Protection Services platform.
Africa’s Cellulant partners Mastercard for online e-commerce payments
Cellulant’s customers can now pay online wherever Mastercard is accepted via the Tingg wallet.
B2B paytech Finexio secures $35m Series B at $100m valuation
The oversubscribed round was co-led by Mendon Venture Partners and National Bank Holdings Corporation.
SMB lender Kapitus taps Mambu for its cloud banking platform
The firm will leverage Mambu’s low-code lending engine to power new financing products.
WeTravel raises $27m in Series B funding to boost fintech product development
WeTravel plans to accelerate the development of its travel-specific fintech solutions.
Cartoon: Fear gauge
A new cartoon illustrating how uncertainty in the stock market is making companies hesitant about going public.
BNY Mellon launches new aggregated payments platform Vaia
The bank says Vaia will cut the time needed for businesses to connect with any available payment rails.
HSBC names Georges Elhedery as new group CFO
Elhedery will take on his new role from 1 January 2023, replacing Ewen Stevenson.
Diebold Nixdorf partners Featurespace for real-time fraud prevention tech
Diebold Nixdorf will integrate Featurespace’s ARIC Risk Hub into its Vynamic Payments platform.
Wells Fargo partners Google Cloud for AI virtual assistant, Fargo
Fargo will leverage Google Cloud’s conversational AI platform Dialogflow to offer personalised banking tips.
Delta National Bank & Trust taps Finastra for digital banking infrastructure upgrade
The firm will utilise Finastra’s Fusion Essence and Fusion Payments To Go solutions.
FIS names current president Stephanie Ferris as new CEO, replacing Gary Norcross
Ferris will take on the joint role of president and CEO at the firm from 1 January 2023.
US fintech start-up Banyan lands $43m Series A
The Series A round is made up of $28 million in equity and $15 million in venture debt.
New decentralised paytech Clowd9 launches to “transform” global payments system
Clowd9’s investor base includes former partners at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan.
UBS strengthens cloud partnership with Microsoft
The bank intends to host more than 50% of its applications on Microsoft Azure.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 21 October 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Ordo, Plum, Maplerad and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
US fintech Achieve bags $225m debt facility
The facility has been provided by O’Connor Capital Solutions and a “multi-trillion-dollar asset manager”.
Santander partners VC firm Forgepoint for new cybersecurity investment company
The bank is expecting to invest up to €300m in the strategic partnership.
HSBC taps Oracle to power digital transformation
HSBC will upgrade and migrate select database systems to Oracle’s Exadata Cloud@Customer platform.
Capital on Tap secures £100m credit facility to support SMEs
The facility will be used to build out a central finance hub for small business owners in the UK and US.
Crowdz to integrate open banking-powered payments with GoCardless partnership
Crowdz will implement three GoCardless open banking-powered payment features across four markets.
Wellington Holbrook steps down as CEO of Connect First Credit Union
Holbrook first joined the firm as COO in 2020 and was made CEO in February this year.
Goldman Sachs plots reorganisation, reveals change of plans for Marcus
“The concept of being broad, with a consumer footprint, is not really playing to our strength,” says CEO.
Video: BNY Mellon at Sibos 2022 – The growth of real-time payments
We chat with Carl Slabicki of BNY Mellon about current payments trends and the growing adoption of RTP.
Shoreline Credit Union partners VizyPay for small business payment services
Shoreline Credit Union will refer its commercial members to VizyPay for specialised payments solutions.
Mastercard to enable banks to offer crypto trading services with new solution
Named Crypto Source, the new offering is being developed in partnership with Paxos.
HealRWorld set to launch first UN SDG-focused corporate debit card
The debit card, launching soon, aims to reward sustainable businesses.
US digital bank Green Dot fires CEO, appoints George Gresham as replacement
Dan Henry has been terminated as CEO and president of the company and resigned from the board as of 14 October.
Video: NatWest at Sibos 2022 – The open banking revolution
We speak with Dan Globerson of NatWest about the bank’s open banking strategy.
Video: Bank of America at Sibos 2022 – Cross-border payments trends
We chat with Derrick Walton of Bank of America about how cross-border payments have evolved.
Video: ING at Sibos 2022 – Interoperability in trade finance
We chat with Lynn Ng of ING about whether cross-platform interoperability in trade finance is possible.
Belize Bank extends core banking partnership with Finastra
The bank has migrated the operations of Scotiabank (Belize) onto Finastra’s Fusion Essence platform.
