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TrueLayer nabs 130M at a 1B valuation as open banking rises as a viable option to card networks

Catalyst Fund gets 15M from JP Morgan UK Aid to back 30 EM fintech startups

Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa

Uzoma Dozies Sparkle raises 31M for personal business neobank play in Nigeria

Wannabe social bank Kroo swerves VCs to raise a 245M Series A from HNWs

FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer selfsovereign IDs to Africas unbanked

Fintech in Latin America continues to draw big dollars as Softbank invests 231 million in Creditas

Nigerias Kippa gets 32M preseed for its small business finance management app

ImaliPay gets 3M to offer financial services to underserved gig workers across Africa

Weirdo Fintech VC Anthemis marches to its own drummer

Revolut CFO resigns following money laundering controversy

Grab launches SME loans and microinsurance in Southeast Asia

Egyptian fintech Sympl raises 6M for its save now pay later service

Fidelity Visa and Kingsway back South African fintech JUMO in 120M round

MioTech gets 7M to build artificial intelligence based tools for wealth managers in Asia

LAbased Boulevard raises 27 million for its spa management software

ExSquare execs launch Found to help the selfemployed raise 1275M from Sequoia

Robinhood almost imploded during the Gamestop meme stock chaos

RiskRecons security assessment services for third party vendors raises 25 million

CrowdForce raises 36M to increase access to cash for underserved communities in Nigeria

Symphony a messaging app thats been a hit with Wall Street raises 165M at a 14B valuation

PassFort a RegTech SaaS for KYC and AML nets 162M

Nigerian digital bank Kuda is the latest African startup to lay off employees

Branch raises 48M from Lee Fixels Addition Indeed to provide accelerated payments to workers

Techstars Los Angeles names Matt Kozlov as its new managing director

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Passbase gets 10M as it refocuses its ID verification tools on crypto

Mono aims to be first bankingless bank for Latin Americas small businesses

Embedded finance wont make every firm into a fintech company

Venture capital and the blockchain will be the talk at Startup Battlefield Africa

Reliance spinoff Jio Financial Services slides 5 on market debut

To reach fintechs next level infrastructure providers must address these pain points

BRD crowdraises 32 million to build financial services into a mobile crypto wallet

Highnote emerges from stealth with 54M and a plan to take on Marqeta in the world of card issuing as a service

Fintech app Portabl raises 25M to help consumers securely store financial data

Using data to solve key pain points for todays banking customers

In Amazon scuffle Visas loss could be Affirms gain

PayMaya owner Voyager Innovation raises 167M from KKR Tencent and IFC to launch digital bank in the Philippines

SFs Tradeshift a supply chain finance platform raises 200M

WorkFusion adds 50 million from strategic investors as it bulks up for acquisitions

Forget the piggy bank Till Financials kids spend management app gets Gates backing

a16z backs Rutters goal of being Plaid for commerce

Marc Lore leaves Walmart a little over four years after selling Jetcom for 3B

Africa turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID19

Loyalty in Financial Services Market Growth Developments Analysis and Precise Outlook 2021 to 2027

HMBradley raises 1825 million planting a flag as LAs entrant into the challenger bank business

Hasura raises 25 million Series B and adds MySQL support to its GraphQL service

Airwallex raises 200M at a 4B valuation to double down on business banking

The hyperactive open banking market of Latin America: How the region is being APIfied

Fintech NovoPayment raises first venture round in 15 years to expand its fullstack banking API platform