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2021 has been a record year for fintech funding globally. In Europe, total fintech funding broke the record for annual investment, reaching EUR 10.4 billion in just June 2021 and surpassing the previous record of EUR 9.3 billion raised across the who...
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Upgrade, a US-based fintech company that offers affordable and responsible credit to mainstream consumers, announced that it closed a US$105 million Series E round at a US$3.325 billion pre-money valuation.
The round was led by Koch Disruptive Techno...
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EPAM Systems, a US-based provider of digital platform engineering and development services, has acquired S4N, a Columbian software development services firm specialising in the design and development of modern software products and enterprise platfor...
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2 years ago
EPAM Systems, a US-based provider of digital platform engineering and development services, has acquired S4N, a Columbian software development services firm specialising in the design and development of modern software products and enterprise platfor...
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2 years ago
BBVA has signed an agreement to integrate its cross-border payment and financing services on Trusple, a blockchain-based trading platform powered by Alibaba’s affiliate Ant Group, for greater transparency and security.
Trusple aims to accelerat...
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The Swiss Helvetia Venture Fund has acquired a minority stake in Spanish startup Coinscrap Finance which offers various white-label smartphone apps for banks and insurance companies in the pensions sector.
The funds from the financing round will be u...
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2 years ago
Despite the economic turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, French fintech companies showed resilience in 2020, raising a total of EUR 828.2 million through 63 deals, up 18.9% from 2019, according to data from industry trade group France Fintech.
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Fintech public listings reached a new high in Q2 2021 with 19 venture capital-backed fintech companies announcing public exits that quarter. Companies like Coinbase, Alkami, Flywire, dLocal and Marqeta went the initial public offering (IPO) route whi...
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Circle, creator of the second largest stablecoin USDC, announced its intention to become a full-reserve national commercial bank, operating under the supervision of the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC),...
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2 years ago
Brazilian challenger bank Nubank announced that it led a US$44 million investment round in Jupiter, an Indian digital bank which launched its beta app about a month ago.
This marks the first investment that Nubank has made into another company. The f...
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2 years ago
Swiss banking software company Temenos announced that Australia’s newest digital bank, Alex, has gone live on The Temenos Banking Cloud.
Temenos technology powers Alex’s launch as a licensed bank, following the acquisition of its Restricted-Authorize...
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2 years ago
Bitpanda, the Austrian digital investment platform which recently achieved unicorn status, announced that it will be investing €10 million over the next two years into the newly launched Blockchain Research & Development Hub.
The new Blockchain R...
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2 years ago
Across the US and around the world, live events are back in full force and gathering steam. In key fintech hubs like New York and California, major trade shows and events are scheduled to take place in the coming months, promising to gather some of t...
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2 years ago
Swiss proptech startup emonitor announced that it has successfully raised over 5 million Swiss francs Series A financing round to further develop technologies in the “home” ecosystem.
New investors in this round include St. Galler Kantonalbank, Graub...
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Mercury, a San Francisco-based fintech startup which offers banking services for startups, announced that it has raised US$120 million during its Series B funding round and is now valued at US$1.62 billion.
The round was led by Coatue, with participa...