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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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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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2 years ago
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...
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2 years ago
Digital payments company Square announced that it has agreed to acquire Australia’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) firm Afterpay in a in an all-stock deal worth approximately US$29 billion.
The closing of the transaction is expected in the first qua...
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2 years ago
The acquisition of Irish regtech firm Fenergo by private equity firms, the Paris-based Astorg and London-based Bridgepoint has been concluded in a US$600 million deal.
The transaction was completed following approval by the European Commission.
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2 years ago
The acquisition of Irish regtech firm Fenergo by private equity firms, the Paris-based Astorg and London-based Bridgepoint has been concluded in a US$600 million deal.
The transaction was completed following approval by the European Commission.
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2 years ago
Robinhood, the US startup that pioneered commission-free trading, is seeking a market valuation of up to US$35 billion in its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) on July 29.
In its submission to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the...
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2 years ago
Robinhood, the US startup that pioneered commission-free trading, is seeking a market valuation of up to US$35 billion in its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) on July 29.
In its submission to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the...