Company News

Payment giant Stripe goes beyond its payment products, launches Stripe Identity, an identity verification system for online businesses as a means of reducing fraud, preventing account takeovers and stopping bad actors.

China National People Congress (NPC) has passed its first data security law aimed at strengthening the government hand over the data produced and stored in the country.

Paris-based startup that helps B2B companies get paid Upflow raised $15m in a Series A funding round to help businesses avoid late payments and improve cash flow.

Change, a cryptocurrency investing platform for retail investors, has closed a $4.5m crowdfund from 50 private investors at a $214m valuation.

Indian FinTech Refyne has raised $16m from a Series A funding round led by RTP Global and partners of DST Global.

The G7 has called on Russia to take stronger action on ransomware attacks and cybercrime that has occurred within their borders.

UK FinTech DNA Payments has raked in £100m after it signed an agreement with private equity firm Alchemy Partners.

Lofti which describes itself as ‘the Uber of property management’, raised $1.5m in seed funding from Taiwanese family office fund WoodJC.

Canadian mortgage comparison platform nesto has raised $76m from a Series B funding round.

India is the "fastest-growing" FinTech market in the world and far ahead of the US in terms of financial innovation, Republican Senator Steve Daines said.