Funding Rounds

Auto finance provider Global Lending Services has received a follow-on equity investment from BlueMountain Capital Management.

Singapore-based payments company Texcent Asia has received a remittance license from Monetary Authority Singapore.

Finland-based property management company Hostaway, has reportedly closed a ?700,000 investment from unnamed investors.

Payments network Colu has closed its ICO on $19.1m, after the sale of 239 million CLN tokens.

Lending analytics and technology company Braviant Holdings has netted $5m in funding from Loom Capital.

AI technology developer SparkCognition has secured $56.5m in its Series B funding round, which was raised over two parts.

Pricing management company BlackCurve has closed a £500,000 Seed investment from Merica Fund Managers.

Blockchain-based payments solution Ripple has formed an agreement with Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority to support the use of xCurrent.

Dubai-based Invoice Bazaar has reportedly made an undisclosed investment in to online ODeX.

India-based Fincash.com has closed a INR 1 Crore ($150,000) funding round from a group of angel investors, as the company looks to expand to 500 cities by the end of the year, Fincash.com CEO Gaurav Perti told FinTech Global.