Investors

Buckzy

Buckzy Payments lands $14.5m Series A

Buckzy Payments, a Canada-based payments firm, has netted $14.5m in a Series A funding round.

VISO Trust rakes in $11m Series A financing

VISO Trust, a provider of third-party cyber risk management solutions, has snared $11m in Series A funding.

Jay-Z-backed Ethos bolsters unicorn status with SoftBank investment

US life insurance firm Ethos has secured a $2.7bn valuation after a $100m investment from SoftBank Group.

Liongard has closed a $17m Series B round

FinTech Liongard has picked up $17m in a new investment round led by Updata Partners to strengthen its team and the development of its services.
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Strawberry Creek Ventures raises $4m for maiden fund

Strawberry Creek Ventures, an investment division of Alumni Ventures Group, is looking to raised $4m for its maiden fund.

Touzhijia.com pulls in $12m for peer-to-peer lending

Touzhijia.com, a Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform, has raised $12m in a Series A round from US VC-firm CDF Capital.

News Stories

Strong week in the FinTech sector with $1.7bn raised

FinTech Global this week reported on 21 recorded deals in the FinTech sector, with a strong showing in the reinsurance space bringing the total value recorded over $1bn.

EU regulator suggests revamp in sustainable investment rules

The ESMA has recently recommended a significant overhaul of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) within the EU.
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

MNT-Halan expands into Turkey with acquisition of Tam Finans

MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

EU banks and insurers lag in green compliance, PwC study finds

A recent PwC study has uncovered a striking deficiency in the alignment of financial institutions’ activities with the EU's taxonomy for sustainable activities. According...
India

India’s new climate finance taxonomy to propel green transition

India is poised to implement a climate finance taxonomy, as announced by the Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, during the annual budget.

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