FinTech News

Expenses management app Jojonomics has raised $1.5m in a round led by Maloekoe Ventures.

Stock market tracking app Spiking has raised $750,000 in a seed round of funding from a group of individual investors.

UK startup Curve is adding another ?2m ($2.6m) to its seed round to bring its total funding to ?3.5m. The fresh capital comes from Connect ventures and new individual backers.

Lending Club has brought in its new CFO. Thomas Casey is joining the wavering peer-to-peer lending company following the departure of Carrie Dolan.

Cambridge-based CashFlow is acquiring fellow Silicon Fen payments solution iCheque Network. The terms of the deal are undisclosed.

Danish Expenses automation service Pleo has raised $3m in a new round of funding to help companies control employee spending.

The blockchain continues its steady shift into mainstream banking with startup Ripple adding seven more major financial institutions, as well as raised $55m in funding.

Online lenders might be having a tough year but that’s not holding back FastPay. The digital-businesses lender just landed a new round of funding from Citi Ventures.

Automated B2B payments provider Tipalti has raised $14m in a new round of funding led by SGVC.

Australian bank Westpac is continuing to plough money into the region’s FinTech companies and investing $16.5m in online mortgage startup uno.