Alipay partners with Zapper for UK payments
Chinese mobile payments service Alipay is partnering with UK consumer insights and marketing platform Zapper.
SalaryFits picks up €1.25m to connect banks to payrolls
SalaryFit has raised €1.25m in its first round of funding from Portugal 2020. The company is headquartered in Brazil but is a part of London accelerator Level 39.
Unilend swipes €2.5m for crowdlending platform
French crowdlending platform for SMEs Unilend has raised a €2.5m ($2.8m) in a new round of funding. The capital comes from NewAlpha Asset Management.
ABAKA pockets seed funding for savings platform
Artificial intelligence-powered savings platform ABAKA has raised £520,000 in a seed funding round. Anthemis Exponential Ventures led the investment.
ZestMoney nabs $6.5m for point-of-sale loans
Point of sale consumer lending startup ZestMoney has picked up $6.5m in Series A funding. The round was led by Indian online payments firm PayU.
Square loses general counsel Dana Wagner
Square’s general counsel Dana Wagner is stepping down from his role at the end of September after five years at the payments firm.
Delottie backs blockchain startup Setl
Blockchain financial services firm Setl has secured funding from professional services giant Deloitte. The size of the investment is undisclosed.
Lemonade squeezes $33m more out of investors
Peer-to-peer insurance startup Lemonade has picked up $33m in a Series B round of funding according to an SEC Filing.
Dream Payments swipes $1.5m for mobile card reader
Mobile payments platform for businesses Dream Payments has picked up $1.5m in a new round of funding led by Connecticut Innovations (CI).
Billon picks up $2m for ledger-based banking services
Distributed ledger-based payments firm Billon has raised $2m in funding from a collection of unnamed UK investors.