FinTech News

FinTech accelerator Octopus Labs has announced the first five startups that will join its first programme this summer.

Mexican bitcoin exchange Bitso has raised $2.5m in funding to expand around Latin America. The investment comes in part from Mexican forging exchange Monex Group.

Singapore-based tech-driven real estate agency Greyloft is taking on $1.1m in round of seed funding.

Scalable blockchain database BigchainDB has raised €3m in a Series A investment. The round comes from Earlybird Venture Capital, Anthemis Group, Digital Currency Group and innogy SE.

Chinese group deals and online-to-offline (O2O) platform Meituan-Dianping has acquired payments startup Qiandai.

Artificial intelligence-driven due diligence processor Luminance has raised $3m in a new round of funding from Invoke Capital Partners.

Australian peer-to-peer lending platform SocietyOne is partnering with Beyond Bank Australia.

Blockchain post-trade startup Juzhen Financials has raised $23m in a Series A round of funding. The investment was led by Wanxiang Holdings.

Indonesian micro-lending firm UangTeman has raised an undisclosed pre-series A round in equity funding.

Artificial intelligence-driven InsurTech startup Brolly has raised $13,360 in a seed round of funding. The investment in the London-based startup comes from Entrepreneur First and Innovate Finance.