Banking Infrastructure

Archa pulls in $25m to back small business

Australian FinTech Archa has raised $4m in a funding round and $20m in a debt funding facility to accelerate its growth and product offering.

NovoPayment collects $19m in “one of the largest female rounds in the history of...

NovoPayment, a Latino-founded banking-as-a-service provider, has raised $19m in Series A funding.

Welcome Tech lands $30m to support immigrant families

Welcome Tech, a digital platform aiming to provide immigrant families in the US with services to help them thrive, has raised $30m in funding.

Zambia-based FinTech Union54 said to raise seed extension

Zambia-based card issuing platform Union54 has reportedly collected $12m in its seed extension round.

Money management app for the music industry Stem scores funding

Stem, which is helping musicians improve their financial stability with new tools, has closed a fresh $20m funding round.

NanoPay’s Aliada Digital Card is aiming to “transform the lives of women” in Mexico

NanoPay’s Aliada Digital Card is available to all Mexican women over the age of 18 who wish to start or improve their credit history or continue exploring new forms of financing.

Social impact FinTech Wagestream lands $175m

Wagestream, a flexible pay and financial well-being app founded by charities and designed for frontline workers, has closed a $175m Series C round.

Nova Credit expands into Europe to serve migrant corridors

Nova Credit, a FinTech that says it is unlocking opportunities for those historically excluded from the credit system and companies looking to serve them, has expanded into Europe.

Voyager raises $210m for PayMaya and Maya Bank in the Philippines

Voyager Innovations, the Philippines-based technology company behind the end-to-end money platform PayMaya and neobank Maya Bank, has raised $210m.
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Loop exits stealth on a mission to simplify logistics payments

Loop, a San Fransciso-based shipping and logistics payments platform, has raised a total of $30m through seed and Series A funding round and exited stealth.

News Stories

Fast Shift wins Malta EMI licence to open EEA gateway

Fast Shift wins Malta EMI licence to open EEA gateway

Fast Shift Limited, an Electronic Money Institution and part of the Badalyan Brothers Group, has been granted EMI authorisation by the Malta Financial Services...
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Mastercard bets on new leaders to win Asia Pacific commerce

Mastercard, the global payments technology giant, has appointed Joyce Bo as executive vice president, Core Payments, Asia Pacific, completing a run of senior hires...
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Is regulation ready to become machine-readable?

Compliance has always involved translation. Firms take broad regulatory expectations and convert them into policies, controls and workflows that fit their business. It is...
Ripple backs ZILO and Licuido to scale tokenised funds

Ripple backs ZILO and Licuido to scale tokenised funds

Ripple, a provider of blockchain-based enterprise solutions for traditional and digital finance, has made strategic investments in ZILO and Licuido to strengthen its tokenised...
TOPPAN launches dual-interface smart card for post-quantum security

TOPPAN launches dual-interface smart card for post-quantum security

TOPPAN, the Tokyo-headquartered technology company, has developed a dual-interface IC card featuring post-quantum cryptography (PQC), designed to protect digital identity systems against future quantum...

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