Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg-backed VC fund joins seed round for Brazilian...
FinTech offering LatAm businesses access to growth capital Divibank closed a $3.6m round of seed funding led by San Francisco-based Better Tomorrow Ventures and Village Global which includes Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg as investors.
Monzo to offer staff paid leave after pregnancy loss
Challenger bank Monzo becomes one of the first UK FinTechs to introduce paid leave for employees who are affected by the loss of a pregnancy as part of the bank’s mental health drive.
Treasury Prime hauls in $20m to develop its BaaS platform
CA-based Banking as a Service (BaaS) company Treasury Prime completed a $20m Series B insider round.
Ashton Kutcher’s VC backs FinTech service provider for self-employed Collective in new round
CA-based all-in-one back-office platform for self-employed people Collective gathered $20m in Series A funding.
Biden signs cybersecurity executive order in wake of pipeline hack
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order aimed at bolstering US cybersecurity defences following the Colonial Pipeline.
FinTech for gaming companies Sanlo raises $3.5m in funding ahead of wider launch
Sanlo, which builds financial products to help gaming and app companies to run a “healthy and sustainable business”, has scored $3.5m in funding.
Tide and Sage join forces to streamline tax and accounting for SMEs
FinTech firm Tide entered into a partnership with cloud business management solutions provider Sage with an aim to offer an integrated banking and accounting product for its members.
FinScience, TietoEVRY partner to provide ESG scoring through investment platform
Users of TietoEVRY’s WealthMapper platform will now be able to see Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scores across their investment portfolios.
Revolut integrates crypto compliance firm Elliptic’s blockchain tools to trace transactions
UK-based digital banking service Revolut has partnered with blockchain firm Elliptic to support crypto withdrawals and guard against risk.
Legion closes its Series C round on $55m
Workforce management company Legion has closed its Series C funding round on $55m, just nine months after it closed its Series B.