Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

What’s next for Sweden’s FinTech ecosystem?

After years of record growth and it briefly being home to Europe's most valuable FinTech, how will Sweden's emerging FinTech ecosystem come out of the Covid-19 pandemic?

HelpSystems has acquired Digital Defense

HelpSystems has acquired cybersecurity firm Digital Defense to boost its cyber portfolio.

Biometrics to secure over $3trn in mobile payments by 2025

Biometrics will be used to authenticate over $3trn mobile payments around the world by 2025, according to a new study from Juniper Research

Papara hires founding members of the Istanbul police’s anti-cyber crime branch

Turkish FinTech Papara has hired one of the founding members of the Istanbul police department's anti-cyber crime branch as its new corporate relations director for cybersecurity.

SIA inks deal with WizKey to launch new platform

Payment technology company SIA has signed a partnership agreement with WizKey, a FinTech offering advanced solutions for the credit market.

We.Trade said to raise €5.5m in funding

Dublin-based We.Trade, which offers a blockchain-enabled trade finance platform, has reportedly collected €5.5m in funding.

DynaRisk extends seed round to now totalling over $3m

Cyber-risk management startup DynaRisk has extended its seed funding round, bringing the total funding raised to over $3m.

Financial market infrastructure developer Axoni nabs $31m in its funding round

Financial market infrastructure platform Axoni has closed a $31m funding round from a wave of new strategic investors.

NymCard secures $7.6m in Series A round

Banking as a service startup NymCard Banking has bagged $7.6m in a Series A funding round.

Latin American success stories and celebrities among the 29 FinTech rounds raised last week

Latin American ventures, Iron Man-backed enterprises and buy now pay later startups among the big winners of the 29 FinTech funding rounds reported on last week.

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AI

AI attackers are breaking financial crime compliance

A 1993 New Yorker cartoon showed one dog telling another, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." The joke has held up rather...
FinTech

Red-letter week for FinTechs as $1bn raised across 17 deals

This week was a powerful funding week for FinTech firms, with $1.07bn raised across a healthy 17 deals. This marks a second consecutive week of...
RegTech

Why RegTech’s survival race is just beginning

The RegTech market has entered a new era. What began as an experimental space populated by agile startups has matured into a mainstream industry...
Deluxe

Deluxe acquires Celero Commerce in $625m deal

Deluxe has agreed to acquire FinTech firm Celero Commerce for $625m, in a deal that will significantly accelerate its strategic shift away from legacy...

ASIC seeks $35m as HSBC admits scam protection gaps

HSBC Bank Australia Limited (HSBC), the Australian arm of one of the world's largest banking groups, is facing a $35m penalty after admitting to...

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