Institutional Investment & Trading

Appital raises additional funding ahead of product launch

Appital raises additional funding ahead of product launch

Appital, which stylises itself as the ‘Equity Capital Marketplace’, has raised an additional £1.7m in funding.

SALI Fund Management bags growth equity from Long Ridge affiliates

SALI Fund Management, a turn-key solution developer for insurance dedicated funds, has received an undisclosed growth capital investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners affiliates.

SEC charges LendingClub and former execs $4m for fraud

Online investing platform LendingClub Asset Management (LCA) and its former president Renaud Laplanche have been charged with fraud by the US SEC.

Digital debt marketplace CrossLend nets Series B

CrossLend, a digital debt marketplace has netted a Series B financing round.

skew. launches crypto-trading platform on the back of new $5m financing round

London-based FinTech startup skew. is aiming to create the gateway to a cryptocurrency markets and has just picked up $5m to make it happen.Octopus...

ESMA report says financial markets remain “fragile” because of Covid-19

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a new report on the impact of the pandemic, saying that the environment "remains fragile."

The 38 FinTech funding rounds raised last week highlight the success of payments companies...

While the payments industry has reason to celebrate, last week also proved a boon for 38 FinTech companies closing investment rounds. The FinTech industry returned...

Neobroker Trade Republic achieves $5bn valuation after massive Series C round

German stock-trading app Trade Republic raised $900m in Series C funding which valued the company at over $5bn - a figure that soared from $600m from last April.

Brokerage platform Alpaca inks $50m to help FinTechs with embedded equities, partners with Plaid

Alpaca, a stock brokerage platform that offers APIs for FinTech apps to connect and trade in US stocks, raised $50m and plans to launch cryptocurrency trading.

Investing platform Yieldstreet nabs $400m credit facility

Direct-to-consumer investing platform Yieldstreet has closed a $400m credit facility from Monroe Capital.

News Stories

Aeropay secures $20m in Series B funding for A2A payments expansion

Aeropay secures $20m in Series B funding for A2A payments expansion

Aeropay, a leading provider of Pay-By-Bank solutions for businesses, announced $20m in Series B financing.
INSTANDA and UnderwriteMe partner to revolutionise life insurance with no-code tech

INSTANDA and UnderwriteMe partner to revolutionise life insurance with no-code tech

INSTANDA, a leading global provider of SaaS platform technology for life insurance distribution and policy administration, has announced an integration with UnderwriteMe, a comprehensive SaaS underwriting platform provider for the life insurance industry.
Irish AI startup Numra secures €1.5m to launch finance assistant Mary

Irish AI startup Numra secures €1.5m to launch finance assistant Mary

Irish AI startup Numra, previously known as Autonifai, has announced a €1.5m funding round to introduce its AI finance assistant, Mary, to the market.
Cache Valley Bank partners with Finastra to enhance digital banking

Cache Valley Bank partners with Finastra to enhance digital banking

Cache Valley Bank, a community bank with $2.9bn in assets serving Utah and Southern Idaho, has expanded its collaboration with Finastra, a financial software provider, to enhance its digital banking infrastructure.
Work payments platform Native Teams raises €6.2m to expand into Asia

Work payments platform Native Teams raises €6.2m to expand into Asia

Native Teams, a work payments platform for freelancers, remote workers, and business owners, has successfully raised €6.275m to further its ambitious plans of becoming the go-to platform for work payments.

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