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Paidy, a Japanese point-of-sale financing platform, has reportedly secured $48m in a Series C round, coming just months after its former round.

The CEO of payment instalment startup Splitit has warned other buy now, pay later companies against trying to take advantage of vulnerable customers during the COVID-19 crisis.

Last week the UK’s financial market regulator suggested a smattering of relief measures to protect people affected by the coronavirus. Now those measures have snapped into action.

NCR Corporation, a developer of payment services, is partnering with NYMBUS to help small businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Buy now and pay later FinTech startup Alma has reportedly raised €12.5m in funding from Idinvest and Isai.

As COVID-19 rages on across the world, the affects on the FinTech segment of the economy is already letting itself be known.

The global COVID-19 outbreak could worsen business and funding conditions as well as changing private FinTechs’ exit options, according to a new report.

Leap Finance, an international education loan provider, has reportedly secured $5.5m in a funding round led by Sequoia India.

Brace, a digital mortgage-service platform, has secured $10m in its Series A which will help it launch new software services for the lending space.

Auto loan refinancing FinTech startup MotoRefi has netted $8.6m in its Series A round which was co-led by Accomplice and Link Ventures.