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The BNPL market has seen a financial boon in recent years, creating market leading behemoths like Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay – who are all recording strong growth on the back of clear market demand. Could a growing call for regulation in the sector change this?

Habib Bank Limited (HBL) became the first bank in Pakistan to invest in a FinTech startup with its significant participation in the last tranche of Finja’s $10.15m Series A1 round.

Cloud payments provider Volante Technologies and Deloitte have teamed to offer a new service aimed at transforming how financial institutions (FIs) run their payments business.

Indian neobank startup Zeta has received unicorn status after a $250m Series C funding round took it to a $1.45bn valuation.

Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Zip will expand into Europe and the Middle with the purchases of BNPL competitors Twisto and Spotii.

Nigeran bank Polaris has boosted its digital presence with the launch of VULTe, its new digital bank.

California-headquartered buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Sunbit has achieved unicorn status after a $130m Series D brought its value up to $1.1bn.

Fresh out of Y Combinator’s W21 cohort, PropTech firm Houm secured an $8m seed round.

UK-based startup which provides funding to startups without taking equity Uncapped raised an $80m funding round to launch a suite of banking services tailored for tech-driven companies.

Swiss banking technology firm Temenos will be able to offer money transfers on its platform following an agreement with FinTech juggernaut Wise.