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LendingTree diversifies with CompareCards buy

Credit card comparison company CompareCards in the being bought by LendingTree through the firm’s acquisition of Iron Horse Holdings.

Peernove takes $4m for blockchain-based big data

Blockchain-based enterprise big data startup Peernova has raised $4m of its ongoing Series B round. The investment comes from Zhejiang Zhongnan Holdings Group.
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FreeAgent becomes first Seedr’s-backed company to IPO

Edinburgh-based accounting software provider FreeAgent has raised £10.7m in its listing on the London Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
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Versara Lending picks up P2P platform Peerform

Peer-to-peer lending platform Peerform is being acquired by debt consolidation lender Versara Lending. The terms of the deal are undisclosed.

Procurify grabs hold of $7m

Procurify has raised $7m in a Series A round of funding to grow its procurement platform. The investment was led by Runa Capital.
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P2Binvestor picks up $7.7m for crowdfunding business lending

Business lending marketplace P2Binvestor (P2Bi) has raised $7.7m in a Series A1 round led by Rockies Venture Club (RVC).
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Trading app ayondo ups Asian expansion with TradeHero buy

UK social trading app ayondo is acquiring Singapore-based investor education app TradeHero as it seeks to increase its presence in the Asian market.
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eOriginal pulls in $26.5m for digital transaction tools

Digital transaction management company eOriginal has landed $26.5m in a new round of funding led by private equity firm LLR Partners.
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Prosper looks to new CEO amid tough year for P2P lenders

There’s change coming at the top of online lender Prosper Marketplace with CEO Aaron Vermut leaving the company at the end of the month.

Quantopian lands $25m from Andreessen for trade algorithms

Andreessen Horowitz is making a move in the robo-investment space backing trading algorithm platform Quantopian in its $25m Series C round.

News Stories

Middle East retail investing: the WealthTech opportunity

Retail investment and preparing for retirement is gaining traction in the Middle East. For Fredrik Davéus, CEO and co-founder of Kidbrooke, this isn’t just...
Why good-weather pension numbers are misleading participants

Why good-weather pension numbers are misleading participants

As the Netherlands' pension sector navigates its Wet toekomst pensioenen (Wtp) transition, a growing body of regulatory guidance and independent research suggests that the...
Nordic banks turn to CaaS to fight rising fraud

Nordic banks turn to CaaS to fight rising fraud

The Nordic region is among the most cashless in the world, with cash accounting for fewer than 5% of all transactions in Norway and...
Global FinTech funding continued its strong surge over the past two weeks, with approximately $2.17bn raised across 23 deals, as cybersecurity firms saw major deals come to fruition.

Global FinTech funding tops $2bn as RegTech deals run rampant

Global FinTech funding continued its strong surge over the past two weeks, with approximately $2.17bn raised across 23 deals, as cybersecurity firms saw a...
How metadata supercharges AI document processing

How metadata supercharges AI document processing

Artificial intelligence is rapidly embedding itself into document-heavy organisations, promising to transform everything from contract analysis to compliance monitoring. Yet despite this momentum, many...

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