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Mondo plans to raise $19m to $26m for full banking licence

UK challenger bank Mondo plans to raise a further £15m ($19.4m) to £20m ($26m) as it seeks to have the restrictions on its newly awarded banking licence lifted.
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Zervant nabs $4.5m for SMB invoicing

Zervant, a Finnish invoicing startup, has raised €4m ($4.5m) in a Series A round of venture funding.

UpGuard locks down $17m for cybersecurity insurance

Australian insurance firm IAG has invested in Sydney-founded cybersecurity firm UpGuard $17m Series B round.
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DailyPay scores $5m for on-demand economy payments

DailyPay, a New York startup that allows on-demand businesses to offer employees or contractors daily payments, has raised $5m in a Series A round of funding.
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Open Agent pockets $12m for estate agent platform

Open Agent, a Sydney-based PropTech startup connecting sellers to estate agents, has raised $12m in a new funding round.

East Africa experiences crowdfunding boom as global growth continues

Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda are leading the crowdfunding boom in Africa, seeing growth rates of 112% to 312%.

Trulioo upgrades AML offering to help banks battle financial crimes

Canadian ID verification company Trulioo has enhanced its global anti-money laundering (AML) capabilities to help banks cope with stricter regulation and higher costs.

Avant secures $255m and $392m deals for online loans

Online lender Avant is unveiling a $255m asset-backed securitisation deal with investment banks, as well as a renewal of its $392m warehouse facility deal

Standard Charted rolls out biometric technology

Standard Chartered is rolling out a suit of biometric technologies across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Onfido grabs fresh funding from Salesforce Ventures

London-based identity and background checking startup Onfido has raised a new round of venture funding.

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Cosine builds UK's first sovereign frontier AI model

Cosine builds UK’s first sovereign frontier AI model

Cosine, a British sovereign AI frontier lab founded in London in 2023 and selected by the UK government as part of its sovereign AI...

TCS wins AI transformation deal with Canada Life

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT services and consulting firm, has entered into a multiyear transformation and managed services agreement with Canada Life,...
Al Ahly Capital leads MNT-Halan investment round

Al Ahly Capital leads MNT-Halan investment round

MNT-Halan, Egypt and MENA's first FinTech unicorn, has completed the first closing of a new investment round led by Al Ahly Capital, the investment...
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From fragmented to connected compliance: Connecting the dots for crypto compliance in tomorrow’s RegTech

What’s the future of compliance inside banks? Smarter, faster, more joined-up systems informed by intelligent analytical agents. To help make it happen, the recent...

Zinnia launches headless annuity order entry platform

Zinnia, an Eldridge Industries business and life and annuity insurance technology platform backed by KKR and Vista Credit Partners, has launched headless annuity order...

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