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Fusion Microfinance scores $24m for small loans

Fusion Microfinance, an Indian startup focusing on providing loans to women in underserved areas, has raised $24m in a Series D round.
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Duocaitou pulls in financing for real estate crowdfunding

Chinese real estate crowdfunding platform Duocaitou has raised a pre-Series A round from investors. The amount received is undisclosed.
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Partner departs bitcoin-focused VC firm Pantera Capital

Steven Waterhouse is leaving his role as partner and CTO at bitcoin and blockchain-dedicated VC firm Pantera Capital.
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Visa and Barclaycard kit out Team BG with payment wearables

For the Rio Olympics, Visa and Barclaycard are working together to provide all 366 British athletes with wearable payments bands.
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Ding enters French mobile top-up market with Transfert Crédit buy

Global mobile top-up group Ding has gobbled up smaller sector player Transfert Crédit getting access to the French market.
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Union Bank of India launches credit card management app

Union Bank of India is launching a mobile app designed to let customers control their credit card usage.
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Finova racks up $52.5m in VC-backed financing round

FinTech startup Finova Financial, which runs an auto title lending platform, has raised $52.5m in debt and equity from venture capital and other investors.
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Tilt takes on Venmo with peer-to-peer payments

Tilt, a group crowdfunding app, is expanding into peer-to-peer payments to meet user demand.
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Banks create blockchain alternative to LC transactions

HSBC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch have created a blockchain technology-based version of Letter of Credit (LC) transactions in cooperation with Singapore's IDA.
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FinTecSystems swipes Series A round for real-time data

FinTecSystems, a Munich-based provider of real-time financial data, has closed a Series A round.

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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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