Kenya’s Wapi Pay banks a $2.2m pre-seed round to ease remittances between Africa and...
Wapi Pay, based in Singapore and headquartered in Kenya has raised $2.2m in pre-seed funding to scale up global payments and remittances between Africa and Asia.
Qolo earmarks its Series A funding to support hiring efforts
Qolo, an omni-channel payments platform, has raised $15m in its Series A funding round which will help continue its rapid team expansion.
Ascend Money becomes first Thai FinTech unicorn after $150m funding haul
Ascend Money has raised $150m in funding to become the first Thai unicorn at a $1.5bn valuation.
Aplazo looks to extend LatAm presence following $27m Series A
Mexican buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Aplazo has netted $27m from a Series A funding round led by Oak HC/FT.
What were the biggest PayTech deals of 2021?
In an age where the traditional form of in-person payments is being restricted due to Covid-19 restrictions, the rise of PayTech seems almost inevitable. With more people than ever now using payment technologies, the demand for funding is also climbing.
Colombian PayTech platform Simetrik raises $24m
Colombia-based Simetrik, which is building a global payment orchestration platform, has received $24m in Series A funding.
Payments firm SumUp hits €8bn valuation
Global payments platform SumUp has bagged €590m in a funding round that values the company at €8bn.
Brazil-based FinTech Vixtra nets $3m
Vixtra, a Brazil-based trade finance FinTech, has raises $3m in a pre-Series A funding round led by Valor Capital.
Payments intelligence platform Pagos inks $34m
Pagos, a payments intelligence company, has scored $34m in a Series A funding round headed by Arbor Ventures.
CAB Payments makes a splash in London’s IPO market with an impressive £851m valuation
CAB Payments, a leading player in business-to-business (B2B) money transfers, has entered the public domain, brandishing a valuation of £851m, thereby injecting much-needed dynamism into London's somewhat subdued initial public offering (IPO) markets.