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Glovo Ukraine Startup Lab boosts FinTech, grants €35,000 to top three startups

Glovo Ukraine Startup Lab boosts FinTech, grants €35,000 to top three startups

Glovo, the Barcelona-founded global technology platform, recently hosted the Glovo Ukraine Startup Lab competition in partnership with the Ukrainian Startup Fund.
eCommerce transactions are slated to reach a staggering $8trn by 2027

eCommerce transactions are slated to reach a staggering $8trn by 2027

Juniper Research, a leading authority in payment studies, has projected a rapid expansion of the eCommerce market, expecting it to reach an astounding $8trn by 2027.
Visa backs global payments giant TerraPay with strategic investment

Visa backs global payments giant TerraPay with strategic investment

TerraPay, a global payments infrastructure company headquartered in the UK, announced a strategic equity investment from Visa, a world leader in digital payments.
Numeral and BNP Paribas team up with Alma to streamline billions in payments

Numeral and BNP Paribas team up with Alma to streamline billions in payments

Numeral, a top payment operations platform for FinTech companies, and BNP Paribas, a leading international bank, have joined forces with Alma, a prominent European Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) provider.
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Standard Chartered teams up with Tazapay for cross border e-commerce

Standard Chartered has partnered with global payments platform Tazapay to deliver “seamless payments” for cross border e-commerce.
NetBird closes €1.1M pre-seed round to revolutionise virtual private networks for companies

Kiwi secures $6m pre-seed funding to revolutionise credit card industry

Kiwi, a cutting-edge credit card platform, has successfully raised $6m in pre-seed funding. The funding round was led by Nexus Venture Partners and Stellaris...
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Duetti raises $32m for music catalog sales & management

Duetti, a music financing startup, aims to revolutionize the music catalog sales, management, and marketing industry. The company was founded by Lior Tibon, former COO of TIDAL, and Christopher Nolte, former Business Development executive at Apple Music.
Microsoft Teams users can now accept payments with GoDaddy Payments

Microsoft Teams users can now accept payments with GoDaddy Payments

Tech giants Microsoft and GoDaddy have announced a strategic partnership that will enable digital transactions during virtual meetings. Customers of both companies will be able to carry out secure payments while conducting virtual meetings through Microsoft Teams. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
Event management software firm Tripleseat secures investment

Event management software firm Tripleseat secures investment

Tripleseat, an event management software and integrated payments firm for the hospitality space, has secured an investment from General Atlantic.
Belvo acquires Brazilian payment institution Skilopay

Belvo acquires Brazilian payment institution Skilopay

Belvo has acquired Brazilian payment institution Skilopay to bolster its position as a leading account-to-account payments provider in Brazil and Latin America.

News Stories

Strong week in the FinTech sector with $1.7bn raised

FinTech Global this week reported on 21 recorded deals in the FinTech sector, with a strong showing in the reinsurance space bringing the total value recorded over $1bn.

EU regulator suggests revamp in sustainable investment rules

The ESMA has recently recommended a significant overhaul of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) within the EU.
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

MNT-Halan expands into Turkey with acquisition of Tam Finans

MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

EU banks and insurers lag in green compliance, PwC study finds

A recent PwC study has uncovered a striking deficiency in the alignment of financial institutions’ activities with the EU's taxonomy for sustainable activities. According...
India

India’s new climate finance taxonomy to propel green transition

India is poised to implement a climate finance taxonomy, as announced by the Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, during the annual budget.

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