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UK-headquartered FinTech SumUp has partnered with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to develop a digital in-house fundraising technology to make contactless donations.

Credit card challenger Slice secured $10m in debt funding from multiple financial institutions like, Northern Arc Capital, Niyogin Fintech Limited, Credit Saison India, and Vivriti Capital to name a few.

BNPL firm Kafene raised $14m in Series A funding to empower flexible ownership for subprime customers.

Alipay has formed its third strategic partnership this month, completing a deal with Openpay (Mexico).

Indian FinTech unicorn Paytm lost $549m in the financial year ending in March.

Italy's digital payment scene could've just received a power boost after two native leaders in the sector, Nexi and SIA, inked a memorandum of understanding to merge.

Global payments unicorn Adyen is looking into how artificial intelligence can boost its payments offering, highlighting how the tech can boost the industry as a whole.

Milan-based group payments platform Growish has picked up ?400,000 in a fresh round of funding. The company says the funding will be used to expand in its native Italian market and launch overseas.

Spanish FinTech Pecunpay has launched a new digital payments innovation centre named FINTANK.

Mexico City is due to welcome Stripe as the payments giant becomes the latest FinTech stakeholder to bet on the opportunities in Latin America.