Mobile Payments

Chipper Cash expands to Nigeria together with PayStack

San Francisco-based Chipper Cash is expanding its cross-border payment services to Nigeria together with PayStack, the payment gateway company.

SoftBank invest €900m in Wirecard amid east Asian expansion

Payment processing platform Wirecard has secured a €900m investment from SoftBank, as they enter a strategic partnership to expand in the East Asian markets. SoftBank...

Alt Thirty Six raises $10m in Series A from unnamed private equity firm

Alt Thirty Six, a digital payments and compliance platform for the cannabis industry, has netted $10m in its Series A.

90% of US consumers want added security measures on mobile transactions, study finds

A study from Entersekt has found 90 per cent of US consumers value additional security measures when completing mobile transactions.

iSign International works with SoftPoint to create ‘unhackable digital wallet’

US-based cybersecurity solution developer iSign International has partnered with SoftPoint to build a secure, ‘unhackable’ digital wallet.

Starling Bank raises £75m amid European expansion plans

London-based FinTech Staling Bank has raised £60m in a Series C funding round as well as additional $15m investment from an existing backer. Merian Global...

Mobile bank N26 strikes $2.7bn valuation through Insight-led Series D round

Feeless mobile bank account business N26 has scored a massive $2.7bn valuation through a Series D financing round led by Insight Venture Partners. The $300m...

Grabango closes $12m Series A round

US PayTech Grabango has raised $12m in a Series A funding round led by BBVA’s investment arm, Propel Venture Partners. This latest round brings the...

Indonesian PayTech KinerjaPay secures $200m investment

Indonesian FinTech KinerjaPay has secured a signed commitment from PT. Investa Wahana Group to invest $200m in the business. Wahana Group had agreed to buy...

Payment and ID platform Nuggets partners with Lateral Payment Solutions

E-commerce and digital ID platform Nuggets has partnered with Lateral Payment Solutions to support global blockchain-powered payments.

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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