PayTech

The coronavirus has wreaked havoc among the world’s FinTech companies. Now, the National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association (NCFA) has sent an open letter to the Canadian government to help the nation’s FinTech industry.

Hot on the heels of signing a new partnership with Klarna in March, Wirecard has now inked a new deal with Visa to help the payment giant bolster the Visa Fintech Fast Track programme in the Middle East.

Stripe's whooping $600m Series G expansion wasn't the only investment round completed by a FinTech company over the last week.

Previse, which helps suppliers get paid instantly, has bagged $11m in its latest funding round which was led by Reefknot Investments and Mastercard.

Banking platform Curve’s executives have enlisted the help of a Hannah Nixon, the former CEO of the UK Payment Systems Regulator, to tap into her knowledge on regulatory activities and relationships.

Payments giant Stripe has closed a $600m extension to its Series G round, which was raised at a valuation of $35bn.

Self-checkout desks are becoming more commonplace as more retailers look for a way to enhance the payment and shopping experience of their customers.

VibePay, the self-stylised “social payments app”, has closed £1.25m in funding to support the launch of its new open banking-powered service.

Australia-based payments company Airwallex has closed its Series D round on $160m, which will help it continue its global customer acquisition and licensing efforts.

The last two weeks have seen everything from huge $1bn investments rounds to undisclosed seed rounds. Let's check some of them out.