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01F Group backs DANA in Indonesia FinTech push

01F Group backs DANA in Indonesia FinTech push

01F Group, a global investment platform that backs visionary founders building next-generation technology companies, has confirmed a new investment in DANA, Indonesia's leading digital...
Paymob raises $35m to fuel MENA payments growth

Paymob raises $35m to fuel MENA payments growth

Egypt-based Paymob, the leading payments infrastructure service provider in the MENA region, has secured $35m in a pre-Series C funding round. The round was co-led...
Portage

Portage closes $600m fund to back FinTech’s next wave

Portage, a global FinTech investment platform with US$7.0bn in assets under management, has closed its fourth venture fund, Portage Ventures IV, at approximately US$600m,...
dtcpay grows Series A to $25m with SBI Group backing

dtcpay grows Series A to $25m with SBI Group backing

dtcpay, a Singapore-headquartered payment services company that bridges stablecoins with traditional finance, has extended its Series A funding round to $25m after welcoming Japan's...
Ant International hands payment control to AI agents

Ant International hands payment control to AI agents

Ant International, the Shanghai and Singapore headquartered cross-border payments and financial services group, has unveiled an AI-native stack spanning payments, accounts, foreign exchange, treasury...
Stable.com connects Polygon wallets directly to bank transfers

Stable.com connects Polygon wallets directly to bank transfers

Stable.com, the financial platform operated by global payments group Unlimit, has connected to Polygon Open Money Stack, enabling holders of USDT and PayPal USD...
Ryft secures £20m in UK's largest payments Series B

Ryft secures £20m in UK’s largest payments Series B

Ryft, a Manchester-based payments company that builds infrastructure for marketplaces, platforms and multi-location businesses, has closed a £20m Series B funding round to support...
Saudi Arabia's fintech ambitions face a stability test

Saudi Arabia expands payment options with Alipay+

Money20/20 Middle East has closed its three-day gathering in Riyadh with fresh signals from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), new capital commitments for the...
Tarabut

Saudi banks back Tarabut’s $50m embedded finance push

Tarabut has secured $50m (SAR 187m) in strategic financing from a consortium of leading Saudi financial institutions and family business groups, as it sharpens...
Velocity

Velocity’s Series A swells to $48m as banking giants circle stablecoins

Velocity, the stablecoin payments and treasury platform, has closed a $10m extension to its Series A round, with backing from Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures,...

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FinTech funding roundup: AI deals lead $454.5m week

FinTech funding roundup: AI deals lead $454.5m week

FinTech funding continued at pace this week, with nine companies securing a combined $454.5m in disclosed equity and strategic investment across the 12 deals...
Progressive Building Society bets on ALMIS Cobalt

Progressive Building Society bets on ALMIS Cobalt

Progressive Building Society, a long-standing ALMIS International client, has replaced the treasury system it relied on for more than 20 years, switching to Cobalt,...
Will flawed AI in the Control Room spark enforcement?

Will flawed AI in the Control Room spark enforcement?

Artificial intelligence is steadily advancing in the Control Room, shifting from basic task automation towards more sophisticated uses such as conflict identification, workflow automation...

Dost’s AskDost puts AI agents in finance teams’ hands

Dost has introduced AskDost, a business intelligence assistant that lets finance and operations teams question their ERP data in natural language, trigger approved workflows...
Guava secures $12.5m for high-stakes voice AI calls

Guava secures $12.5m for high-stakes voice AI calls

Guava, a Los Angeles-based developer platform for artificial intelligence voice agents, has raised $12.5m in seed funding as it looks to bring more reliable...

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