What does the future hold for the WealthTech industry?
Like a wide range of other industries, the WealthTech sector has seen digitisation accelerate massively recently – with the pandemic only serving to speed up this trend.
Lending platform Validus inks deal to buy PayTech KlearCard
Singaporean peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Validus has acquired business payments and expense management technology platform Klearcard in an undisclosed deal.
FinTech start-up Leslie secures Zip backing in seed financing round
UK FinTech firm Leslie has secured an undisclosed amount of seed funding in a recent financing round.
Standard Bank, Flutterwave team to bolster African payments market
Africa-located Standard Bank has partnered with PayTech firm Flutterwave to improve the digital payment market in select African markets.
Klarna snaps up price comparison site PriceRunner
Klarna has acquired Swedish price comparison solution PriceRunner for an undisclosed amount.
Indian neobank Fi collects second funding round this year
India-based neobank Fi has reportedly raised $50m in Series B funding, marking its second fundraise of the year.
Deal syndication platform HUBX collects investment
UK-based HUBX, which operates a deal syndication platform for banks and brokerage firms, has raised funding from ACF Investors’ Delta Fund and Mandalore Partners.
Visa deepens Deserve partnership with new strategic investment
Credit card business Deserve has secured an undisclosed strategic investment from Visa as the former seeks to expand access to its credit-card-as-a-service solution.
Wells Fargo backs mortgage platform Maxwell in $52.5m financing round
Digital mortgage platform Maxwell has snared $52.5m from a recent funding round led by Fin VC.
Income management platform Able backed by YouTube co-founder in seed raise
San Jose-based income management platform Able has secured $3.2m in a seed financing round.