Carbon, Visa enter five-year partnership to support payments across Africa
African FinTech Carbon has entered a five-year strategic alliance with Visa to provide digital and physical issuance of Visa cards to its customers on the continent.
The 29 FinTech rounds raised last week prove that crypto firms and InsurTechs will...
The FinTech space continues to grow with no sign of slowing down and the 29 rounds raised week prove that, with cryptocurrency companies and InsurTechs being the leading sub-sectors.
Nigerian neobank FairMoney bags $42m in seed funding
FairMoney, a neobank operating in Nigeria and India, has closed its Series B round on $42m as it expands into more emerging markets.
Survey finds majority of financial sector favour hybrid work policy post-pandemic
A survey by Accenture has found almost three-quarters of financial sector workers in the UK would prefer a flexible working policy once the pandemic has come to an end.
Singapore-Based neobank StashFin snags $40m in Series B extension
Singapore-based neobanking startup, StashFin completed the extension of its Series B equity financing of $40m.
BrightPlan scores $9.5m in its Series A to continue nearly fivefold revenue growth
Financial wellness platform BrightPlan has closed its Series A round on $9.5m, as it looks to continue its growth momentum that helped it boost its annual recurring revenue nearly fivefold in 2020.
Tribe, ClearBank partner to bolster banking access for FinTech companies
Tribe Payments has teamed with ClearBank to leverage the latter’s banking-as-a-service platform to help provide Tribe’s customers with improved access to payment schemes.
Jared Leto and TikTok star Josh Richards back FinTech for social media influencers Karat...
Karat Financial, startup that offers credit cards specifically tailored to digital creators, raised $26m in a Series A round.
SoftBank invests $200m in Brazil’s largest crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin
Mercado Bitcoin, the largest bitcoin exchange in Brazil, raised $200m in a Series B round from the SoftBank Latin America Fund.
Endowus.com secures funding from group of strategic investors
Endowus.com, a digital wealth platform, has received a fresh investment round, as it works with UBS to bolster its growth efforts.