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Banking and payments software startup Weavr has secured £7m in a seed funding round led by VC firm Headline.

Willa, which helps freelancers get paid on time, has netted $18m in its Series A round, which will help it expand its invite-only beta.

A study by US mobile payments firm Boku gr has found that more than one in two people globally will use a mobile wallet by 2025.

York-based FinTech startup fidomoney has launched its business current account service to consumers in the UK.

A study by Cynergy Bank has found up to 78% of SMEs want the digital transformation of banking to be balanced with a human constituent to offer a hybrid approach.

Ethereum-based DeFi aggregator Zerion raised $8.2m in a Series A funding round led by Mosaic Ventures which also featured participation from Placeholder, Digital Currency Group, and Blockchain.com Ventures, among others.

Amsterdam-based challenger bank Bunq raised $228m - a funding round it touted as the largest Series A round for a European FinTech company.

Juni, a financial companion for entrepreneurs, has collected $21.5m in funding, just three months after its beta launch.

Crown Agents Bank has launched Empower Pensions, a new end-to-end pensions management platform.

Crush Capital, which hopes to democratise access to investment opportunities, has scored $2.75m in its fresh funding round, to support its new upcoming streaming series.