WealthTech

As new technologies and digitalisation continue to change the way wealth managers operate, it’s more essential now than ever to understand the changing needs and requirements of clients and capitalise on client-centricity and digitally-enabled interaction channels.

African mobile money business Airtel Africa secured $100m from credit card giant, Mastercard.

Japanese buy-now-pay-later provider Paidy completed a $120m Series D funding round.

StashFin, a neo banking platform based in Singapore, has extended its Series B round by $40m as it looks to capitalise on the potential $1trn neo banking market in South Asia.

Brazil-based Cora, which provides self-employed individuals with a digital banking platform, has scored $26.7m in its Series A round.

Avail Finance, a neo banking platform for workers in India, has reportedly raised INR 24 crore ($3.2m) in debt financing.

Robo-advisor Bibit.id raised $65m in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital India.

Bookkeeping and accounting software startup Countingup closed a £9.1m Series A investment round led by Framework Venture Partners.

Crush Capital, which helps retail investors support IPOs, has collected $3.25m in its seed round to support its growth in the US.

London-based FinTech platform Butter has closed a £15.8m funding round to accelerate the rollout of its open-banking based buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) shopping app alongside developing its travel offering.