Personal Finance

Voluntary benefits platform ZayZoon has raised $25.5m in a mixture of debt and equity.

Ellevest, a financial company on a mission to help women build wealth, has raised $53m in Series B funding.

Alpian, a Swiss digital-first private bank, has raised CHF19m in a Series B+ funding round headed by Fideuram – Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking.

Carefull, a digital platform built to protect the daily finances of older adults, has launched a pilot programme with Nationwide to support financial caregivers.

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is to acquire UK-based wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin.

Global retail bank, payments and shopping service Klarna, has launched Klarna Kosma, a sub-brand and business unit to harness the growth of its open banking platform.

Younger generations are willing to switch providers if their bank doesn’t have strong environmental credentials, according to a study from Tink.

Alkami Technology, a cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for US financial institutions, is to acquire data analytics company Segmint.

According to research from the Financial Health Network, one in four users of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services is financially vulnerable, and struggle to make payments.

Prize-linked FinTech app EverUp has closed its crowdfunding campaign on ?496,185, which was raised at a pre-money valuation of ?9.9m.