Spend manager Mendel bags $35m funding to speed-up LatAm growth
Mexican corporate spending tracker Mendel has secured $35m across a Series A raise and a debt financing round.
Are payment service providers equipped to ride the cross-border e-commerce wave?
A recent blogpost by Currencycloud has underlined how payment service providers (PSPs) and acquiring banks are best served to aid the growing cross-border e-commerce market.
Female-led Firework Ventures backs Stride Funding in Series A raise
FinTech Stride Funding has secured $12m from a Series A financing round led by Firework Ventures.
Metro Bank introduces new invoicing features to its mobile app
Metro Bank has launched a new invoicing technology aimed at reducing bottlenecks on its mobile application.
Fundbox hits unicorn status after investment round
Fundbox, an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses, has collected $100m in its Series D funding round, which brings its valuation to $1.1bn.
Are partnerships integral to the success of FinTechs?
A recent blogpost by cross-border payments company Currencycloud has examined the importance of partnerships to the success of FinTech companies.
Open banking bounces back, Tink reports
According to research published by open banking platform Tink, there has been an increase in spending among Europe’s financial executives, with 47% saying their...
Spain’s fastest growing FinTech ID Finance reaches crowdfunding target
ID Finance, which claims to be the fastest growing FinTech in Spain and Mexico, has reached the ?1m target for its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.
GIMO secures funding to serve Vietnam’s blue-collar workers
Vietnamese FinTech startup GIMO, which offers on-demand pay for blue-collar workers, has raised $1.9m in a seed+ round led by Singapore’s Integra Partners. The round...
Could Christmas be the death knell for credit card payments?
A recent report by Klarna has found that one in two UK consumers are planning to discard their credit card entirely for Christmas shopping this year.