Technology Updates

North American FinTech Finicity is being sold to Mastercard in a $825m deal, with the payments giant planning to leverage the acquisition to further its push into open banking.

Libra has faced pushback from lawmakers across the world ever since Facebook announced the cryptocurrency project this summer.

Cyber risk modelling startup Kovrr is going to use its solutions to analyse the accumulated cyber risk exposure for MAPRE RE.

Backbase, which created an engagement banking platform, has raised €120m in growth equity funding from Motive Partners.

Origin Protocol, a decentralised sharing economy network developer, has completed a $28.5m strategic round.

After the Easter long weekend, our weekly roundup of the big FinTech trends from the past seven days is all you need to keep yourself updated on what’s happening in the industry.

While Robinhood's massive Series G round may have secured the most headlines last week, InsurTech and PropTech ventures bagged the most capital injections.

Digital commerce for banks and retailers company Diebold Nixdorf has completed several transactions to strengthen its finances.

Digital banking experience company Apiture has bagged $20m in a new round of investment backed by T. Rowe Price Associates and Pinnacle Bank.

Gen Z has presented FinTechs with plenty of opportunities, but failing to understand important aspects of this group could prevent businesses from capitalising on them.