B2B digital mortgage software developer Maxwell Financial Labs, has closed a $3m round of funding led by Anthemis Group.

Israel-based investment firm Viola has held the $100m first close for its maiden global FinTech fund.

Home61, a Miami, Florida-based digital real estate platform, is reportedly planning to expand nationally after raising $4m.

Digital broker business Seraphin has reportedly netted a €1.2m investment from several angel investors and strategic partners.

Cryptocurrency invoice financing platform The Hive Project has received $1.5m for its ICO in only 100 hours.

Investments to the Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies sector made a strong start to the year with 72% of last years’ total funding already committed. Total investment grew between 2014 and 2016, steadily increasing at a CAGR of 14.2%.The increase in investment looks set to continue in 2017 as a total of $412m was invested in the first half of the year....

KBC Bank Ireland has launched a mobile app for new customers, allowing users to open, activate and use their bank account at any time within five minutes.The digital-first bank has launched the app after months of development and testing with consumers and is the latest in a number of product developments. These products are formulated and designed in KBC's...

Visa, together with electronic payments provider BillDesk, have successfully enabled 50 large service providers for the Bharat QR payments acceptance platform in only one month.As a result the digital payment facility has been extended to a potential 300 million consumers. Enabled merchants include Tata AIG, Reliance Energy, Aircel and Tata Power.Bharat QR is a secure interface allowing customers to...

India's first FinTech startup offering salary advances and instant cash loans, EarlySalary, has raised $50m of debt financing from IFMR Capital.EarlySalary has already dispersed over 7,000 loans last month and plans to reach a target of around 30,000 loan disbursements per month of the end of the financial year.The company provides a mobile app which allows people to apply and...

Gaming accessories company Razer has submitted a proposal to the Singapore Prime Minister Office, stating its plans to create an e-payments system.Razer CEO Min Liang Tan pitched his idea to Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong via Twitter. He pledged to roll out an e-payment system within the next 18 months.The company says it will commit S$10m ($7.34m) towards...