Online banking and transaction management startup PayQix has closed $11m in funding from an unnamed international multi-strategy focused family office.

Apis Growth Fund I closed at $287m, up from its $250m target and will invest in the growth markets of Africa and South Asia.

Viva Republic has picked up $48m in Series C round that saw participation from PayPal. Viva Republic is the parent company of South Korean peer-to-peer payments app Toss.

London-based Curve is looking to simplify the process of expenses by partnering with Xero. The start-up said it will join with Xero, a New Zealand enterprise for cloud-based accounting software development, to help businesses save money by automating expenses.Small businesses, freelancers and contractors use Curve to facilitate online payments by bringing together all of the user’s bank cards into...

California-based financial advice app Albert has raised a further $4.3m in financing.The app, which offers a way to track finances, has raised the new capital from one undisclosed investor according to a SEC filing. It is unclear from the filing whether the investment came from a new or existing investor.In November last year, 500 Startups, 500 Fintech, Bessemer Ventures...

UK-based insurance premium financing platform PremFina has netted a $33m equity and debt investment.

Investment management platform Dynamo Software has closed an undisclosed majority investment from Francisco Partners.Dynamo is a configurable and modular solution for alternative asset managers to help manage investment processes. Through the cloud-based platform users are able to help optimise the collaboration with international clients and increase productivity of general and limited partnerships.The platform, which can be deployed across various...

Florida-based InsurTech platform Ensurem has closed a $12.25m capital commitment from an affiliate of A-CAP.

Singapore-based Dymon Asia Ventures is the FinTech-focused venture arm of hedge fund Dymon Asia Capital and aims to invest in 12 to 15 early-stage companies across South-East Asia.

Cloud payments service Dream Payments has raised $10m in a Series A round led by FairVentures - the innovation investing arm of Fairfax Financial Holdings.