Australian accounting platform Practice Ignition has picked up AUD$5m ($3.75m) in a Series A funding round.
On-demand tax and accounting marketplace Taxfyle has raised $2m in a seed funding round from a group of individual investors.
Toronto-based robo-advisor Wealthsimple has raised $15.25m from Power Financial Corp to launch in the US.
UK online mortgage broker Trussle has raised £4.5m in a new funding round as it reaches a milestone of £1bn worth of mortgages managed.
SoFi is expanding into banking with the acquisition of mobile-banking startup Zenbanx. The company will pay around $100m for the startup
It’s not just big banks and corporations fintech startups are trying to serve. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) offer a massive market for FinTech companies.
Online small business lender Spotcap has inked a partnership with New Zealand’s Heartland Bank and secured €14m in funding to expand around the region.
Derivatives risk analytics company OpenGamma has landed a $1m from Japan Exchange Group (JPX) in exchange for a minority stake in the business.
Pan-African digital currency payments startup BitPesa has secured $2.5m in a Series A round to expand across the UK, Europe and West and Southern Africa.
Alternative finance platform Crossflow Payments has landed an investment from Calibrate Management.

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