Polish bank mBank is launching a €50m FinTech investment fund to and accelerator to back startups across Central and Eastern Europe.

Bill payments firm Noventis has secured $4m in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank to fuel growth of its processing platform. The Houston-based company serves more than 5,000 originators

A bidding war seems on the cards over remittances service MoneyGram as Kansas-based electronic payments firm Euronet Worldwide attempts to swoop in on Ant Financial $880m acquisition.

Credit card benefits and reimbursement startup Sift has raised $1.5m in a seed round from Liquid 2 Ventures and Plug and Play.

London-based property transaction platform Goodlord has raised £7.2m in a Series A round led by German startup builder Rocket Internet's Global Founders Capital fund.

Farming-focused lender ProducePay has secured $77m in equity and debt funding to provide cash-flow solutions to farmers of perishable goods.

Stockbroking app Freetrade has smashed through its latest crowdfunding target on Crowdcube to secure £1.1m in just 12 days.

Ghent, Belgium-based accounting platform Silverfin has scooped up $4.5m in a Series A round. Index Ventures led the investment with existing backers also participating.

German banking platform solarisBank has raised €26.3m in a Series A funding round after just a year in business. Arvato Financial Solutions and Japanese banking firm SBI Group led the round.

Canadian financial software-provider DH Corp (D+H) is being taken private through an acquisition by private equity group Vista Equity Partners.