Users and employee verification company ID.me has raised $19m in a Series B round from FTV Capital.

SME accounting and payments software provider Autobooks has picked up $5.5m in a Series A venture round. Draper Triangle Ventures led the investment.

JP Morgan Chase is ramping up its mobile payments offering through the acquisition of MCX payments technology.

Tax professionals' software-maker Canopy has secured $20m in a Series B round of funding led by Pelion Venture Partners.

Australia-listed financial comparison company iSelect has gained majority ownership of Malaysia-based iMoney after buying shares worth $4.15m.The company said it has upped its stake in the financial comparison service to 51.5 per cent from 23.8 per cent by buying shares from other shareholders according to a filing with the Australian exchange.iSelect is now the majority and single largest shareholder in...

Student-focused challenger bank BankMobile is being sold by its parent company Customers Bank for $175m to Flagship Community Bank.

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...