Indonesian financial services comparison site Cermati has raised $1.9m in its Series A round. The investment was led by East ventures with existing backer Beenos Partners also participating.

RealtyShares has secured a $30m credit line to pre-fund properties listed on its real estate crowdfunding marketplace.

Swedish payments startup Klarna is inking a deal with UK retail conglomerate Arcadia to bring a “buy now pay later” offering to its e-commerce channels.

Singapore and Switzerland are teaming up to boost their respective FinTech sectors.

New York InsurTech startup Oscar is hiring Shaden Marzouk as its new chief medical officer. A neurosurgeon and US army veteran, Marzouk will replace Aran Ron in the role.

Australian payments and finance app zipMoney is acquiring personal finance management app Pocketbook for $7.5m.

Ontario-based Fusebill has raised $6m in a Series A round of funding. The capital for the SME subscription billing platform comes from individual backers.

A "nirvana moment" at Octopus Group has seen it become the latest established firm to launch an in-house tech incubator to keep pace with disruption in the industry.

Brazilian digital financial services firm Nubank has raised $80m in a Series D round of funding. The investment was led by DST Global.

Financial training tool PortfolioQuest has raised $750,000 in a pre-seed round of funding. The funding for the startup was led by Nels Friets and Venkatesh Sethuraman.