Tag: Goldman Sachs

Cybersecurity platform Sysdig has reached unicorn status, after its $118m Series F round puts its valuation at $1.19bn.

Data protection company Calamu has raised $2.4m in capital following an oversubscribed funding round.

Global payments service provider SumUp has closed a €750m funding round, to support its acquisition plans.

International payments company Flywire has closed a $60m Series F funding round to continue its international development.

UK FinTech giant TransferWise has renamed itself to Wise as the company is preparing to go public.

The UK's financial markets watchdog has commenced criminal proceedings against a former Goldman Sachs analyst and his brother, accusing them of insider trading.

Financial market infrastructure platform Axoni has closed a $31m funding round from a wave of new strategic investors.

InsurTech and cybersecurity companies were among the 34 FinTech companies that raised money last week, but Covid-19 continues to haunt the industry.

Affirm began trading on the Nasdaq on Wednesday with its shares jumping by more than 100% in the first day, laying the groundwork for huge growth in the buy now pay later space.

The total volume of fines levied against firms for breaking money laundering, data privacy, MiFID and know your customer rules jumped by 141% and amounted to $10.4bn in total so far this year.