Tag: Payments

Paddle, a payments infrastructure provider for SaaS companies, has reached a $1.4bn valuation after the close of a $200m Series D round.

Hong Kong-headquartered PayTech startup KPay Merchant Service has raised $10m in a funding round.

Julaya, a FinTech company based in Côte d’Ivoire, has secured a $5m extension round as it looks to expand its operations in West Africa.

Sardine, a provider of fraud, compliance and instant settlement solutions, has closed its Series B round on $51.5m in its Series B.

CHEQ, which identifies itself as the world first social payments platform, has raised $8m in its seed funding round.

Online payment solution AstroPay has teamed up with cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global to provide fiat to crypto payment services in Latin America.

Chile-based Xepelin, a payment platform for business and financial services for SMEs in Latin America, has reportedly received a $140m loan from Goldman Sachs.

The value of contactless payment transactions is expected to reach $10trn by 2027, up from $4.6trn in 2022, according to data from Juniper Research.

Kuda, a Nigerian challenger bank, has launched in the UK as part of its major global expansion efforts.

KodyPay, which is helping to simplify in-person payment acceptance, has raised $5m in its pre-Series A funding round.