Tag: US
Toast snaps up $1.5m for South-East Asian remittances app
Singapore-based remittances startup Toast has picked up $1.5m in a pre-Series A round led by Aetius Capital. The round also saw contribution from US VC 1776 and financial services firm Pepper Group.
Capital One continues FinTech shopping spree with Paribus buy
Capital One is acquiring price tracking startup Paribus in an undisclosed deal. The deal follows the banks’ previous acquisition of startups including Bundle, Level Money and Adaptive Path.
MasterCard launches payments service for Chinese students
MasterCard is making it easier for Chinese users to pay for tuition and other costs in the US through a new partnership with online payments service Plastiq.
CloudPay partners with Ramco for multinational payrolls
CloudPay is partnering with Indian enterprise software maker Ramco Systems to bring cloud-based payroll systems to more multinational organisations.
CUneXus grabs $5m for lending automation
CUneXus, a consumer lending automation solution, has raised $5m in a Series A round.
Trumid hits $1bn trading volume mark
Corporate bond platform Trumid Financial, which is backed by billionaires George Soros and Peter Thiel, has now traded more than $1bn worth of securities.
Remitr scoops up $1m to expand remittances into new regions
Remitware Payments has raised $1m in funding from a lengthy list of angel investors across the US, UK and India.
Stripe acquires engineers team behind failed database startup
Online payments solution for developers Stripe is acquiring the engineering team behind NoSQL database startup ReThinkDB.
Remitly grabs $38m to expand US remittance service
US remittances service Remitly has secured $38m in a new round of funding. The Seattle-based company offers mobile P2P remittances from the US and Canada.
IG Group buys exchange market research portal DailyFX for $40m
Online trading platform IG Group is acquiring news and research portal DailyFX from foreign exchange market broker FXCM.