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Middle Eastern banking app for kids Verity opens waitlist

Verity, a UAE-based fintech startup building a family banking and financial literacy app for the Mena region, has opened a waitlist having closed a $800,000 pre-seed funding round, with backing from regional VCs and angel investors.

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Freetrade launches seventh crowdfunding campaign

Commission-free stockbroking app Freetrade is to embark on its seventh crowdfunding round just seven months after raising a Series B round of $69 million.

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Banca Sella invests €2 million in Italian fintech startup Tot

Tot, an Italian fintech startup serving freelancers and micro-enterprises, has finalised a €2 million seed founding round from Banca Sella ahead of market entry in early 2022.

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Ziglu closes crowdround as investment hits £7.19 million

Ziglu, the crypto payments app from former Starling Bank co-founder and CTO Mark Hipperson, has closed its crowdfunding round early after raising £7.19 million on Seedrs.

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Mynt becomes first fintech Unicorn in the Philippines with $300 million fund raise

Mynt, the mobile payment and credit service owned by Philippine mobile operator Globe Telecom, has raised over $300 million in funding, valuing the firm at over $2 billion.

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Fin VC and Barclays invest in invoice insurance platform Nimbla

Invoice insurance startup Nimbla has attracted £5.1 million in funding from Silicon Valley's FIN VC with participation from Barclays Bank.

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Open Banking platform Tarabut Gateway lands $12 million pre-Series A round

Tarabut Gateway, the Dubai headquartered Open Banking platform, has concluded a $12 million pre-Series A round, led by Tiger Global.

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Indian fintech Groww triples valuation to $3 billion

Indian investment app Groww has tripled its valuation to $3 billion on the back of a $251 million Series E financing round.

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Klarna joins $100 million round in German B2B BNPL firm Billie

Business-oriented buy now, pay later outfit Billie has picked up $100 million in a funding round that included participation from Dawn Capital, Klarna and Tencent.

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Anti-fraud startup Resistant AI raises $16.6 million

Resistant AI, a SaaS-based AI and machine learning security company that protects automated financial systems from manipulation, fraud and financial crime, has secured $16.6M in Series A funding.

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Payments startup Primer bags $50 million

London-based Primer has closed a Series B funding round that values the payments infrastructure startup at $425 million only 20 months after being founded.

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Zopa raises £220 million in pre-IPO funding round

UK digital bank Zopa has raised £220 million from a clutch of investors led by Softbank Vision Fund 2.

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Chip closes biggest ever equity crowdfund on Crowdcube, raising £11.5 million

Money management app Chip has closed the biggest ever equity crowdfund on Crowdcube, raising £11.5 million from 12,954 investors.

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GPS raises $300 million

Global Processing Services, the payment processor behind a host of challenger bank startups, including Revolut and Starling, has raised $300 million from Advent International and Viking Global Investors.

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Standard Chartered invests $500 million in Atome to enter Asian BNPL race

Standard Chartered is investing in digital lending unicorn Atome Financial as part of a ten-year multi-product strategic partnership that will entail the roll out of buy now, pay later services across major Asian markets.

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Chip crashes Crowdcube servers

Money Management app Chip opened its crowdfunding round to the general public Thursday and managed to crash Crowdcube's servers as the cash rolled in, hitting £7 million from an initial target of £1 million.

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Modern Treasury hits $2 billion valuation

Payments orchestration platform Modern Treasury has hit a $2 billion valuation after raising $85 million in Series D funding.

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Orange goes all in on mobile banking

Telecomm's carrier Orange is reinforcing its commitment to mobile banking with a €250 million capital increase in Orange Bank and the buy out of its bancassurance partner Groupama.

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Anyfin rides BNPL debt wave with $52 million capital injection

Aiyfin, a Stockholm-based startup that enables consumers to refinance their existing loans, has raised $52 million of fresh funding to fuel the growth of its business across Europe.

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Deutsche Börse takes minority stake in WeMatch

Deutsche Börse has aquired a minority stake in WeMatch, a fintech company focussing on trading workflows for the wholesale derivatives industry, as part of a $19.5 million Series B equity funding round.