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Plum raises $10 million to fund European expansion

Money management app Plum has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Japan’s Global Brain and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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UBS invests in home ownership startup Houzy

As part of its platform business model for property owners, UBS has invested in Houzy, a Swiss startup that offers users tips and tools to handle renovations and likely costs.

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AML startups Lucinity and Hummingbird raise funds

Lucinity, an anti-money laundering software startup founded by a former Citigroup compliance tech expert, has raised $6.1 million in funding. Separately, another AML outfit, Hummingbird RegTech, has closed a $8.2 million Series A round.

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Digital asset infrastructure firm Metaco raises $17m

Swiss digital asset infrastructure startup Metaco has raised $17 million in a series A funding round led by Giesecke+Devrient and joined by Standard Chartered Bank and Zürcher Kantonalbank.

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TransferWise valuation spikes on stake sale to D1 Capital Partners

D1 Capital Partners has paid $200 million for a four percent stake in TransferWise, raising the company's valuation to $5 billion.

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Fintech startup Lanistar raises £15 million

Lanistar, a personal financial management startup founded in 2019, has raised £15 million to support its forthcoming commercial launch in Winter 2020.

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Ping An and JPMorgan to join $60 million round in Taulia

Ping An and JPMorgan are to join a $60 million financing round in supply chain finance outfit Taulia, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Pair Finance lands €2 million in new funding

Berlin-based digital debt collection outfit Pair Finance has raised €2 million from existing investors after crossing the profitability threshold in 2019.

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Digital asset security outfit Curv raises $23 million

Institutional-grade blockchain security app Curv has raised raised $23M in Series A funding with investment from CommerzVentures, Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Team8 and Digital Garage Lab Fund.

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SolarisBank raises €60 million

German banking-as-a-service platform solarisBank has snagged €60 million in series C funding, with fresh contributions from BBVA, ABN Amro and SBI.

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Employee financial health startup Symmetrical.ai raises €5.6 million

British/Polish fintech startup Symmetrical.ai, which provides ethical financial products in partnership with employers, has raised €5.6 million in a combination of equity and debt.

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PictureWealth scores $12 million seed funding; acquires NFS

Australian wealthtech startup PictureWealth has secured $12 million in seed funding and acquired Perth-based financial planning tool NEO Financial Solutions for an undisclosed sum.

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Big banks invest in Capital Markets Gateway

A host of Wall Street heavyweights, including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, have joined a $25 million funding round for Capital Markets Gateway (CMG), a fintech startup that facilitates equity capital market transactions.

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Indian fintech startup slice raises $6 million

Slice, a fintech startup which offers card-based products to young Indians to help them build a better credit score, has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Japanese VC Gunosy.

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PayPal invests in salary drawdown app Even

Salary-on-tap app Even has secured new funding from a consortium of investors including PayPal Ventures, Valar Ventures, Founders Fund and Salesforce chief Marc Benioff.

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Checkout.com triples valuation on $150 million funding round

E-commerce payments processor Checkout.com has tripled its market valuation to $5.5 billion after banking a $150m Series B funding round.

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Credit Suisse Next Investors leads $21m MayStreet funding round

Market data platform MayStreet has closed a $21 million Series A funding round led by Credit Suisse Asset Management's Next Investors.

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Monzo closes funding round at 40% discount

UK challenger Monzo has sealed a £60 million funding round at a valuation of £1.25 billion - a 40% discount on its previous sky high pricetag of £2 billion.

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Blockchain-powered e-wallet Fincy receives $11 million capital boost

Fincy, a multi-currency money management app that launched in Cambodia last year, has received an $11 million capital injection from parent company GBCI to expand its network across South East Asia.

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Bankrupt fintech founders win seed round to help other SMEs avoid invoice management trap

From bankruptcy to seed round in two years: Danish fintech Likvido has raised EUR 2.5 million from BlackFin Tech to help other SMEs avoid going out of business.