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Russian lending startup SimpleFinance wins investment from SBI fintech fund

SF Holdings Company Plc, parent of MCC SimpleFinance LLC (“SimpleFinance” or the “Company”), a Russian fintech company providing accessible lending to small and medium-sized business, has completed its debut equity fundraising, with an investment from the SBI FinTech Business Innovation Fund LPS (the “SBI FinTech Fund” or the “Fund”).

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Brazilian payment platform Vindi raises U$1.8 million to consolidate recurring payments

Fintech Vindi, an online payment platform focused on the service industry, has just announced R$ 5.8 million investment round, coming from Criatec2 fund (one of the most active in the country) managed by Bozano Investimentos and looking to new acquisitions.

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Standard Chartered invests in data management outfit Paxata

Standard Chartered has made a strategic investment and entered into a joint innovation agreement with Paxata, a leading enterprise information management company based in Redwood City, California.

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Want to invest in a blockchain startup? Finles Capital has just the ICO for you

Boutique Dutch fund management house Finles Capital is looking to raise EUR100 million through an Initial Coin Offering for its next private equity fund, which will invest in blockchain startups as well as in more stable equity assets.

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Apis invests in Nigeria's Bankers Warehouse

Apis announces the definitive agreement for a significant investment by Apis Growth Fund I, a private equity fund managed by Apis, in Bankers Warehouse Plc, the leading provider of cash management solutions in Nigeria.

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Goldman Sachs takes debt and equity stake in Neyber

London-headquartered Neyber, the UK’s sector leading financial wellbeing provider, has secured up to a further £100M in a capital investment round led by Goldman Sachs.

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Santander invests in startup that helps underbanked buy smartphones

Santander InnoVentures has joined a $6 million funding round for PayJoy, a San Francisco-based startup working to help underbanked people buy smartphones.

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ABN Amro invests in Cloud Lending Solutions

ABN AMRO has invested in the innovative FinTech company Cloud Lending Solutions Inc. (CLS).

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Capital One joins Series D funding round for Snowflake

Snowflake Computing, the only data warehouse built for the cloud, today announced that Capital One Growth Ventures, the venture investing arm of Capital One Financial, has joined its latest round of growth funding, bringing Snowflake’s Series D round to a total of $105 million.

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Italian m-payments startup Satispay raises EUR18.3 million

Satispay is a young company from Italy that is contributing to the e-payment revolution with a mobile payment system that is independent and alternative to traditional networks.

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Nasdaq to buy data provider eVestment for $705m

Exchange operator Nasdaq has struck a $705 million deal to buy eVestment, a data, content and analytics platform for institutional investors.

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Blackhawk Network buys digital gift card outfit CashStar

Blackhawk Network, Inc., a global financial technology company (“Blackhawk”), announced today that it has acquired CashStar, Inc., a leading provider of gift card commerce solutions at the forefront of mobile payments and digital gifting innovation.

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Accenture buys Canadian fintech consulting firm Verax

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Verax Solutions, a Toronto-based technology and systems-integration consulting firm that serves the financial services sector in Canada. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Mortgage tech outfit Blend raises $100m

Blend, the Silicon Valley technology company propelling consumer lending into the digital age, today announced it has raised $100 million in Series D funding.

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Concardis buys Cardtech

Concardis has increased its stake in Cardtech Card & POS Service GmbH to 100 percent of the shares. In 2015, the Eschborn full-service payment provider acquired some 70 percent and thus a majority of the shares in the Cologne-based payments company, and now Cardtech will be fully integrated into the Concardis Group.

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Commonwealth Bank takes quantum leap

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has joined Telstra, the Federal Government, the New South Wales Government and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in an $83 million venture to found Australia’s first quantum computing company.

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Sharpfin turns to the Investdor crowd for new funding round

Sharpfin AB, a Stockholm-based company developing the next generation of wealth management software, partners with leading Nordic equity crowdfunding platform Invesdor to raise funding.

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Hyper Anna raises $16 million to address shortage of data scientists with virtual agent

Hyper Anna, a Sydney-based Australian start-up that provides financial services organisations with a virtual data scientist which is available at the touch of a button, has secured a $16 million series A funding round.

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TransferWise lines up investment round

TransferWise is preparing a $60 million capital raise that will see its value sail up to the $1.5 bilion mark, according to a report on Sky News.

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Iress H1 profits down ten percent year-on-year

IRESS today announced a statutory net profit for the six months to 30 June 2017 of $29.5 million, up 10% over the prior half (six months to 31 December 2016) and down 10% over the previous corresponding period (six months to 30 June 2016).