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Cyber-security startup Payfont raises £1.1 million in funding

PAYFONT, the fledgling Cybersecurity firm that’s fast building an international reputation for its breakthrough personal online security innovation, launched its current round of fundraising on 8th September and today announced it has already received backing from private investors of over 1.1 million pounds.

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CME venture fund finds value in big data

Liquidity Ventures, the strategic tech innovation fund set up by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, has completed its fourth transaction this year with an investment in big data company Powerlytics.

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Gresham issues warning as contract delays hit guidance

Gresham, the leading software and services company that specialises in providing real-time financial transaction control software to the global matching and reconciliation market, reports its Interim Management Statement for the period 1 July 2014 to 8 October 2014.

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Blockchain secures $30 million funding round

In January, Blockchain passed a million users. Since then, growth has only accelerated and we have recently celebrated 2.3 million consumer wallets.

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Square raises $150m

Square has raised $150 million in a funding round, led by the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, that values the payments firm at $6 billion, according to the New York Times.

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Wall Street firms take on Bloomberg with new messaging platform

A group of Wall Street firms, led by Goldman Sachs, has acquired instant messaging outfit Perzo and set up a new company to help them break free of their reliance on Bloomberg.

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Credit Karma scores $75 million in follow-up funding

Credit Karma, a consumer finance and technology company, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved $75 million in new investments in an add-on growth round from existing investors Google Capital, Tiger Global Management and Susquehanna Growth Equity.

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Kabbage attains Triple BBB debt rating

Kabbage, Inc., the leading online provider of small business loans, announced today that it has attained a BBB rating on $136 million of class A notes that are part of its $270 million securitized credit facility.

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Big Data firm Context Relevant secures funding; signs BofA and Goldman as clients

US-based risk analytics outfit Context Relevant has completed $13.5 million in Series B-1 funding and signed strategic partnerships with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.

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Robinhood raises $13m for commission-free stock trading app

Robinhood, the startup behind a no-commission stock trading app, has raised $13 million in a series a funding round led by Index Ventures and joined by celebs including Snoop Dogg.

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Heartbeat authentication firm Bionym raises $14 million

Heartbeat authentication firm Bionym has raised $14 million on the back of a pre-launch order book for 10,000 of its wearable bracelets.

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Commerzbank incubator leads $15m investment in B2B commerce platform Traxpay

B2B payments startup Traxpay has raised £15 million in a series B funding round led by the incubation unit of Germany's Commerzbank, and announced a four-year relationship with MasterCard as it bids to achieve global scale.

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Earthport eyes Asian opportunity on £26.6 million placing

Cross-border payments network Earthport has raised £26.6 million through the placing of 65 million shares with a mix of new and existing institutional investors.

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Monitise shares plunge as Visa ponders stake sell-off

Shares in Monitise plummeted more than 25% in morning trading on news that Visa is "considering its options" on its 5.5% stake in the mobile money firm.

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Monitise revenues rise but losses grow

Monitise has posted a 31% rise in full year revenue but the mobile money firm's Ebitda losses widened as it took a short term hit on a decision to overhaul its business model.

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Tink personal finance app raises $4 million

Swedish personal finance app outfit Tink has raised $4 million in Series A funding to expand internationally and recruit new staff.

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Barclaycard buys The Logic Group

Barclaycard is boosting its capabilities in the lucrative rewards market through the acquisition of payments and loyalty specialist The Logic Group. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

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ICE agrees $350m SuperDerivatives acquisition

IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has agreed a $350 million cash deal to acquire SuperDerivatives, a provider of risk management analytics, financial market data and valuation services.

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IEX Group raises $75m; plans to register as stock exchange

IEX, a rapidly growing equity trading venue dedicated to institutionalizing fairness in the financial markets, announced today it has completed a $75 million round of funding led by Spark Capital.

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Lending Club preps $500m IPO

Peer-to-peer loan specialist Lending Club has filed with US regulators for an initial public offering in which it hopes to raise $500 million.