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PalmPay launches in Nigeria on 40M round led by Chinas Transsion

TradeDepot raises 110M from IFC Novastar to extend BNPL service to merchants across Africa

Fresha a business platform for salons spas and beauty and wellness pros extends Series C by 525M at a 640M valuation

SoftBank bets big on a digital Ellis Island

From startups to Starbucks: The embedded API opportunity

Vontive wants to be the Palantir of real estate investing

Motif Investments and Goldman Sachs launch new cobranded indexes for better performing ETFs

One banks 40M to offer allinone financial services to the middle class

PassFort a RegTech SaaS for KYC and AML nets 162M

2019 saw a stampede of fintech unicorns

Banked raises 20M Series A led by Bank of America and Edenred for US expansion

Muslims come into the frame in Southeast Asias fintech boom

Sequoia Capital India STV back Dubaibased BNPL provider tabby in 54M extension round

HoneyBook doubles valuation with new round as it helps independent workers get paid

BRD crowdraises 32 million to build financial services into a mobile crypto wallet

Sinch acquires Pathwire the company behind Mailgun and Mailjet for 19B to add email into its APIbased communications platform

Some frank advice for open source startups seeking productmarket fit

African fintechs halt virtual dollar cards after Union54 chargeback fraud surge

Remitly revenue climbs 69 to 121M in first earnings report as public company

Nigerias Paga acquires Apposit confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Brazils banks try to outflank challengers by investing in a 15 million round for Quanto

PayU Acquires Israeli Payment Technology Provider ZOOZ with a shared vision to create new global standard in payments infrastructure

Africas agtech wave gets 10 million richer as Twiga Foods raises more capital

Global Processing Services raises 300M its APIbased payments and embedded finance platform

Identity verification company Youverify extends seed funding to 25M as it expands across Africa

To reach fintechs next level infrastructure providers must address these pain points

Arrenda emerges with Adelanta a financing offering for landlords in Latin America

Can API vendors solve healthcares data woes

Helping big banks outAffirm Affirm and outChime Chime gives Amount a 681 million valuation

AdTech startup Tomi raises Seed funding to make real estate ads perform as well as ecommerce

a16z backs Rutters goal of being Plaid for commerce

Reliance spinoff Jio Financial Services slides on market debut

Austins newest unicorn: The Zebra raises 150M after doubling revenue in 2020

US fintech Current introduces highyield savings where customers earn a 400 APY

Grover grabs 330M to double down on the circular economy with consumer electronics subscriptions

Grasshoppers Judith Erwin leaps into innovation banking

WhenThens nocode payments platform attracts 6M from European VCs Stride and Cavalry

Nowports raises 16M to build the OS for LatAms shipping industry

Acronis raises 147M from Goldman Sachs to expand its cyber security services

The Stanford connections behind Latin Americas multibilliondollar startup renaissance

Plum raises 10M for its smart money management app

Square to buy buy now pay later giant Afterpay in 29B deal

An action plan for founders fundraising in fintechs choppy waters

Perspectives on tackling Big Techs market power

Chilebased Kredito raises 4M to help businesses get loans

Privacycom rebrands to Lithic raises 43M for virtual payment cards

Ridehailing firm Grab launches new venture to back startups in Southeast Asia

Lunewave is pitching a new sensor offering better vision for autonomous vehicles

Viola Credit closes 700M fund to provide assetbased lending to fintech startups

Savana raises a fresh round of capital to digitize banks services