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Y Combinator is backing these eight FinTechs

13 September 2021

Last Wednesday, famed American accelerator Y Combinator wrapped up its Demo Day — an event where the latest batch of YC funded founders present their companies to inves...

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Atom Bank looks to raise £40mn ahead of stock market listing

13 September 2021

Atom Bank is aiming to raise more than £40million from investors before the end of the year. The digital bank is backed by investment giants Toscafund Asset Management a...

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Klarna rival DivideBuy secures £300mn investment

13 September 2021

Leading buy now pay later (BNPL) provider, DivideBuy, has secured a £300 million lending facility as it continues its stellar growth trajectory. • DivideBuy is on tra...

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Indian FinTech Slice launches $27 credit limit cards to tap 200mn users

13 September 2021

Slice, a Bangalore-based startup, believes it has found the solution. The startup, which has years of experience in issuing its cards to young professionals with no tradi...

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Women Returners and Innovate Finance establish cross-company return programme for FinTech professionals

13 September 2021

Women Returners and Innovate Finance have teamed up to establish a cross-company returner program, which aims to encourage professionals to try re-entering the Fintech in...

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Islamic FinTech to expand into UK with £42mn funding

10 September 2021

An Islamic FinTech is to expand into the UK after raising £42 million. Digital banking challenger Alif is valued at £72mn by the investment, £36mn of which is debt fi...

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Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan secures $120mn of investment

10 September 2021

Three private equity funds and a group of venture capitalists have invested about $120 million in Egyptian microfinance lending and payments company MNT-Halan, the invest...

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El Salvador’s new bitcoin wallets could cost Western Union and similar companies $400 million a year

10 September 2021

-In 2020, El Salvador received nearly $6 billion in remittances, which accounted for about 23% of its gross domestic product. -President Nayib Bukele estimates that mone...

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Funding Circle names new CEO as it swings to profit

10 September 2021

The head of online lending platform Funding Circle's (FCH.L) British business will succeed Samir Desai as chief executive, the company said on Thursday as it reported a s...

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TrueLayer teams up with Cazoo to power instant payments and refunds

10 September 2021

Financial API provider TrueLayer has joined forces with online car retailer Cazoo to improve its payment and refunds platform, using the power of open banking. Under the...

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New Energy Nexus launches climate fintech cards and payments challenge

09 September 2021

Global network of accelerators and funders of climate solutions, New Energy Nexus, has just announced the launch of its Climate Fintech: Cards & Payments Challenge (C&P C...

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Thought Machine's Cauldron spins off to create financial video games

09 September 2021

After seven years of quietly building banking experiences, Thought Machine’s creative arm, Cauldron, is being spun off as a standalone financial video game studio. In w...

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