French fintech company Lydia lands additional $86 million from Accel, closing Series B at $131 million

French financial services platform Lydia has announced a whopping extension of its Series B round, raising an additional $86 million led by Accel. The round now rests at $131 […]
ABN Amro tops up fintech venture fund

ABN Amro is turbo-charging its fintech investment strategy, injecting a further €50 million into its €100 million corporate venture fund. Since the fund was first […]
Alphabet-backed fintech GoCardless nears $1 billion valuation amid digital payments boom

LONDON — British financial technology start-up GoCardless is one step closer to reaching a $1 billion valuation thanks to accelerated demand for digital payments during […]
Cleo raises $44m for money management bot

After closing a $44 million funding round, British AI-based personal finance chatbot Cleo is turning the tables on its users and asking them how it […]
Facebook And Celebrities Like Justin Timberlake Join $50 Million Series B For FinTech Startup Step

Silicon Valley FinTech startup Step has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round, the company announced Wednesday (Dec. 2). The funding round was led by […]
London-based fintech startup Primer secures €15.5 million Series A to scale up internationally

UK fintech startup Primer, the low-code payments infrastructure and online checkout API, today announces an approx. €15.5 million Series A funding round led by Accel. Existing […]
Female FinTech Founders’ Funding Behind Male Counterparts

Female FinTech entrepreneurs are getting left out of funding even as record venture capital money is being pumped into startups. Just 3.8 percent of FinTech […]
China fintech giants scramble to rethink IPOs, raise capital

BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Jack Ma’s vision of the future of finance in China is being upended by regulators, along with the ambitions of conglomerates that […]
Fintech startup Stripe in talks for new funding at much higher valuation

The company could have a valuation of more than $70 billion or significantly higher, at as much as $100 billion, after the funding, the report […]
Global Fintech investment fell by 16% during the third quarter

According to research conducted by Comprar Acciones, the total value of global fintech investments fell by 16% between the second and third quarter, down to $12.15 billion. […]