Jiko announces partnership to launch a banking app for the transgender community
Jiko, a fintech startup that uses customer deposits to purchase short-term treasury bills, announced its first banking-as-a-service (BaaS) client today. It will partner with Euphoria, a technology suite for the…
Read More »South African payments gateway Ozow raises $48M Series B led by Tencent
According to a 2019 report by Deloitte, about 80% of South Africans have a bank account but only 24% of them make more than three transactions monthly. Unlike other African…
Read More »Defacto offers embedded credit products to small companies
Meet Defacto, a new French startup that wants to improve the credit infrastructure for small and medium companies. The startup wants to offer credit products using an API. It automatically…
Read More »Credit-focused company Upgrade raises $280 million at $6 billion valuation
Fintech company Upgrade has raised a Series F round just four months after raising its previous round. Today, the company is announcing $280 million in new funding at a $6…
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Justt comes out of stealth with $70M in funding to help online merchants fight false chargebacks with AI
Justt, a Tel Aviv-based chargeback mitigation startup, is emerging out of stealth today with $70 million in total funding. Founded in February 2020 by Roenen Ben-Ami and Ofir Tahor, Justt…
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Meet Imprint, the fintech that just raised $38M from the likes of Kleiner Perkins, Stripe and Affirm
Imprint, a one-year-old startup that offers branded payments and rewards products, today announced a $38 million Series A funding round co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Stripe. It’s not every day…
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Nomod raises $3.4M seed to allow merchants accept payments without hardware
Micro and small businesses in emerging markets still struggle to access digital payments for several reasons. One, most of them are excluded from various payment ecosystems globally due to their…
Read More »Plentina, a ‘buy now, pay later’ startup focused on emerging markets, raises another $2.2M
Philippines-based Plentina, a buy now, pay later startup focused on emerging markets, announced today it has raised $2.2 million. This brings the fintech’s total funding since it was founded in…
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Climate fintech company Evergrow nabs $7M seed from XYZ Venture Capital, Congruent Ventures and First Round
Evergrow, a stealth climate fintech startup, just landed over $7 million in seed funding. With a two-pronged approach, Evergrow aims to be the world’s first dedicated carbon offtake company —…
Read More »Identity verification startup Socure raises $450M at $4.5B valuation, adding Tiger Global as new investor
Socure, a company that uses AI and machine learning to verify identities, announced today that it raised $450 million in funding for its Series E round led by Accel and…
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