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Clearhaus teams up with PaynoPain

Clearhaus teams up with PaynoPain

23 June 2020

Danish FI Clearhaus has joined with Spanish FinTech PaynoPain foe European payment infrastructure....

Visa launches new AI fraud prevention tool

Visa launches new AI fraud prevention tool

23 June 2020

Visa has built an AI-based tool to combat credit application fraud. In Brief: Advanced...

PayPal invests in “salary on tap” startup

PayPal invests in “salary on tap” startup

23 June 2020

PayPal Ventures has invested in salary drawdown startup Even. In Brief: Valar Ventures...

TikTok owner gets into ecommerce

TikTok owner gets into ecommerce

22 June 2020

ByteDance, owner of social media platform TikTok, has set up an ecommerce business unit. In Brief...

Checkout.com is now worth $5.5bn

Checkout.com is now worth $5.5bn

22 June 2020

UK FinTech Checkout.com has been valued at $5.5bn, making it Europe’s highest valued FinTech (...

Raisin brings services together in one bank

Raisin brings services together in one bank

22 June 2020

Savings platform Raisin is bringing all its customer services across Europe together into one bank....

Shaping FinTech: Innovation webinar – what we learned

Shaping FinTech: Innovation webinar – what we learned

21 June 2020

Last week’s Shaping FinTech webinar was all about innovation. We spoke to Alex Mifsud, Co-Foun...

Ask a FinTech: What makes a good FinTech CEO?

Ask a FinTech: What makes a good FinTech CEO?

19 June 2020

The role of a CEO is challenging at the best of times, but FinTechs are often unique in what they ne...

Akon to build crypto-themed city in Senegal

Akon to build crypto-themed city in Senegal

19 June 2020

Rapper Akon is spearheading a project to build a city in Senegal that will run entirely on his crypt...

Middlegame gains €10mn for Irish FinTech

Middlegame gains €10mn for Irish FinTech

19 June 2020

Middlegame Ventures has gained €10mn investment to create a funding pool for FinTech companies...

Upgrade reaches $1bn valuation

Upgrade reaches $1bn valuation

19 June 2020

Credit-focused FinTech startup Upgrade has been valued at $1b following its latest funding round....

Mastercard inks deal with buy now, pay later firm

Mastercard inks deal with buy now, pay later firm

18 June 2020

Splitit Payments has signed a multi-year agreement with Mastercard. In Brief: Splitit i...

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