UK challenger bank Monzo’s evaluation dips by 40% but raises €66.8M in latest bridge funding round
The market is just starting to recover from COVID-19’s impact.
Popular topics
Payments, neobanks, embedded finance, and the regulatory boundary between fintech innovation and the financial system it sits on top of.
930 articles · Fintech
The market is just starting to recover from COVID-19’s impact.
TransferGo, a digital international money transfer platform for migrants and businesses has raised $10 million (approx €9 million) in funding co-led by Seventure, and Vostok Emerging Finance, along with other participants including Hard Yaka, Revo Capital, and Bootstrap Europe.
Planet42, an Estonian fintech operating in Africa that focuses on providing access to mobility to the underbanked, has raised €2.2M…
It’s usually difficult for new and small businesses to have everything taken care of.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every sector, including the P2P lending market, which demonstrated a decrease in funding volumes during March and April.
The fintech industry has exploded with innovations in the past few years, thanks to technological advancements.
The Dutch startup Cobase came into the limelight back in late 2018 when it bagged an investment of €7.5 million from ING Ventures.
With lockdown restrictions partially lifting, things are getting back to the ‘new normal.’ While some businesses suffered due to the pandemic, others that were mostly cloud-based found increased demand for their services.
Ever since the widespread growth of the Internet service, the payment industry players have broken new ground with numerous developments.
In the recent development, the UK digital Bank, Starling Bank has raised an additional £40 million (approx €44.5 million) in funding led by existing backers, Harry McPike’s JTC and Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited.
With the current COVID-19 pandemic placing most people in lockdown and our increasing reliance on the internet, it is only natural that most services are now going online.