Daily Fintech Newsletter | Mar. 29th
Hi!
In case you missed it, please see below today's most relevant fintech news.
All-in-one card FinTech Curve is tapping the NFT craze by auctioning five pieces of digital art for charity. A series of animated Curve branded figures will go under the virtual hammer as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), with online bids invited from all over the world. All proceeds will go to the Theatre Support Fund+, to support the struggling theatre community in London, which was devastated by the impact of Covid. Link here.
Payments infrastructure provider PPRO has topped up its latest $180 million funding round with an additional $90 million investment from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Eldridge. Link here.
On the heels of Jumio Corporation announcing a $150 million injection this week to continue building out its AI-based ID verification and anti-money laundering platform, another startup in the space is leveling up. Link here.
Seedrs' co-founder and chairman Jeff Lynn: "Following on our message about the CMA’s provisional findings yesterday, I wanted to share with you that we have agreed to terminate our merger with Crowdcube. Link here.
Fintech vendor Meniga has closed a €10 million investment round to meet surging demand for its new range of green financial products. Link here.
UK-based tech startup – swapi, allows people to swap their loyalty points between popular brands and has raised £350,000 in seed funding before the official launch in Autumn 2021. Link here.
Basiq, a financial API platform backed by Plaid, Westpac, Salesforce, and NAB has partnered with Personetics, the leading global provider of data-driven personalization and customer engagement solutions for financial institutions. Link here.
This ends my Daily Fintech Newsletter. Let me know if there are any questions or news/insights worth mentioning in the next newsletter. Until the next!
Regards,
Marcel van Oost
marcelvanoost.com
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