Africa
Africa: PayPal Commits $100 Million to Boost Startups Across Africa and the Middle East
Global payments giant PayPal has announced plans to invest $100 million in startups across Africa and the Middle East, in a move aimed ...
Global
Ukrainian Fintech Fintech-IT Group Achieves Unicorn Status with Backing from U.S. Investor
Ukraine’s fintech sector has marked a major milestone as Fintech-IT Group, the technology company powering one of the country’s most popular online banking ...
Gabon
Gabonese Startup POZI Raises €650,000 to Accelerate Smart Fleet Management Expansion Across Africa
Gabon-based logistics technology startup POZI has raised €650,000 in its first international venture funding round, marking a major milestone for the country’s emerging ...
Startup
Global: ECB Partners with AI Startup Feedzai to Strengthen Fraud Detection for Digital Euro
The European Central Bank (ECB) has selected Portugal-based artificial intelligence startup Feedzai to provide fraud detection and prevention capabilities for the upcoming digital ...
Startup
Global: Remitee Secures $20M Funding to Expand Embedded Remittance Solutions
Latin American fintech Remitee has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Krealo, with participation from Copec Wind Ventures, Soma Capital, ...
South Africa
SA: Street Wallet Acquires Tipping Startup Digitip to Drive Financial Inclusion for Informal Workers
South African fintech Street Wallet has announced the acquisition of Digitip, a tipping startup founded in 2023 to enable informal workers and service ...
Global
Global: WorkFusion Secures $45m to Scale AI Agents for Financial Crime Compliance
WorkFusion has raised $45 million to accelerate the deployment of its AI-powered compliance agents, designed to automate labor-intensive processes in financial crime compliance ...
Startup
Global: Saudi Fintech Hala Secures $157m to Expand MSME Financial Services
Saudi-based fintech Hala has raised $157 million in a funding round co-led by The Rise Fund and Sanabil Investments, with participation from a ...
South Africa
SA: Binance Pay Teams Up with Zapper to Boost Crypto Payments in South Africa
Binance Pay has strengthened its presence in South Africa through a new partnership with Zapper, one of the country’s leading QR-code payment providers. ...
Global
Global: Qbeast Secures $7.6M to Tackle Compute Inefficiency in Open Data Platforms
Barcelona-based data infrastructure startup, Qbeast, has raised $7.6 million in seed funding to accelerate development of its intelligent indexing platform designed to reduce ...
