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Noah, the stablecoin payments infrastructure provider, has closed its seed funding round at $38 million following the raise of an additional $16 million from existing and new investors. The raise follows strong growth that has seen revenues surge by 538% during year-to-date 2026 compared to the same period 2025, with recurring monthly growth of 31%. Noah has also signed over 150…
Fime today announces the acquisition of Red Alert Labs, taking a further step in its strategy to become a global Digital Trust Provider. The acquisition adds cybersecurity evaluation, certification expertise and compliance automation to Fime’s established capabilities across payments, smart mobility and digital identity. As digital ecosystems become increasingly interconnected, trust can no longer be addressed in…
Mollie today announced it has completed its acquisition of GoCardless, a global leader in bank payments. Together, the two companies are trusted by more than 350,000 businesses across 30+ markets. Koen Köppen, CEO of Mollie, leads the group. GoCardless will continue to operate as ‘GoCardless, a Mollie company’ under co-founder Hiroki Takeuchi, reflecting the strategic…
Visa (NYSE: V) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioCatch, a leading provider of behavioral-first, multi-signal fraud intelligence, from funds advised by Permira and other shareholders for $2.4 billion in cash. The acquisition of BioCatch complements Visa’s existing cyber, fraud, risk and security solutions and is expected to help clients better protect…
Licuido, a tokenization solution and FCA-regulated trading platform for digital ownership and asset liquidity, today announces a strategic investment from Ripple to scale its operations and support the development of digital capital markets infrastructure on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). Global capital markets are built on infrastructure that predates the rise of institutional-grade digital assets. Issuers, investors and…
Cordant today emerged from stealth with $8 million in seed funding co-led by Motive Partners and Oak HC/FT. Cordant is a command center for payments companies, fintechs and banks operating across fragmented financial infrastructure. The platform ingests signals from payment rails, bank accounts, ledgers, compliance and risk systems, and normalizes them into a shared event…
BR-DGE, the high-growth payments technology company, has secured a £10m funding round, along with a new growth investor, as it executes its international growth strategy. The company has seen a 15x increase in platform volumes in under two years, with transactions set to exceed 100 million per month by year-end. Having established a leadership position…
Airwallex, a leading global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced it has raised $320 million in Series H funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $11 billion, up from its $8 billion valuation in December 2025. The round was led by returning investor Addition, with participation from Baillie Gifford, Hummingbird, QED Investors, T….
Optiak, the modular operating system for enterprise AI, has announced a €4 million (approximately $4.7 million) pre-seed funding round led by Market One Capital, Next Tier Ventures, EA Ventures Plug and Play EMEA Fund and Mission. The round is also backed by investors linked to giants such as SpaceX, Amazon, Stripe, Crowdstrike, or Databricks, making…
AlphaSense, the AI platform redefining market intelligence for the business and financial world, today announced the close of a $350 million funding round valuing the company at $7.5 billion – nearly double its most recent $4 billion valuation and bringing its total funding to well over $1 billion. This new financing follows AlphaSense’s rapid enterprise adoption and strong…
Primer today announces a $100 million Series C funding round, as it continues to build the AI-enabled operating layer for global payments and finance. The round is led by Sofina, with participation from Peak XV Partners, and continued backing from all existing investors, including Balderton, Accel, ICONIQ, Tencent, and Speedinvest. You can’t build intelligent payments…
bunch, the AI-native fund operations platform for private markets, today announced the close of its $35 million Series B. The round was led by Portage, with participation from Illuminate Financial, significant follow-on investment from existing investors Motive Partners, Cherry Ventures, and Fintech Collective and additional angel investors. The funding will be used to accelerate commercial growth across Europe, deepen…
