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Terrapay receives strategic equity investment from Visa a month after raising €91.74M

London-based TerraPay, a global payments infrastructure company, on Wednesday, May 10, announced a strategic equity investment from digital payments giant, Visa.  The announcement comes a couple of weeks after raising €91.74M in […]

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Stockholm-based Kreditz bags €10M from Ingka Investments, others to bring financial transparency: Know more

Image credits: Funtap/DepositPhotos Stockholm-based Kreditz, a credit information startup, announced on Wednesday, May 3, that it has secured €10M in equity capital from investors, including Ingka Investments and Creades.  Kreditz says it […]

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Sweden’s Bits Technology secures €4M to democratise financial tech services for everyone

Bits Technology co-founder (Left to Right) Jonatan Klintberg, Fredrik Eriksson, Robin Lantz | Image credit: Bits Technology Stockholm-based Bits Technology, a startup that aims to simplify and democratise financial tech services for […]

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European Payments Initiative acquires Dutch payment solution iDEAL: Know more

Image credits: Daniel Van Delft In an attempt to build a unique, European-grown instant payment solution, the European Payments Initiative (EPI), announced on Tuesday the acquisition of Dutch payment solution Currence iDEAL […]

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Amsterdam’s fintech unicorn Backbase achieves Carbon Neutral company certification: Know more

Image credits: Backbase Amsterdam-based Backbase, a fintech unicorn, announced on Monday that it has been certified as carbon neutral according to The CarbonNeutral Protocol, the leading global framework for carbon neutrality. In […]

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French fintech firm Mooncard bags €37M for its business expense management solution

Image credits: Mooncard Paris-based Mooncard, a fintech company, announced that it has raised €37M in a Series C round of funding.  The investment comes from Orange Ventures and Canadian fund Portage, and […]

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German fintech startup Monite raises €4.6M to help B2B platforms add new revenue streams

Image credits: Monite Berlin-based Monite, an API-first embedded finance workflows startup, announced on Monday, March 21, that it has secured $5M (approximately €4.6M) in a Seed round of funding led by Third […]

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UK’s Kingsway Capital backs Barcelona-based ID Finance in €30M round: Know more

Image credits: ID Finance Barcelona-based ID Finance, a fintech company, announced on Wednesday that it has raised €30M in equity led by UK-based asset manager Kingsway Capital.  After receiving a favourable review […]

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Germany’s fintech firm Raisin bags €60M ‘to make money perform better’ for everyone

Left to right: Dr Tamaz Georgadze (Founder), Katharina Lüth (Chief Client Officer & MD), Michael Stephan (Founder) and Dr Frank Freund (Founder) | Image credit: Raisin Berlin-based Raisin, a pan-European fintech marketplace […]

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Amsterdam regtech startup Fourthline raises €50M to fight financial crime using AI: Here’s how

Image credits: Fourthline Amsterdam-based Fourthline (previously Safened), a startup that provides AI-powered and compliant KYC and AML solutions, announced on Monday that it has raised €50M from Finch Capital and other new […]

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Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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