Fintech funding deals globally 26 April – 2 May 2021
Featuring Brex, Paxos, Vena, Greenlight, and Current.
Current
Greenlight, Step and Current land “kids banking” industry collective $580m
Greenlight, Current, and Step all began with basic card-based offerings.
New York challenger Current lands $131m in Series C funding round
The capital will go towards Current’s product offerings.
Current’s new adult bank account sees strong growth
The challenger banking service started as a prepaid teen card.
Startup Enters Teen Market Touting Budgeting Tools, Parental Controls, Charitable Giving
Current, a startup comprised of a small team of New York-based fintech entrepreneurs, has launched a prepaid card program and mobile app for kids and parents that goes beyond dispensing allowances
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Aussie ID and fraud prevention platform FrankieOne nets $15m Series A round The platform connects over 350 vendors… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@AsiaDigitalBank partners Bianjie for blockchain-powered #digital #banking The bank’s new digital infrastructure… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Bond trading #fintech @trumid secures $208m in financing to fuel growth Cash will be used for #technology developm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Embedded finance platform @AlviereFT lands $70m in funding New York-based #fintech start-up raised the cash across… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
A soundbite from our latest podcast with Henrik Rosvall, CEO and founder of Scandinavian digital Banking-as-a-Servi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@n26 raises $900m in new funding to reach $9bn valuation The eight-year-old German start-up is now valued at $9 b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…