Identity verification company ID.me grabs $19m
Users and employee verification company ID.me has raised $19m in a Series B round from FTV Capital.
Autobooks snaps up $5.5m for SME accounting platform
SME accounting and payments software provider Autobooks has picked up $5.5m in a Series A venture round. Draper Triangle Ventures led the investment.
JP Morgan Chase buys tech behind failed CurrentC
JP Morgan Chase is ramping up its mobile payments offering through the acquisition of MCX’s payments technology.
Tax software Canopy closes new round with $20m
Tax professionals' software-maker Canopy has secured $20m in a Series B round of funding led by Pelion Venture Partners.
PayPal backs South Korean P2P app maker Viva Republic
Viva Republic has picked up $48m in Series C round that saw participation from PayPal. Viva Republic is the parent company of South Korean peer-to-peer payments app Toss.
Payments-as-a-service provider Dream Payments nabs $10m
Cloud payments service Dream Payments has raised $10m in a Series A round led by FairVentures - the innovation investing arm of Fairfax Financial Holdings.
GV backs cross-border payments service Currencycloud
Cross-border payments technology platform Currencycloud has picked up £20m from Alphabet’s venture arm GV (formerly Google Ventures).
Align Commerce rebrands to Veem, closes $24m
Blockchain-based cross-border payments service provider Align Commerce has picked up $24m and rebranded to Veem. National Australia Bank (NAB) Ventures led the Series B round.
Kraken gobbles up charting and trading platform Cryptowatch
Digital asset exchange Kraken has acquired charting and trading platform Cryptowatch in an undisclosed deal.
MYOB picks up Paycorp to expand payments power
Accounting software provider MYOB is expanding its payments capabilities with the acquisition of Paycorp for A$48m ($36m).
