Transfast lands $40m credit facility from Comvest Partners
Cross-border payment provider Transfast has picked up a $40m credit facility from investment firm Comvest Partners.
SatoshiPay grabs £700,000 for bitcoin micropayments
Bitcoin-based nanopayments solution SatoshiPay has raised £700,000 in a new round led by Blue Star Capital.
Swedish mobile POS iZettle picks up another €60m
Swedish mobile point-of-sale (POS) payments firm iZettle has raised another €60m in a round made up of debt and equity from existing backers.
Kalixa Payments bought for £30m by Singapore investor
GVC Holding is selling Kalixa Payments Group and its subsidiaries to privately held payments operator and investment firm Senjō Group for $30m.
Ex-Google payments head joins Wells Fargo’s Innovation Group
Peggy Mangot, who used to head up Google’s partnership management, payments & commerce division, has joined Wells Fargo’s innovation group.
Payfone picks up $23.5m for mobile verification
Mobile identify authentication startup Payfone has raised $23.5m in a Series E round of funding led by BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partner.
Payspan lands backing from private equity firm Primus
Healthcare payments automation and reimbursement company Payspan has secured a new investment from private equity firm Primus Capital.
HR and payroll platform Namely adds $50m to Series D round
SaaS HR firm Namely is adding another $50m to its Series D bringing the round’s total to $80m. The investment was led by Altimeter Capital and Scale Venture Partners.
BitPagos rebrands to Ripio on back of $2.3m round
Argentinian bitcoin startup BitPagos has raised $2.3m in a Series A round led by recently-established Chinese blockchain fund Huiyin Blockchain Venture (HBV).
Mobile payments and services startup instantPay picks up $5m
Indian mobile payments and financial services startup instantPay has raised about $5m in a pre-Series A round of funding. The capital comes from RB Investments and Kaleden Holdings.
