30 FinTech rounds from last week you cannot afford to miss
What do the 30 FinTech funding rounds from last week tell us about the state of the industry?
Hong Kong businesses fail to provide cybersecurity training for remote workers
While 79% of Hong Kong companies have started to offer remote working opportunities in the past six months, only 30% have provided cybersecurity training to cover the new working environment, new research reveals.
Visa’s acquisition of Plaid could be in jeopardy due to antitrust concerns
Visa bought Plaid January in a $5.3bn deal, but now fears about it creating a monopoly situation could make regulators put a stop to the deal.
Bahrain opens new FinTech lab FinHub 973 to boost the sector in the region
The Central Bank of Bahrain has launched the first FinTech lab in the region – FinHub 973.
DataFleets bags $4.5m in seed capital
DataFleets has picked up $4.5m in new funding to further its efforts to enable databases to be accessed without companies running the risk of their data being compromised.
Thoma Bravo collects $22.8bn in new raise for three funds
Private-equity firm Thoma Bravo has raised $22.8bn to three tech-focused funds, making it one of the largest fundraising hauls ever, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Nordic challenger banks and cybersecurity firms were among the 33 FinTech rounds raised last...
These 33 FinTech funding rounds from last week highlight the rise of Scandi challenger banks, the importance of cybersecurity and how competition in the buy now, pay later space is heating up.
User info leaked as e-commerce site tretti.se owner hacked
Swedish e-commerce company tretti.se's owner Whiteaway Group has seen confidential customer information being compromised in a ransomware attack.
British Patient Capital commits to adding $35m to Evolution Equity Partners’ new $250m cybersecurity...
British Patient Capital has committed to adding $35m to The Evolution Technology Fund II, which is aiming for a final $250m close to support cybersecurity and enterprise software startups.
Kik Interactive fined $5m for unlawful tokens sale
Chat app developer Kik Interactive has entered into a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the unlawful sale tokens in 2017 and has agreed to pay $5m in fines.
