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UK specialist business lender Boost Capital has secured a £15m credit line from US investment firm Atalaya Capital Management.

SME lender Fleximize has secured a £16.3m financing facility from specialist investment fund Hadrian’s Wall Secured Investments.

Online property investment platform Holiday Crowd has raised £290,000 in a Seed round from angel investors.

Mastercard has been given the green light by regulators for its $920m acquisition of VocaLink.

Digital banking platform Meniga has picked up €7.5m in a round led by Nordic VC Industrifonden. Existing backers Velocity Capital, Frumtak Ventures and Kjolfesta also participated.

London and Tel Aviv-based venture firm 83North has closed a new fund with $250m. The fund is the firm’s fourth raised in 11 years and brings its total under management to $800m.

London-based VC Forward Partners has closed its new early stage fund with £60m. The firm counts peer-to-peer lending platform Zopa among its portfolio.

London-based VC firm Balderton Capital is setting out to raise its sixth fund, according to an SEC filing. No target is set for the fund with the firm previously raising $305m for its fifth fund in 2014.

Quint Group has secured £10m from Manchester-based Tosca Debt Capital to fund its recapitalisation. Quint Group operates a number of FinTech properties including MoneyGuru.com.

Challenger bank Monzo has wrapped up its latest funding haul with £22m after raising £2.5m in crowdfunding. The London-based attracted a record-breaking 6,5000 investors.