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Stockbroking app Freetrade has smashed through its latest crowdfunding target on Crowdcube to secure £1.1m in just 12 days.

Apis Growth Fund I closed at $287m, up from its $250m target and will invest in the growth markets of Africa and South Asia.

London-based automated savings app Oinky has raised $1m in seed funding from high-net-worth individuals across the finance and tech sectors.

Crypto and fiat currency banking platform Wirex Limited has raised $3m in Series A funding from Japanese financial services firm SBI Group.

UK challenger bank Atom Bank has raised a further £83m in equity capital. The round takes Atom’s total funding to £219m and values the Durham-based company at £261m.

London-based real estate investment platform BrickVest has raised half of its latest £4m funding round. The company took on £2m from angel investors.

Spanish banking giant BBVA is further increasing its stake in Durham, UK-based challenger bank Atom Bank as part of the company’s new £250m round.

Digital challenger bank Monzo has blasted through its £2.5m crowdfunding target in less than four hours of opening pre-registration for the campaign.

Financial agreement automation platform Dealflo has picked up £10m in a Series B round led Holtzbrinck Ventures. Existing backer Notion Capital also participated alongside Frog Capital.

The app-only bank has already closed £19.5m in a Series B round led by Thrive Capital and plans to raise a further £2.5m through crowdfunding.