Oct 5 – Oct 11, 2026
What the fintech newsletters in this directory covered on VC & Funding that week — drawn from 11 posts across 5 newsletters, and nothing else.
Fintech Futures covered several funding and acquisition stories last week. It reported that Mynt locked in a $7bn valuation as its IPO opened to the public, and that Personio acquired spend management platform Circula. The newsletter also covered Capitolis raising $220m to fund its acquisition of eSecLending, and Generali's agreement to acquire a 9.9% stake in BCC for €150m.
Payments Wrap Up reported that OKX locked in a $25bn valuation, with fresh investment from Circle, QRT, Ripple, and Standard Chartered.
Connecting the Dots in FinTech focused heavily on MNT-Halan, covering both its sights on a $150M IPO and a separate $82M debt raise described as scaling Egypt's credit machine. The newsletter also covered OpenPayd's plans for a 2027 Nasdaq listing.
Sifted Fintech Newsletter reported that Spiko raised $90m in a Series B round backed by Index Ventures and Speedinvest, and separately covered a list of 12 Nordic fintech startups to watch, according to VCs. The Fintech Blueprint covered the subject of AI and machine payments, referencing Cloudflare's $200B opportunity in transactions priced at $0.30 at a time.
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