VC & Funding

Fintech Futures was the most active publisher in this set, covering a wide range of funding and M&A activity. It reported that Tradeweb is to acquire electronic credit trading platform Trumid for $1.97bn, and that LSEG is to acquire Octus in a $3.5bn all-cash deal. The newsletter also covered Kort's agreement to acquire fellow Canadian paytech AptPay, as well as a leadership change with David Jenkins appointed as new CFO at Griffin. On the funding side, Fintech Futures reported that UK fintech Hyperlayer bagged £19.5m in a Series A2 funding round, and that Prism Data landed $20m in Series A funding to scale its cashflow underwriting platform. It also published a round-up of fintech funding news covering Mural, ScribeUp, Vrtx, and other companies.

Banking Dive Newsletter covered two separate items: Cross River's agreement to acquire customer-loyalty specialist Accrue, and recurring bill service ScribeUp raising $13M. Connecting the Dots in FinTech reported on Salmon raising $140 million to expand lending in the Philippines, and on Bridgit surpassing $1.7 billion in funding as demand for home equity grows.

Sifted Fintech Newsletter covered reports that Starling founder Anne Boden sold her final stake at a cut-price £1.7bn valuation. Payments Wrap Up reported that Binance.US is seeking $100 million to expand its crypto business. Net Interest published a piece titled Capital Wars, without further detail provided in the title.

Fintech Next addressed startup visibility, publishing a piece on free places to get a fintech startup noticed without spending on ads.