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Indonesia’s Ayoconnect Raises $13 Million Series B+ Led by SIG Venture Capital
The new funding will enable Ayoconnect to continue building out a leadership team, and to invest in product and technology development.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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Southeast Asia’s Fintech Fazz Finalizes $100 Million Series C Round Led by Tiger Global
Southeast Asia’s Fintech platform Fazz, a business account for companies of all sizes, recently secured $100 million via Series C funding.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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BNPL Firm BillEase Raises $20 Million to Bolster Financial Inclusion for Filipinos
BillEase, one of the fastest-growing consumer finance apps in the Philippines, has announced that it has raised $20 million.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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South Africa Becomes First African Nation to Get Google Wallet
South Africa's rising trend of contactless payments has been given another boost with search giant Google launching its Google Wallet service.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Wave Rose to Become Francophone Africa’s First Unicorn
The digital financial company erased the old ways of sending and receiving money and came up with an easier and cheaper method.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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DEUNA Enters Latin America’s Crowded One-Click Checkout Sector Flush With $37 Million
DEUNA provides a payments infrastructure that integrates with major payment providers and alternative payment methods.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Indonesia’s Flip Raises $55 Million in Second Series B Round Led by Tencent
Flip, an Indonesia-based consumer payments platform, announced a Series B funding round led by Tencent, with participation from Block, Inc. and existing investor Insight Partners.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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Airtel Africa, Others Receive Notice to Pay About $180 Million to Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered mobile phone firms operating in the African country to pay a charge of almost $180 million every year.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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