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Amazon, Meta Join Fight to End Google Pay, PhonePe Dominance in India
PhonePe and Google Pay combined accounted for roughly 80% of the 22.6 billion transactions on the UPI network in March, data from NPCI shows.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Latin America’s Digital Bank Plata Secures $405 Million in Series C Funding, Reaching $5B Valuation
Previously focused on credit cards, the platform has now introduced deposit accounts and debit cards, delivering comprehensive digital banking solutions to Mexican consumers for the first time.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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The Modern Data Company and Bajaj Tech.AI Partner to Deliver Data and AI Solutions Across US and India Financial Services
Through this collaboration, Bajaj Tech.AI will integrate DataOS into its financial services transformation programs, enabling clients to accelerate data platform modernization and reduce time to value while operationalizing AI use cases at scale.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Flutterwave Secures Nigerian Banking License to Accelerate Payment Efficiency
By securing this banking license, Flutterwave gains greater control over how funds move within its ecosystem, including the ability to hold deposits and manage financial flows across its platform.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UnblockPay Raises $4.5 Million Seed Round Led by Prelude
UnblockPay builds infrastructure that allows financial institutions to process cross-border payments using stablecoins.
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- Finance
- Region
- Latin America
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Kenya’s 4G Capital Secures $2 Million Funding to Expand Financial Inclusion Across East Africa
Founded in 2013, 4G Capital blends human customer service with advanced digital technology to deliver small working capital loans and customised business training to micro enterprises that are excluded from the formal financial system.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- financial inclusion, fintech, innovation, lending, MSMEs, scale, startups
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Tazapay Raises $36 Million in Total Series B Funding to Scale Next-Generation Payment Rails Globally; Circle Ventures Leads Extension
The extension reflects investor alignment around Tazapay's regulated, last-mile infrastructure, which harnesses modern digital settlement technology to power cross-border payments for businesses operating across emerging markets — replacing legacy banking rails with faster, more capital-efficient alternatives.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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South Africa’s Hlayisani Capital Launches 2nd Fund with Initial $29.9 Million in Commitments
It offers strategic support and capital to high-growth, highly scalable SMEs with a proven track record, and specialises in growing these SMEs into large, successful enterprises that operate across multiple territories, create jobs and generate export revenue domestically.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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