The transaction is the most recent for the award winning fintech and financial inclusion investment banking franchise of Verdant Capital (www.Verdant-Cap.com). Partech Africa, a member of the Partech Group, a leading global technology venture capital fund, and Enza Capital invested in the USD 3.6 million extension round - agreed and structured in 2020 - bringing the total Series A volume to USD 9.9 million.

Following the launch of MultiPay Global Solutions, to help large merchants gain control and flexibility of their payments, MultiPay Group is bringing the same couture experience and ability to accept any payment, anywhere, to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).

Trov (www.trov.com), a global leader in embedded insurance, is continuing to expand its presence in the UK market, enabling brands to offer digital insurance products to their customers and tap additional revenue streams. With an initial focus on renters insurance distributed by proptechs, fintechs, retailers, and utilities, Trov announces a new wave of consumer brands that will offer digital insurance powered by its innovative technology, including Love to Rent, OpenBrix, Moovshack, Utilita and Movinghub.

BrightPay, the leading payroll software provider, has today announced it has partnered with the FinTech Modulr to offer a fast, secure and easy way to make payments part of payroll.

Powered by Modulr’s direct access to critical payments infrastructure, the integration will enable BrightPay to enhance their current software with a seamless and secure way for users to make payments at the same time as running payroll.

The strategic partnership will see IXOPAY and Vyne provide clients with a payment solution that enables them to connect to the most relevant payment methods for the markets they sell in. Clients will have access to “direct from account” payments from across Europe with just one connection.

Sentenial Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Sentenial”), and its Open Banking brand Nuapay, have been an early mover in the emerging Open Banking and Account-2-Account (“A2A”) payments sector in Europe. The acquisition broadens the EML product suite and positions EML to be able to take advantage of rapid scale growth in the Open Banking sector in Europe and to expand the capability across all regions.

Pan-African fintech leader MFS Africa has today announced that it now reaches over 320 million mobile money wallets. enabling a range of banks, telcos, money transfer operators, and other financial institutions interoperability at scale in Africa through a single integration point. Based on the 2021 State of the Industry report on Mobile Money released by the GSMA, this means that the company covers 60% of all mobile money wallets in sub-Saharan Africa.

SoFi announced today that transparent, competitive, and personalized auto loan refinancing offers are now available through Lantern, the financial services product comparison site owned and operated by SoFi, the digital personal finance company. SoFi launches auto loan refinancing in partnership with MotoRefi – an auto fintech startup on a mission to help people save money on their auto loans – to combine selection, speed, and convenience through its network of trusted lenders.

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