Juniper Square, the pioneer of connected fund software and services for private markets, today announced it closed its Series D round and secured $130M in new funding led by Ribbit Capital, with significant strategic investment from Fifth Wall, and additional participation from Redpoint Ventures, HighSage Ventures, Blue Owl Capital and others.

Icon Solutions, the UK fintech enabling banks globally to design and implement state-of-the-art payment systems, has today announced a new equity investment from UBS. Icon has also secured additional funding from existing investors Citi and NatWest.

IG Group, the FTSE 250 online trading company, has partnered with Alloy, a leading identity and fraud prevention platform provider. The partnership enables IG to better achieve full regulatory compliance without impinging on the company’s capacity to provide a seamless customer experience and hit ambitious business growth objectives. 

Visa, a world leader in digital payments, and Pismo today jointly announced that the Nordic challenger bank Lunar will start Visa card processing with Pismo’s platform as the first bank in the Nordics.  The move to Pismo enables Lunar to develop and launch new products and solutions faster and more independently for their over one million private and business users across Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

Instapay Technologies Sdn Bhd announced the successful  completion of a Series A2 funding round of USD3Mn (MYR13 Mn). This round has been led by a  group of U.S. based family offices and saw continue participation from our existing investor ACA  Investments Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based Japanese investment firm, reaffirming their commitment  to Instapay’s vision and growth trajectory. 

Gen Alpha (the digital-first generation born 2010 onwards) isn't waiting to grow up before engaging with money — they're already making their mark on the world of digital finance. In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, new research from Mastercard shows that 94% of Gen Alpha children already have access to a financial account, while many hold digital wallets (58%), investment accounts (49%), and credit cards (48%).

Wise Platform, Wise’s global payment infrastructure for banks and global organisations, today announces its partnership with Lunar, one of the leading digital banks in the Nordics to bring fast, secure and transparent international payments to over one million users across the region. The partnership builds on a successful relationship, with Wise already leveraging Moonrise, Lunar’s modern banking infrastructure platform, for seamless local clearing and payments across Scandinavia. 

iPipeline®, a leading provider of comprehensive and integrated digital solutions for the life insurance, pensions, savings, and investment markets in the UK, has launched a groundbreaking enhancement to SolutionBuilder®. Advanced Underwriting will revolutionise the adviser experience, providing more precise premiums to initial protection quotes.