New York-based Coast, which offers a simple and smart way for companies in the United States to manage fuel and fleet spending, today announced it has raised $40 million in new Series B financing, led by ICONIQ Growth. The round included participation from existing investors Accel, Insight Partners, Vesey Ventures, and Avid Ventures, as well as new investors Thomvest.

Jifiti, a global embedded lending technology company, announced today the release of its Tap Now, Pay Later™ technology, which enables consumers and business customers to easily add their approved loan or credit funds into any digital wallet, including Apple Pay, via virtual card. The customer can then simply tap their mobile device to pay, as with a regular card transaction, at any point of sale. 

Entersekt, The Financial Authentication Company, announced today that it achieved unprecedented growth in its 2024 fiscal year, driven by the continued adoption of its innovative authentication solutions. Financial institutions worldwide are increasingly choosing Entersekt as their partner to fight digital banking account takeover (ATO) fraud and card-not-present (CNP) payment fraud.

Ecommpay merchants are already benefiting from reduced fraud and higher approval rates for their Card on File payments by leveraging network tokens for both online and in-app payments. Merchants can now enjoy the same benefits for customers that use the guest checkout option, as their card details are tokenized at the checkout with Click to Pay without needing to enter card details or be redirected elsewhere to complete the purchase.

Dopay, the rapidly growing fintech providing a digital payroll and payments platform serving unbanked and underbanked workers in emerging markets, announces the closing of a strategic $13.5 million Series A extension round. This funding milestone tops up a previous $18 million Series A funding round and marks a significant step in Dopay's mission to transform cash-based economies by digitizing payments and providing financial inclusion for millions of workers.

Aven, a technology company offering consumer credit cards backed by home equity, today announced a $142 million series D round of funding led by Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst, with participation from existing investors including Caffeinated Capital, Electric Capital, Founders Fund, and The General Partnership.

PEXX, an innovative fintech startup specialising in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, has successfully launched following a $4.5 million seed funding round. This funding will drive the development of PEXX’s stablecoin-to-fiat payment platform, aimed at transforming global currency transfers.

The past year has proven to be transformative for financial technology. Global venture funding into the fintech sector has declined sharply from the industry’s heyday in 2020 and 2021, and experts say the market is in a new normal, with valuations correcting from unsustainable highs.

Information Security (incl. Cyber), Third Party, Technology, Data Management, and External Fraud remain as the Top 5 ranked risks, with a continued increase in materiality scores in the last six months. The findings were published in the Top Risk Review report from ORX, the world’s largest operational risk association which works with over 125 banks and insurers globally. 

Steve Bishop, ORX's Director of Research and Information explains: