The sixth edition of the Latin America Summit, the annual event organized by Brazilian payments fintech EBANX will be held for the first time outside of Brazil in Mexico City from September 12-15.

Highline Technologies, the payments fintech that unlocks payroll-linked lending and bill pay, announced today that it has successfully raised $13 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Jump Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Foundation Capital and other investors.

Kasisto, creators of KAI, the leading digital experience platform for the financial services industry, today announced a $15.5 million Series C extension, led in the United States by Fidelity Information Services, LLC (NYSE: FIS) and internationally by Westpac Banking Corporation (OTCMKTS: WEBNF), with participation from BankSouth. This brings the total Series C funding to $31 million. 

Finastra and FormFree^®, a market-leading fintech company that enables lenders to understand people’s true ability to pay (ATP®), have partnered to further streamline electronic borrower verification for mortgage lenders. FormFree’s AccountChek will integrate directly into Finastra’s Mortgagebot solutions to facilitate an automated asset, income and employment verification process that paves the way for faster loan decisioning.

Invesco, a global asset manager with $1.6 trillion of assets under management, has launched an investment fund focused on the metaverse.

The Invesco Metaverse Fund is an actively-managed equity investment vehicle, that will focus on what Invesco calls the 'metaverse value chain'.

The fund will be managed by Tony Roberts and James McDermottroe, both part of Invesco's UK-based Asia and emerging markets team.

Fluctuating markets require companies to have a granular level of visibility into their cash position and cash projection. Today, Coupa Software, a leader in Business Spend Management (BSM), announced Coupa Treasury innovations designed to help companies improve liquidity during uncertain economic times.

Equals Group PLC has partnered with Featurespace to embed the world-leading fraud prevent

Appital, the equity capital markets technology solution, and Turquoise, the pan-European MTF, majority owned by London Stock Exchange Group, have launched Appital Turquoise BookBuilder™. 

PassFort, A Moody’s Analytics Company that provides a SaaS RegTech platform that automates anti-financial crime and compliance processes, today announced that OneBanx the shared banking innovator has chosen to use PassFort’s Know Your Business (KYB) workflow solution to create a seamless onboarding experience for business customers.

FOO is an award-winning, B2B SaaS solution provider that has partnered with Paymentology, the global processor with true worldwide reach. By combining their technology and expertise, together they will provide an out-of-the-box Digital First Virtual Card Platform.