ModernFi announced today that it has closed an $18.7 million Series A funding round to bring its tech-forward platform to community and regional banks to help them grow, retain, and manage their deposits.

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Fenergo, the leading provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Transaction Monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), has appointed Andrew Brandman as Chief Customer Officer (CCO).

Adam Seale is joining as non-executive chair of Chip, one of the fastest-growing wealth management businesses in the UK.

He brings considerable experience to Chip at a time of significant growth, with the business growing assets under management by ten times in the last year, increasing from just under £300 million at the start of 2023, to over £3 billion today. Chip's revenue also increased 922% over last year and had its first profitable quarter in Q3 2023.

bluesheets, a Singapore-based AI automation software company, has raised US$6.5M in a Series A funding round. As reported in Forbes, the investment, led by Illuminate Financial will be instrumental in advancing bluesheets' proprietary AI capabilities, propelling them to help more clients digitize and automate their processes to stay competitive in the era of AI.

HeavyFinance, a leading climate tech investment marketplace, has successfully financed €50 million in agricultural loans across Europe. This significant sum has been allocated across the current markets where HeavyFinance operates, including Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Portugal.

Paymob, the leading financial services enabler in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENA-P), has announced a partnership with Mastercard to accelerate digital payment acceptance across the MENA region.

R3, the enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) and services firm, has launched R3 Digital Markets.

Leading account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure provider, 

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, today announced its entry into the subscription service model with the launch of Klarna Plus, issued by WebBank, now available to eligible US consumers through the Klarna app for a monthly fee of $7.99.  Klarna Plus allows members to maximize their Klarna experience through access to a variety of features and offers, including waived service fees on Klarna’s One Time Card product, double rewards points, and