TrueLayer, the leading technology company building financial infrastructure that’s open to any business, anywhere in the world, today announced it has secured an additional $25 million in funding, under its Series C.

The round included participation from existing investors, including Anthemis, Connect Ventures, Northzone and Temasek, and brings the total raised by TrueLayer to date to $72 million.

TrueLayer, founded in 2016, became one of the first UK companies to be authorised and registered as a payment institution by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide account information and payment initiation services under Open Banking and PSD2. Today, it accounts for more than half of all Open Banking traffic in the UK.

The raise is TrueLayer’s latest milestone during 2020, with the company broadening its services to France, Italy, and Spain, and partnering with companies including Revolut, Nutmeg, and Freetrade to deliver open banking capabilities to millions of customers across Europe. 

TrueLayer has continued to invest in its platform, including the launch of its Insights API that automates data analysis to identify patterns and trends, and help firms build a more accurate picture of their users financial behaviours. In June, the company’s payments API was approved by the UK Government’s Crown Commercial Service, removing the need for credit or debit cards to support faster and cheaper payments within the public sector.

The firm has opened an office in Milan and scaled its commercial, design and engineering teams to meet demand for its open banking platform. TrueLayer has also seen the use of Payment Initiation, enabled by its Payments API, grow 832% between March and July as consumers paid for goods and services online during lockdown.

Francesco Simoneschi, CEO and co-Founder of TrueLayer, commented: “Our vision when we founded TrueLayer, where Open Banking is the default pipe to move money, instantly and safely, is becoming reality. This raise will help us on that journey to open up financial infrastructure, and enable access in new geographies and across new industries.

It is an exciting time as TrueLayer continues to grow. We’re expanding our engineering, design and commercial talent, and gaining new clients in banking, wealth management, trading and iGaming.

However, there’s still much more to achieve to ensure payments are fast, secure and cost effective for everyone, everywhere. With the interest we are seeing in our platform outside of traditional financial services, TrueLayer can become a driving force that supports any organisation to foster financial innovation, and introduce services that remove barriers to inclusion and reduce friction for customers.

We are delighted and incredibly proud to team up again with such high profile global organisations and investors. It is critical for us to have partners that are aligned with our long term strategy. A big thank you goes to our incredible team and to our valued customers.”