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Amsterdam FinTech Startup Expands Across Europe

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Amsterdam FinTech startup bunq is expanding into 22 additional countries after successful launches in Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Ireland and Belgium, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Oct. The bunq Travel Card is a Mastercard without any foreign exchange fee, and bunq offers a true exchange rate on purchases in foreign currencies.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Next Insurance Aims To Raise $250M In Funding; FLEETCOR Agrees To Purchase AFEX

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In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Next Insurance is aiming to raise new capital that would value the FinTech startup at $2.25 billion, and FLEETCOR has come to an arrangement to purchase cross-border payment company Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX).

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YES BANK Caters To India’s Startups With Government Partner

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India’s YES BANK is rolling out new financial services for startups across the country through a partnership with Kerala Startup Mission , a government initiative to support entrepreneurs. The bank works with the Credit Guarantee scheme for Stand Up India to provide financing to startups.

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FinTech Revolut’s Losses Triple As Customer Base Grows

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Founded in 2015, Revolut began by offering prepaid debit cards that allowed users to avoid foreign exchange fees while traveling abroad. The FinTech’s app-based bank accounts allow customers to send and receive money and use other consumer-oriented features. The FinTech has since expanded to offer business banking.

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Banking-as-a-Service Tops This Week's B2B VC Roundup

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But it was a Banking-as-a-Service company that led the roundup this time, with one startup looking to expand into Credit Cards-as-a-Service with its latest investment. Osome connects small and medium-sized businesses to a digital business assistant app to automate accounting, payroll and tax compliance workflows. and Hong Kong.

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Teen-Focused Digital Bank Pixpay Raises $3.4M

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French startup Pixpay is the first challenger bank to cater to teens, offering a debit Mastercard for cashless payments, news outlets reported on Friday (Nov. A Pixpay account can be opened by anyone 10 years old or above, and both parents and children can download the app together. The startup has raised $3.4 million (€3.1

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TransferWise Teams With Alipay For Money Transfers In China

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Founded in 2011 by Estonian friends Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus, the startup set out to make foreign exchange fees more transparent. The startup has raised a total of $772.7 that also included a TransferWise Borderless multicurrency account. . TransferWise has a valuation of $3.5