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G+D: Navigating the Future of Fintech Agility and Innovation

At Money20/20 Europe 2026, Philippe Serres Chief Sales Officer at Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) outlines how they […]

TBC Bank Uzbekistan Secures $12.5 Million from Dutch Impact Investor Triple Jump

TBC Bank Uzbekistan (TBC UZ), the country’s largest digital bank, announces today it has secured $12.5 million from Dutch impact investor Triple Jump to further diversify its funding base and increase financial inclusion in Uzbekistan by accelerating the roll out of the bank’s new SME Lending product.

Finom Raises €115 Million Series C to Fuel European Expansion

Finom, the European digital financial services platform for entrepreneurs and SMEs, today announced it has closed a €115 million Series C funding round led by AVP (previously AXA Venture Partners), with participation from new investor Headline Growth and existing investors General Catalyst, Northzone, and Cogito Capital.

OpenFX Raises $23M in Initial Funding to Revolutionize Cross-Border Payments with Real-Time FX Settlement Capabilities

OpenFX, the FX infrastructure company revolutionizing cross-border payments, today announced its emergence from stealth with $23 million in funding led by Accel, with participation from NFX, Lightspeed Faction, Castle Island Ventures, Flybridge, Hash3 and strategic fintech investors. This milestone follows the company's unprecedented growth from $0 to $10 billion in annualized transaction volume in under 12 months since its stealth launch in early 2024.

Extend Raises $17 Million to Build the Document Processing Cloud

Extend, the leading AI-native document processing platform, today announced $17 million in seed and Series A funding.

Salmon Raises $88 Million to Grow Its Business in the Philippines

Salmon completed an $88MM fundraise to double down on its commitment to bring cutting-edge fintech and simplify access to credit across Southeast Asia.

Octane Secures $5.2M to Transform Fleet Payments Across MENA

Octane, Egypt’s leading digital platform for fleet and on-road expense management, has raised US $5.2 million in a funding round led by Shorooq, Algebra Ventures and Elsewedy Capital Holding.

Fintech Startup Aspora Secures $53 Million in Series B to Transform Banking for Global Indians

Aspora, a fintech company committed to reimagining banking for immigrants, has announced the successful raise of $53 million in Series B funding, co-led by Sequoia and Greylock, with Quantum Light Ventures also contributing to the round.

Vistra Strengthens U.S. Fund Solutions Team With Strategic Hires, Signaling Continued Growth and Investment in North America

Vistra, a leading global provider of essential business services, today announced three new VP appointments to its U.S. Funds Solutions team – Alex McGillivary, Ira Schnell, and Vincent Rupp.

GrailPay Raises $6.7M to Build the Risk and Intelligence Layer for Bank Payments

GrailPay announced $6.7 million in funding to expand its suite of tools that make ACH transactions safer, smarter, and faster

Payrails Raises $32m Series A to Help Global Enterprises Maximize Payment Performance

Payrails has raised $32 million in Series A funding to further its mission of enabling enterprises to take control of their payment operations

Farsight Raises $16M in Funding, Announces Series A to Automate Financial Workflows and Decision-Making

Farsight, the pioneering technology company transforming workflows and insights at financial institutions, today announced its Series A fundraise and $16M in capital raised. Working with leading firms across investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, and wealth management, Farsight empowers companies to automate and customize workflows, seamlessly add integrations, and develop bespoke features tailored to their enterprise-specific challenges.

This round was led by SignalFire, with participation from RRE Ventures, Link Ventures and K5 Ventures as well as contributions from many strategic angel investors at firms including Blackstone, Oaktree, Searchlight, Bank of America and more. The funding will be used to continue advancing Farsight's industry-leading solution and rapidly scale its team, while expanding its network of partners and customers.

Co-founded by MIT graduates Samir DuttaNoah Faro, and Kunal Tangri, Farsight is reimagining how financial institutions operate—tackling not just inefficiency, but enabling sharper execution and unlocking new business opportunities. Although some estimates show that over 40% of finance tasks could be automated, many junior and mid-level employees continue spending time on manual, repetitive work. This inefficiency delays the creation of valuable insights and prevents teams from focusing on strategic decision-making.

"Finance has been trapped in an endless cycle of inefficient processes that waste billions annually and contribute to high employee turnover," said Samir Dutta, Co-Founder and CEO of Farsight. "At Farsight, we're solving a systemic problem—not just by automating tasks like CIM generation and DCF modeling to boost productivity and accuracy, but by empowering teams to execute faster, seize more opportunities, and bring more strategic value to the table. By freeing talent from the drudgery of manual work and surfacing new actionable ideas, we enable firms to operate with greater agility, win more deals, and scale intelligently."

Farsight's technology stands apart due to its ability to execute complex workflows directly within the existing behavior patterns of users. The outcomes speak for themselves: in 2024, Farsight experienced record growth, with revenue increasing tenfold and the customer roster expanding 5x.

"As recovering investment bankers ourselves, we immediately saw the power of Farsight to save countless all-nighters," said Wayne Hu, Partner at SignalFire. "Samir, Noah, and Kunal combine a unique blend of AI, security and trust, and deep user empathy themselves to build the end to end workflow, datasets, and controls needed to actually bridge the last mile problem for analysts across the finance sector and generate the self-reinforcing feedback loops to continually improve."

Sedric Partners with HSBC Innovation Banking to Accelerate Global Growth

Sedric announced it has secured a strategic venture loan from HSBC Innovation Banking

Global Investors Gather at London’s Guildhall to Rethink the Emerging Markets Narrative

On Thursday 5 June, Aubrey Capital Management (“Aubrey”) and LarrainVial hosted a high-level investment seminar in London, bringing together investment professionals, economists, policymakers and clients to examine how shifting global power dynamics are reshaping the investment opportunity in Emerging Markets.

Noah: Wiring the World for the Stablecoin Revolution with $22m Seed Funding

The future of global finance is being rewritten. Today, Noah announces a $22 million Seed funding round to build the definitive infrastructure for the burgeoning Stablecoin Revolution. Its mission: to forge a truly global, payment network so intuitive and inclusive that sending money across borders is as easy as sending a text.

Nova Talent Raises €3.2M Led by CDP Venture Capital to Fuel International Expansion and Develop Its AI-powered Platform

Nova, the global professional network where access is based on merit and talent, has raised €3.2 million in a funding round led by CDP Venture Capital, through the ServiceTech segment of its Corporate Partners I Fund. The round also saw participation from BY Venture Partners and angel investors from the Doha Tech Angels network. This fund will support Nova’s international expansion and growth, strengthen its operations in Italy and abroad, and accelerate the development of its technology, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence.

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