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French fintech Pennylane raises €175M

Paris-based fintech Pennylane has just pulled off one of Europe’s most noteworthy funding rounds of the year, announcing €175 million in new capital to accelerate its push into artificial intelligence and expand its footprint across the continent. The round was led by growth investor TCV, with participation from Blackstone Growth and a group of existing backers that includes Sequoia Capital, DST Global, CapitalG and Meritech Capital.  What makes this raise stand out isn’t just the size of the cheque, though €175 million is hard to ignore in a selective funding market, but the strategic timing and purpose behind it. Pennylane…This story continues at The Next Web [...]

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Fintech startup LemFi raises $53M to help immigrants send money back home

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Paymentology raises $175m co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners

Paymentology, the London-based global issuer-processor, has raised $175m in a round co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners, the company said on Tuesday. Apis invested through its Apis Growth Fu [...]

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Behavox raises $175 million from BlackRock’s HPS to expand its AI compliance platform

Behavox has raised $175 million in preferred equity from HPS Investment Partners, the private credit firm that BlackRock acquired for $12 billion last year. The funding will go toward expanding Beha [...]

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CFPB fines Block $175m over Cash App's lax fraud controls

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Opinion: Europe can regulate its way to a better fintech future

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Allica Bank joins the fintech unicorn club after $155M Series D round

London-based digital challenger bank Allica Bank has officially crossed the unicorn threshold after closing a $155 million Series D funding round that valued the company at around $1.2 billion. This p [...]

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Italian fintech unicorn Satispay reportedly plans €120M raise to push into stock trading

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DOJ refuses to help French authorities in criminal probe of X

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Samsung Bespoke Fridge with AI review: All the bells and whistles

At their core, refrigerators are relatively simple devices. If you're the type of person to view every extra feature as a component that could potentially go wrong, basic iceboxes are probably th [...]

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