San Francisco based fiat and stablecoin payment network raised $5.5m in Seed funding led by Village Global.

London based instant payments and verification company raised $12M in growth funding led by Discerning Capital.

Manchester England based automated payment platform for marketplaces and digital platforms raised $7.3m in Series A funding led by EdenBase.

Egypt based payment orchestration platform raised $5.2m in Seed funding led by Flourish Ventures.

London based one-click payment startup raised $6m in Seed funding led by United Ventures.

Netherlands based payment infrastructure as a service provider raised €3m in new funding led by Alstin Capital.

Stripe, a closely-watched IPO candidate, will buy back employee shares using its own cash, not outside sources. 

New York based loyalty program Bilt raised $150m in funding led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Growth.

Colombia based cross-border payment and stablecoin conversion startup raised $3.6m in Seed funding led by Volt Capital.

Stockholm based retail operations and payments platform raised $1.5m in new funding led by SKEL.

Delaware based payment intelligence infrastructure company raised $34m in Series A funding led by Arbor Ventures.

UK based payment operations automation firm raised $6m in Seed funding led by CRV.

Mumbai based education-focused fintech company raised $31m in Series B funding led by QED Investors and Aavishkaar Capital.

Saudi based payment platform for restaurants raised $170m in Series C funding led by Prosus and Sanabil Investments.

L.A. based payment and credit platform for food industry management raised $4m in Seed funding led by Crossbeam Venture Partners.

Mercado Pago is the first company with a payment transaction initiator (ITP) license to have the service operational. This figure was...