4/11/2025 12:52:09 PM Trump Threats Send Migrants Scrambling to Get Cash Out of the US By Gareth Jones Amid Trump’s deportation threats, remittances to Central America have surged: Guatemala saw $2B in March (+19% YoY), Honduras $1.6B...
10/4/2024 4:18:29 PM Zepz raises $267m in growth funding By Cristobal de Atucha London based money transfer service raised $267m in growth funding led by Accel.
7/9/2024 3:33:43 PM Nala raises $40m in Series A funding By FinTech Collective Kenya based remittance and B2B payments startup raised $40m in Series A funding led by Acrew Capital.
5/29/2024 1:09:34 PM Félix Pago raises $15.5m in Series A funding By FinTech Collective Miami based remittance startup raised $15.5m in Series A funding led by Castle Island Ventures.
9/7/2023 2:57:53 PM Kotani Pay raises $2m in pre-Seed funding By Samantha Wulfson Nairobi based crypto payments focused on remittances raised $2m in pre-Seed funding led by P1 Ventures.
8/7/2023 9:33:19 PM Rising money flows, fueled by record migration, prop up autocrats By FinTech Collective More people than ever are migrating worldwide, with millions of people sending home record amounts of cash that fund small businesses in...
7/10/2023 7:57:35 PM U Fintech Hub raises $4m in new funding By Louden Richason South Korea based global remittance platform raised $4m in new funding led by Forest Partners.
7/5/2023 5:45:43 PM Abound raises $10m in new funding By FinTech Collective San Francisco based app powering remittances to India raised $10m in new funding led by The Times Group.
11/18/2022 4:31:24 PM Flutterwave launches $endmobile app By Samantha Wulfson The new app facilitates faster and easier transfer of funds from the diaspora to the African continent. Flutterwave also signed Tobi...
9/21/2022 11:54:56 PM Monese raises $35m in growth funding By Samantha Wulfson London based digital banking and remittance company raised $35m in growth funding led by HSBC.
3/10/2022 1:16:37 PM Yep! raises $2m in Pre-seed funding By Samantha Wulfson Nigeria based digital banking company raised $2m in Pre-seed funding led by Greenhouse Capital.
3/10/2022 1:10:09 PM Atlantic Money raises $5m in Seed funding By Samantha Wulfson London based money transfer company raised $5m in seed funding led by Amplo and Ribbit Capital.
8/18/2021 2:23:57 PM Remittance fintech companies herald a payments revolution By Sarah Wolter Fintech start-ups are finally getting traction in their mission to disrupt banking. Remittances — defined as smaller cross-border...
7/23/2021 12:53:56 PM Visa acquires Currencycloud, which makes APIs for remittances and currency transfers, in a $963m deal By FinTech Collective Visa acquired Currencycloud for $963m. To date, Currencycloud had raised c. $188m and was a leading provider of API-enabled cross...
7/1/2021 11:17:45 PM Paris-based Monisnap raises €10m to boost its money transfer services for ‘unbanked’ communities By FinTech Collective France based remittance provider for "unbanked" communitied raised €10m in Series A funding led by Serena.
6/25/2021 2:29:45 PM Taptap Send gets $13.4m for a no-fee money transfer service aimed at price-conscious emerging market users By FinTech Collective UK based mobile money transfer service raised $13.4m in Series A funding co-led by Canaan Partners and Reid Hoffman.