Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today:
- The First All-Fintech Megadeal: Square is Buying Afterpay – LendAcademy
- HSBC launches VC investment strategy to tap into lucrative fintech pool – altfi
- Rapyd raises $300m in Series E funding round – Fintech Futures
- HSBC Asset Management creates specialist fintech investment arm – Finextra
- UK BNPL Payl8r raises £40m in debt financing from Conister Bank – Fintech Futures
- Yaydoo secures $20M, aims to simplify B2B collections, payments – TechCrunch
- UK-based Element Ventures launches new €109.4M fund to back “founders building tomorrow’s financial technology” – Silicon Canals
- Capital on Tap secures $100m credit facility to help realise its American dream – altfi
- Dutch fintech Facevalue launches new Pan-European online factoring solution for SMEs – Silicon Canals
- Crypto Platform Matrixport Becomes Unicorn With $1B Valuation – PYMNTS.com