Top Fintech Europe News Stories for August 4, 2021

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
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