Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (previously The Interchange)! This week, we’re wanting on the piping sizzling international payroll area, neobank Dave’s monetary outcomes and associated inventory increase, and extra!
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The large story
This week alone, we coated three attention-grabbing offers within the international payroll area. For starters, Deel introduced it’s acquiring African-based payroll and HR software program and companies firm PaySpace in its largest acquisition to this point. It additionally mentioned it’s crossed $500 million in annual recurring income (ARR). Then I wrote about Remofirst, a startup out to tackle the likes of Deel and Rippling, too, securing $25 million in Collection A funding. Additionally, Tage wrote about how UAE-based RemotePass introduced it had raised $5.5 million in Series A funding led by Istanbul-based 212 VC. There’s no query that this area is sizzling, sizzling, sizzling.
Take heed to Alex Wilhelm and I speak extra about it on Fairness:
Evaluation of the week
We’re taking a look at one other fintech recording optimistic monetary outcomes. Neobank Dave advised us through electronic mail that it had achieved profitability for the primary time as a public firm, notching adjusted EBITDA of $10 million within the fourth quarter and GAAP internet revenue of $200,000. The corporate additionally beat steerage for the 2023 fiscal yr and reported a 26% improve in non-GAAP working income with an enormous increase from its ExtraCash providing. Its inventory skyrocketed on the information — beginning the week opening on March 4 at $22.46, reaching a brand new 52-week-high of $43.99 on March 7, earlier than closing at $36 on March 8.
{Dollars} and cents
Two-year-old Colombian funds startup Yuno has reached a $150 million valuation with $25 million in Series A funding from traders similar to DST International Companions, Tiger and a16z.
London-based challenger financial institution Monzo raised a late-stage funding round of $430 million at a post-money valuation of $5 billion.
Paris-based enterprise banking startup Qonto is utilizing an undisclosed portion of its money reserve to acquire Regate, an accounting and monetary automation platform.
Harness Wealth has expanded into the tax advisory area and raised a $17 million extension to its Collection A spherical.
The Artemis Fund, which invests in underrepresented founders in fintech, commerce and care, closed on its second fund with $36 million in capital commitments.
What else we’re writing
Apple’s iOS 17.4 replace is primarily about adapting iOS to the EU’s Digital Markets Act regulation. However the firm has additionally released a new API referred to as FinanceKit that lets builders fetch transactions and stability info from Apple Card, Apple Money and Financial savings with Apple.
Georgina Merhom needs to squash the established order with SOLO, a first-party information assortment and reporting engine that integrates user-permissioned information sources, together with monetary transactions, on-line data and digital footprints to inform a extra full story about somebody’s monetary habits.
PayPal introduced that it’s launching “Tap to Pay” for retailers with an iPhone by means of the Venmo and Zettle apps within the U.S.
Excessive-interest headlines
Capstack Technologies receives strategic investment from Citi Ventures (TC coated Capstack here.)
Argyle raises $30M to expand automated income, employment verification
Synctera raises $18.6M in Series A-1 funding (TC coated Synctera’s Series A right here.)
The latest fintech retreat: a $2B challenger to Western Union suspends U.S. services
Treasury Prime has laid off half its staff (TechCrunch coated its $40M raise in February 2023.)
Brazilian fintech CloudWalk announces $320.5M revenue, plans U.S. expansion
TomoCredit is pivoting into B2B with TomoScore, after a lot of reported woes
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