Fintech Monster
Fintech Monster is run by a solo editor with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. A long-time tech blogger and active trader, the editor brings a combination of deep technical expertise and extended trading experience to analyze the latest fintech startups, market moves, and crypto trends.
Startups
Czech fintech Flowpay has acquired Berlin based start up Tapline, strengthening its position in the European market ahead of a planned investment round.
Tue, 03 Mar 2026
Startups
Morgan Stanley has submitted an application to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a de novo national trust bank charter to establish a federally regulated trust bank that can directly custody digital assets.
Tue, 03 Mar 2026
Startups
BBVA’s dedicated venture banking unit BBVA Spark is exhibiting tangible growth in startup financing, committing nearly €1 billion in financing and signing over 30 financing deals with growth-oriented companies in 2025 alone.
Mon, 02 Mar 2026
Startups
DivTax, a German financial technology company focused on automating withholding tax refunds for cross-border dividend income, announced a €1 million pre-seed financing round to support product development and partnerships.
Mon, 02 Mar 2026
Startups
Decentralized finance participants Resolv Labs and Centrifuge announce a structured deployment of up to $100 million of tokenized institutional credit (JAAA) into Aave Horizon lending markets.
Sat, 28 Feb 2026
Startups
Indian B2B cross-border payments fintech Xflow closes a $16.6 million Series A round led by General Catalyst and secures a full Payment Aggregator-Cross Border (PA-CB) licence from the RBI.
Tue, 24 Feb 2026
Startups
Morocco-based retail fintech WafR has closed an oversubscribed $4 million seed round to expand its network of neighborhood merchants acting as last-mile financial access points across the region.
Mon, 23 Feb 2026
Startups
Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup ToneTag secures $3.8 million from Qualcomm Ventures to accelerate its edge AI-enabled, sound-based proximity commerce technologies.
Sun, 22 Feb 2026
Startups
Kolkata and Gurugram-based fintech startup Roopya raises ₹4 crore in seed funding led by Inflection Point Ventures to scale its no-code lending infrastructure and expand its market footprint.
Fri, 20 Feb 2026
Startups
London-based FYLD secures €34 million in Series B funding led by Energy Impact Partners to accelerate the deployment of its AI-powered operational intelligence platform across global infrastructure sectors.
Fri, 20 Feb 2026
Startups
Bedfordshire-based biotech company Tozaro raises £6 million led by Mercia Ventures to advance its Smart Polymer technology, aimed at lowering the astronomical costs of viral vector production for cell and gene therapies.
Wed, 18 Feb 2026
Startups
London-based digital health startup Nul announces a €840,000 Seed funding round led by dmg ventures and BYVP to support its alcohol consumption reduction platform.
Mon, 16 Feb 2026
