Nium
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Nium Raises US$200+ Million Series D and Becomes SEA First Global B2B Payments Unicorn

Nium, a leading global B2B payments platform, today announced it has raised a US$200+ million Series D round led by Riverwood Capital – a U.S.-based high-growth tech investor. Temasek, Visa, Vertex Ventures, Atinum Group of Funds, Beacon Venture Capital, Rocket Capital Investment, and other notable angel investors, including DoorDash executive, Gokul Rajaram; Chief Product Officer…

Merger
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Fintech Firm Clear Acquires Payments Startup Ybanq

Clear, a fintech company, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired yBANQ, a B2B payments startup, in a cash and stock deal. yBANQ is a payment collection, reconciliation, and automated bookkeeping platform supported by Y-Combinator. Clear (previously Cleartax) said in a statement that it hopes to expedite its path into B2B payments and credit with…