Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

Ghana's parliament has introduced its new Cybersecurity Act 2020 to protect children and companies from abuse and digital threats.

Nigerian FinTech CredPal has secured $1.5m in funding to build the "American Express of Africa".

French FinTech startup Indy has added $42.6m to its coffers on the back of a Series B round and changed its name from Georges.tech.

Spending into critical infrastructure cybersecurity to surpass $105bn this year, according to new research.

Of the 41 FinTech investment deals last week, companies in three sectors, in particular, proved to be exceptionally successful as the list of FinTech unicorns continues to grow.

New York-based digital account opening firm Mantl has secured $40m in a Series B round led by Alphabet’s independent growth fund CapitalG.

FinTech firm Tide entered into a partnership with cloud business management solutions provider Sage with an aim to offer an integrated banking and accounting product for its members.

Rural FinTech startup which provides digital financial services for online and offline, income-generating, rural commerce transactions Jai Kisan has raised $30m in a combination of equity and debt in funding led by Mirae Asset.

Open platform that accelerates collaboration in financial services Finastra has established a new partnership with information and communications technology (ICT) systems integration company Uni Systems to help European financial institutions undergo digital transformation.

Paris-based YesWehack, a bug bounty and Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) platform raised $18.8m in Series B funding led by Banque des Territoires and Eiffel Investment Group.