WEALTHTECH

Open banking pioneer Deposit Solutions has received a $500m valuation following a new investment from European buyout house Vitruvian Partners. Read more: fintech.global

Central 1 has launched Canada’s first authenticated voice banking service through the use of Amazon Alexa. Read more: fintech.global

Australian challenger bank Xinja has picked SAP SE to help power its digital bank mobile service. Read more: fintech.global

ONPEX a leading provider of multi-currency IBAN solutions, has launched its cloud-based Banking-as-a-Service. Read more: www.finextra.com

ORCA, a digital banking and crypto trading API platform, has closed the first round of its ICO on its $1.5m cap. Read more: fintech.global

There’s a new US-based challenger bank in the works, with the name of Grasshopper Bank, and HQ-ed in New York. Read more: www.bankingtech.com

Paytm has acquired fellow Indian FinTech company Balance.Tech, a developer of personal finance solutions. Read more: fintech.global

Steady, a platform to help freelancers support their income, has secured $9m in its Series A funding round. Read more: fintech.global

Prescription and healthcare savings platform GoodRx has received a strategic growth investment from Silver Lake. Read more: fintech.global

DriveWealth, a financial services API developer, has teamed with robo-advisor developer Bambu to provide an end-to-end robo-advisory platform for the wealth management industry. Read more: fintech.global