This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 12/10
The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup on Thursday 12 October 2023. Funding and investments Untangled Finance, the London-based fintech, has raised $13.5million in multi-year strategic funding to accelerate its mission to bring institutional-grade credit with a built-in liquidation mechanism on-chain. Fasanara Capital, the fintech investment platform, is the lead investor in the round. Proceeds from […]
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