Conglomerate Loxley's IT services subsidiary Loxbit has combined with private equity fund TIH to form a fund that will back Thailand-based startups.

Naspers Ventures has invested in the Brazil-based online lender as part of a series B round that included International Finance Corporation and existing backer Redpoint eVentures.

GV-backed microfinance and credit scoring service provider Tala has increased its equity funding to $44m and plans to now expand in South Asia and Latin America.

The investment will be used to spin out Kakao subsidiary Kakao Pay as a separate company, giving China-based Ant Financial a foothold in South Korea.

One Tap Buy, a personal finance mobile app developer formerly known as MyBanker, has raised new funding in a round that included existing backer SoftBank.

Armed with A$100m of capital from its sole limited partner, financial services firm Westpac, Australia-based Reinventure is pioneering its own model of fintech corporate venturing.

The online lending platform is reportedly close to closing $500m in a round backed by existing investor SoftBank that will value it at about $4.3bn.

NEX Group and JP Morgan have made strategic investments in OpenFin, a financial services software producer that has now raised $22m in total.