Nord LB and Commerzbank are among the investors in a funding round for payment-to-voucher conversion platform OptioPay.

Four investments totalling $126m to be made by Michigan University's endowment are disclosed through the agenda for its Board of Regents meeting.

IDG Capital has co-led a fourth funding round for Circle, with participation from Baidu, Wanxiang and CreditEase, as the payment technology producer reveals its China plans.

The stock market operator has set up a strategic investment unit called DB1 Ventures to manage its VC portfolio and fund new companies.

Ant Financial has joined an investor base that already includes several corporates to help put up $150m in capital for mutual life insurer Xinmei.

Axel Springer-backed mobile banking service provider Number26 has closed a series B round and boosted its total funding to approximately $53m.

Alibaba's financial services affiliate is set to take a 20% stake in Thailand-based Ascend Money, shortly after investing $35m in Shanghai Suntime Information Technology.

Goldman Sachs has led the first round for the Alphabet-backed financial app technology provider since it came out of stealth last year.

MMI Holdings' Exponential Ventures unit is the largest limited partner in a $16.5m fund closed by South Africa-based venture capital firm 4Di Capital.