Allianz spinout Idinvest contributed to a series B round that will help the UK-based background checking service expand in the US.

Salary management app developer Even has raised $9m in a Qualcomm Ventures-backed round that will support product development and hiring.

Bank of the West and BNP Paribas will act as corporate partners for accelerator Plug and Play's Financial Technology Innovation Platform.

The vehicle financing provider has followed a BAIC-backed series A round last year with $33.5m of series A+ funding from China Growth Capital and Matrix Partners.

Ana Sirbu, a manager at Google Capital who specialised in fintech, has joined working capital provider BlueVine to oversee its financial management and growth strategy.

Scalable Capital, a digital wealth manager based on investors' appetite for risk, has added Tengelmann to its investor base in a $7.9m round that took its overall funding past $12m.

The Alibaba-backed financial services provider is now seeking in excess of $3.1bn which will likely be raised at a valuation of $60bn.