Allianz was joined by investors including insurance group Aegon for a round that will support the insurance analytics company's global expansion.

Santander has provided a $4m extension to Ripple's series A round, already backed by Seagate, CME, IDG Capital Partners and others.

Student financial aid self-service platform CampusLogic brings in $7.5m for its series A.

The company, which operates a self-service platform for financial aid aimed at students, raised the money in a round backed by Great Lakes Higher Education.

Corporates SoftBank and Renren have differing reasons for backing the online lending platform, which has just raised the sector's first $1bn round.

Auto parts provider Wanxiang plans to launch a fund focused on startups developing the blockchain technology that underpins digital currency bitcoin.

The SoftBank-led round, which also featured existing investor Renren, is the largest ever raised by a fintech company and reportedly values SoFi at $4bn.

One97, also backed by Intel, has now raised almost $1bn, and Alibaba and financial services affiliate Ant Financial hold a combined 40% share.

The peer-to-peer lending platform, backed by Trade Me at series A stage, has raised $200m in debt and equity at a $100m valuation.