Russian payment company Qiwi has announced its first corporate venturing investment in car classified ads company Carbay.ru, whilst also declaring that its investment scope now covers virtually any field.

Oxford Risk takes its financial risk profiling service online.

Andrew Gaule talks with Citi Ventures' Debra Brackeen.

Head of First Data Ventures is no longer with the company.

American Express Ventures joins $16.5m funding round for online personal finance training platform.

Money Forward, a Japan-based payments platform, has raised Y102.6m ($1m) from a consortium of undisclosed angel investors and WIT Corporation, a research institute founded by the local Waseda University.

Education payments service raises $6.4m series B funding.

Naspers and Tencent-backed Ibibo has acquired India-based RedBus, an online bus ticketing service, in a deal valued in the region of a reported $135m. The deal also marks an exit route for RedBus backers.

Calpian, a US electronic payments processing company, is set to see sales figures in its India-based investment, My Mobile Payments, grow substantially if the target company raises an anticipated series B round of between $75m and $100m, which will fuel an ambitious sales and marketing campaign.