Mobile payments start-up Square has attracted a $25m Series D investment from US-based coffee retailer Starbucks.

The company has confidentially filed with US regulator Securities and Exchange Commission, and has hired US-based bank Goldman Sachs as lead underwriter, according to news provider Reuters.

Private equity investor Suhail Rizvi is leading the latest round for the Visa-backed mobile payments company, according to news provider New York Times that cites sources familiar with the deal.

Microfinance company Accion secures a 9% stake in Mexico's CrediConfia and a board seat as well as a three-year service contract providing governance, management and technical support.

Technion Research & Development Foundation is joined in the series C round by venture firms Accel Partners, Vertex Venture Capital, ProSeed Venture Capital Fund and eXeed Technology.

Mobile operator Digicel backs the latest round raised by the provider of banking for the un-banked, alongside venture firm RRE Ventures and Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together [MATT.org], a US-based non-profit organisation.

Gordon Hui was previously assistant vice-president in US-based insurer Hartford Financial Services Group's innovation and corporate venture capital group

Google Ventures is joined in the series A round by venture firms First Round Capital, Scott Banister, and Baroda Ventures, according to news provider TechCrunch.

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Kyriba is the majority shareholder of Kyriba Japan, with local venture investor and services corporation SunBridge, and angel investors Marc Benioff (chief executive of software provider Salesforce) and Steve Singh (chairman of Concur) as minority direct investors.