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

US-based digital payments services provider Ripple closed its series A round at $32m yesterday following a $4m investment by Santander InnoVentures, the venture capital arm of financial services firm Santander.

The round’s $28m first close was reached in May 2015, after Ripple secured funding from backers including data storage company Seagate, futures exchange operator CME and IDG Capital Partners, an investment affiliate of publisher International Data Group.

The first close also included AME Cloud Ventures, ChinaRock Capital Management, China…