Financial

Returning investor Money Forward contributed to a $12.4m round led by venture firm East Ventures' growth fund.

BBVA, NTT Docomo, USAA and New York Stock Exchange will have the option to sell shares in the digital currency trading platform at a possible $100bn valuation.

Nasdaq Ventures led a $14m series A round for PureStream Trading Technologies as it gets ready to launch its alternative trading system.

The credit platform developer, which serves small and medium-sized businesses, has collected new funding from Banco BV.

HSBC, Mastercard and SBI Investment have returned to back the financial API provider’s latest round, having all taken part in its July series A.

JP Morgan has become the first strategic bank investor in the securities trading platform provider.

Almoayed Technologies was among the investors in a seed round for the open banking API developer that was led by Target Global.

Fund management software developer Hentsu has been bought by Portfolio BI, also a portfolio company of Credit Suisse Next Investors.

IA Financial Group, Equitable Bank and National Bank of Canada all took part in the latest round for the financial education platform provider.

JG Summit Holdings participated in a series B round for the digital banking network and will help it apply for a licence in the Philippines.

Commerzbank, Visa and CreditEase could be in line for exits after the card issuing platform developer confidentially filed to go public at a possible $10bn valuation.