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The Sberbank-backed online lender has announced the appointment of a new chief executive alongside its latest round.

Hanwha Investment & Securities led a series B round for the payment software producer that also featured SoftBank Ventures Asia and SK Networks.

Poste Italiane, PayPal, ABN Amro and BNP Paribas all took part in a round valuing the open banking software provider at $825m.

Corporate venturing unit Coinbase Ventures backed the Latin American crypto trading platform developer, which counts Monex and Ripple as earlier investors.

The company priced an upsized IPO nearly doubling its valuation six months ago. It is part of a the food delivery space which was given a boost by the pandemic.

The payment services provider's Saison Ventures unit will oversee the microfinance initiative, which is targeting Southeast Asia.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

The Visa-backed banking technology provider has added $20m from Temasek to the $150m it raised in a Viking Global-led tranche last month.