Venture funding

The financial-technology firm Plaid is close to a new round of funding at a valuation of about $13 billion, almost three months after scrapping its sale to Visa, according to people familiar with the matter.

Fresh off the heels of a $180 million fundraiser in January, Citi Ventures-backed PPRO raised an additional $90 million in new investments in its latest equity round.

Truist Financial's venture capital division led the Series A funding round for Greenwood, a platform aimed at Black and Latino customers. Other investors include Bank of America, Citigroup, Mastercard and Visa.

In a continuation of its Series D round to fuel its global expansion for cross-border payment solutions, Airwallex has raised $100 million in capital, valuing the fintech at $2.6 billion.

MissionOG spots opportunities among firms that provide pandemic-era automation and a route for legacy financial institutions to compete with challenger banks and fintechs.

Government incentives and pandemic-fueled changes to habits create opportunities in the region.

Stori raised new funding to expand access to credit cards via an in-app application, setting its sights on becoming the Ant Group of Mexico.

Balance, an API-based checkout solution designed for B2B e-commerce, has raised $5.5 million to launch operations with backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Stripe, Affirm and PayPal cofounder Max Levchin.

Cross-border payments technology provider Routefusion plans to expand its embedded software services and global partnerships after a recent funding round.

Fast has received a new round of funding from backers including Stripe.