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Xero acquires Toronto’s Hubdoc for $70 million USD (BETAKIT)
Hubdoc co-founder Jamie McDonald told BetaKit it was the best deal on the table for the company, but not the only one.
Japan’s Freee raises $60M to grow its cloud accounting business (TECHCRUNCH)
Freee will use the funding to build out an API ecosystem to enable more integrations.
David Marcus leaves Coinbase board to focus on Facebook’s blockchain project
(VENTUREBEAT)
Marcus said his decision to resign was “because of the new group I’m setting up at Facebook around blockchain.”
Even Financial raises $18.8 million Series A from GreatPoint Ventures, Goldman Sachs and others (TECHCRUNCH)
The round was led by GreatPoint Ventures, with participation from Goldman Sachs, Canaan Partners, F-Prime Capital, Lerer Hippeau, and others.
Report: 53 percent of customers abandon purchases when there’s payment friction (BETAKIT)
43 percent of Canadians said they are interested in invisible or non-checkout payments in store.
Visa invests in Israeli startup Behalf (PYMNTS)
As part of the deal, Visa will offer Behalf’s small business clients a tokenized Visa Virtual Card, which is a credit-based payment service that gives companies instant financing for business purchases.
Singapore FinTech startup Rate raises US$15M to develop its blockchain network
(E27)
Rate will use the newly-raised funding to accelerate product development and fuel its expansion into new markets.
Crypto mining giant Bitmain on target for $10B revenue this year (TECHCRUNCH)
Despite a slump in bitcoin prices since the beginning of the year, Bitmain is on track to become the first blockchain-focused company to achieve $10 billion in annual revenue, assuming that the cryptocurrency market doesn’t drop further.
IBM and Maersk sign up users for blockchain-based global trade platform (FINEXTRA)
IBM and transport and logistics outfit AP Moller-Maersk have signed up 94 organisations to their blockchain-based cross-border supply chain programme to manage and track the paper trail of tens of millions of shipping containers across the world.
FinTech startup Clickswitch raises $3.5M in Series A financing (FINSMES)
Clickswitch aims to simplify the switch of recurring payments and deposits for a financial institution’s new and existing account holders.