Funding and deals

ACI Worldwide is reportedly exploring a sale of its Biller segment at roughly $1.5 billion, Reuters reported July 17, 2026, citing three people familiar with the matter. That price implies a 10-to-12-times multiple on the segment's 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $141 million, on $818 million of revenue. Talks remain preliminary.

Mitigram, the Stockholm-based digital trade-finance platform founded in 2014, has acquired Export Enterprises, operator of Paris-based market-intelligence platform eexpand, on undisclosed terms, Finextra and Global Trade Review reported July 22, 2026. The deal adds eexpand's 50-plus bank clients, its Trade Club Connect matchmaking tool and its Trade Pilot AI product to Mitigram's financing network. No valuation has been disclosed.

Augustus, a New York clearing bank, raised a $180 million Series B led by Tiger Global at a $1 billion valuation, the company said on July 21, 2026, taking total funding to $210 million. The round backs dollar-account rails for banks and fintechs in Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa, including crypto platform Kraken.

Natural, an 11-month-old fintech startup, has raised a $30 million Series A led by Forerunner's Kirsten Green, bringing its total funding past $40 million, the company confirmed July 20, 2026. The round funds an orchestration layer letting AI agents hold, move and receive funds autonomously — infrastructure CEO Kahlil Lalji positions against Stripe and Skyfire Systems.

Revolut's valuation reached $115 billion in a secondary share sale priced at $2,017 per share, up from $75 billion in November 2025, per an internal message from CEO Nik Storonsky reviewed by the Wall Street Journal. Employees and existing shareholders are selling stock; Revolut raises no new capital in the transaction.

Ant International closed a Series A round of approximately $1.2 billion, according to a July 20, 2026 company statement carried by Finextra and Business Wire. Existing shareholders Ant Group and Alibaba Group backed the round alongside unnamed international institutions. The company said proceeds will fund cross-border payments, agentic-commerce tools and AI investment, at a reported $10 billion valuation.