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Remote raises $300M more, now at a $3B+ valuation, to manage payments and more for globally distributed workforces

Remote workforces have come into their own in the last several years, with companies ever more willing to tap into talent wherever it happens to be, and a vast array of low-friction tools being built

Papaya Global to buy Azimo for $150M-$200M to expand its payroll payments to more markets

Six months after raising $250 million, Papaya Global is making a key acquisition to expand its cloud-based HR and payroll platform globally on the heels of major surge in remote working. The Isra

European branded payments startup Recharge raises $11.8M debt round led by Kreos Capital

Online branded payments now run the gamut of anything from Spotify vouchers, Netflix vouchers, Neosurf, PaySafe cards, and everything in between. Consumers use them to pay for a variety of things. In

Azimo, the money transfer service, secures €20M debt finance from the European Investment Bank

Azimo, the money transfer service that is HQ’d in London but has the majority of its staff based in based in Poland, has secured €20 million in debt from the European Investment Bank (EIB), th

Azimo appoints new CEO as money transfer service reaches profitability

Azimo, the U.K.-headquartered money transfer service backed by Japan’s Rakuten Capital, amongst others, is seeing a change at the top: founder Michael Kent is stepping sideways to become “exec

Azimo launches business money transfer service

Hot on the heels of raising $20 million in Series C funding led by Japan’s Rakuten Capital, London-based money transfer service Azimo is launching a new service aimed at small and medium-sized b

Money transfer startup Azimo now lets you send money to a phone number

Azimo, the U.K. money transfer startup backed by Rakuten, is rolling out a neat new feature that makes it a lot easier to send money through the app and should add additional network effects to help t

Brexit one month on: currency lows and talent fear

How are UK startups coping with the unraveling of the old world order? In the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote, TechCrunch spoke to several founders who expressed shock, disappointment and conce

Remittance startup Azimo raises $15M from Viber owner, e-commerce giant Rakuten

Azimo was once in talks to be acquired by WhatsApp and Messenger owner Facebook. And while may not have gone anywhere, today it is announcing funding from another big tech company in possession

Families Get Screwed Sending Dollars To Mexico. TransferWise Does It 4X Cheaper

Money transfers are a crooked racket. They’re designed to hide just how much cash they steal from immigrant workers sending funds to family back home. Western Union, Moneygram, even PayPal&#8217

Money Transfer Startup Azimo Raises $20M At A $100M Valuation

Azimo, a mobile money transfer startup out of London that was once feted by Facebook, is jumping into the funding ring with a $20 million raise. CEO and co-founder Michael Kent says the company wil

Azimo Raises $10M Series A Led By Greycroft Partners To Expand Money Transfer Service

More evidence that the online money transfer space is heating up significantly, as startups aim to disrupt the banks and incumbents such as Western Union. Money transfer startup <a target="_blank" hre

As Europe’s Online Money Transfer Market Heats Up, UK’s Azimo Expands To Germany And Ireland

Following a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/29/western-who/">$1 million seed round</a>, UK money transfer startup <a target="_blank" href="http://www.azimo.com/">Azimo</a> has made good on its

Azimo Raises $1M Seed Funding To Take Its Money Transfer Service To Europe

It seems there's still money to be made in money transfers. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.azimo.com/">Azimo</a>, the UK-based social money transfer service that competes with legacy players Wes

Social Money Transfer Service Azimo Adds Facebook Integration To Squeeze Western Union

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.azimo.com">Azimo</a>, the UK-based social money transfer service aiming to disrupt an industry dominated by legacy players Western Union and Moneygram, is rolling o