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Tencent leads $35m investment in UK fintech

Founded in 2016, TrueLayer is one of a number of new ventures that have been launched as a result of the open banking initiative in that it provides a platform for fintechs, developers and retailers to access bank APIs and to securely share customers banking details.

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Other backers in this financing round include the Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek, according to a report in The Times. The new capital, which brings TrueLayer’s total funding to $47m, is expected to fund the company’s expansion into Europe.

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The investment comes just weeks after Tencent published its quarterly earnings which revealed that its fintech investments have helped generate a record $2.5bn profit.

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It is also a further example of international investment in the UK’s fintech market following a $175m financing round for digital remittance firm WorldRemit and an $800m investment in supply chain finance fintech Greensill from the SoftBank Vision Fund.

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