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September 21, 2021

Open banking hype escalates, as TrueLayer bags a $1bn valuation from Tiger Global

The fintech, armed with backing from Tiger Global and Stripe, plans to become the next giant in open banking payments.


Tom Matsuda

4 min read

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Open banking infrastructure startup TrueLayer today announced a $130m funding round led by Tiger Global, with participation from payments powerhouse Stripe. 

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Europe's open banking top players back in 2020. Several have now been acquired, leaving only a handful of independent players.
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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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