On the back of the pandemic-fuelled ecommerce boom, Wayflyer, a fintech startup which provides loans to ecommerce businesses, has raised a $76m Series A round.
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May 27, 2021
Checkout.com founder-backed fintech raises $76m
The company reports 290% growth across the past six months.
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