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September 19, 2024

Exclusive: Credit card fintech Yonder raises £23.4m as it eyes EU expansion

Its valuation is now over £100m, says CEO Tim Chong

Tom Matsuda

4 min read

Yonder — one of the UK’s best-known credit card fintechs specialising in reward points — is today announcing that it’s closed a £23.4m funding round. 

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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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