Welcome to another episode of our Daily Fintech Podcast.
This podcast episode is sponsored by MoneyLion. MoneyLion provides an all-in-one mobile banking experience. You choose the tools you need when you need them — and they complement the financial accounts you already have. They’ll help you decide what’s right for you, but the choice is always yours.

? News Highlight: Mode Global Holdings PLC announces it has entered into a partnership with Heroes, which will enable employees of the firm to take some of their monthly salary in Bitcoin.
⚡ Just in Mos is expanding into a challenger bank. It’s an evolution from Mos as an edtech business built to help students navigate their way through applying and attending college into a fintech that can support the same user base through all of life’s similarly complicated demands.
? Crypto - AstroPay has launched its cryptocurrency offering, giving those who want to explore the world of digital assets the option to buy and sell cryptocurrencies on its app and web app
? Funding rounds & investments:
- British FinTech Railsbank is eyeing up ‘unicorn’ status as it looks to raise $100m funding that would value the firm at over $1bn, according to news reports.
- Wayflyer announces its Series B funding round of $150m. The raise brings Wayflyer’s post-money valuation to $1.6bn, making it only Ireland’s 6th unicorn.
- Flexio, a B2B payments platform serving companies in Latin America, has raised $3 million in seed funding.