{"id":17630,"date":"2022-07-05T14:30:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icapcrif.com\/cy\/?p=17630"},"modified":"2022-07-05T14:34:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:34:50","slug":"crif-bkn301","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icapcrif.com\/cy\/2022\/07\/05\/crif-bkn301\/","title":{"rendered":"A new investment round of 15 million euros comes for BKN301"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A new investment round of 15 million euros comes for BKN301, the fintech company specializing in digital payments and Banking-as-a-Service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The operation, aimed at supporting the growth of the company and its presence in fast-growing markets, completes a few months after the announcement of the first seed round of funding<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Among the investors: Abalone Group, PayU, Azimut, CRIF, GNB Swiss Investments AG, Federico Ghizzoni, Gregorio Napoleone, Fabio Nalucci, and other top managers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Marino, July 4, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 BKN301 &#8211; a fintech company developing payment services and Banking-as-a-Service functions &#8211; <strong>has raised 15 million euros with Series A funding<\/strong>, just after closing the first seed round a few months ago. 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