UK based FinTech group, SPG, the owner and operator of Shieldpay and Paycast, has raised USD34 million (GBP25 million pounds) in a Series A round that includes strategic funding from Mastercard and Marqeta.
Other significant Investors in SPG include Elliott Management, CreditEase and Techstars.
To date SPG has processed over USD3 billion dollars of payments for its clients and experienced a surge in business during the pandemic that saw revenues grow by over 360 per cent in the last year.