Fintech startup Apruve Inc., from Minneapolis, pulled in $6 million in Series A funding, with contributions from Cloud Apps Capital Partners, TTV Capital of Atlanta and Allegis Capital of Palo Alto. So reports The Star Tribune.

Executives from Mastercard and PayPal discussed the benefits of bank and fintech partnerships at the World Economic Forum. So reports Business Insider.

In a move to likely give "heavyweights" like Square some real competition, fintech company Fiserv, which handles credit card swipes payments, bought rival First Data for $22 billion. So reports The Hustle.

U.S. FinTechs are feeling the impact of the partial government shutdown as deal-making has slowed and supervision has been impaired. So reports Roll Call.