In a holiday-shortened week in the United States, 23 deals were announced that brought in a total of $527 million. Most ($449 million) went to Chinese payment and investment platform, Qufenqi.

Four Finovate alums raised a total of $18 million during the week:

• Coinbase landed $10.5 million from Bank of Tokyo
• P2Binvestor raised $5.1 million
• StockTwits raised $2 million
• Spiff raised $150,000

The total number of deals YTD stands at 760, nearly double last year’s 386. Total dollars raised YTD is $17.9 billion, more than double the $8.5 billion raised during the same period a year ago.

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Fintech deals by size from 2 July to 8 July 2016:

Qufenqi
Installment payment and investment platform
Latest round: $449 million Series F
Total raised: $874 million
HQ: Beijing, China
Tags: Consumer, investing, loans, credit, ecommerce, investing, payments
Source: Crunchbase

Neogrowth
Alt-lender to small businesses
Latest round: $35 million
Total raised: $36.6 million
HQ: Mumbai, India
Tags: SMB, commerical loans, credit, underwriting
Source: FT Partners

Coinbase
Bitcoin exhange and wallet
Latest round: $10.5 million
Total raised: $117.2 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, traders, payments, funds transfer, remittances, bitcoin, crypto-currency, Bank of Tokyo (investor), Finovate alum
Source: Crunchbase, Finovate

P2Binvestor
Receivables financing marketplace
Latest round: $5.1 million
Total raised: $6.5 million
HQ: Denver, Colorado
Tags: SMB, trade finance, factoring, accounts receivable, working capital, commercial credit, underwriting, investing, crowdsourced, Finovate alum
Source: Crunchbase

Finanzchef24
Online broker
Latest round: $4.5 million
Total raised: $12.6 million
HQ: Munich, Germany
Tags: Consumer, advisers, traders, investing, wealth management, trading, person-to-person, P2P
Source: Crunchbase

Lending Works
P2P lending platform
Latest round: $3.9 million Series A
Total raised: $9.65 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, underwriting, person-to-person, P2P, investing
Source: Crunchbase

SmartAngels.fr
Equity crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $3.9 million
Total raised: $5.3 million
HQ: Paris, France
Tags: SMB, investing, fundraising, capital, venture capital (VC), angel investing
Source: Crunchbase

Netki
Blockchain titles
Latest round: $3.5 million Seed
Total raised: $3.5 million
HQ: Woodland Hills, California
Tags: Consumer, SMB, blockchain, digital identity
Source: Crunchbase

Airwallex
International invoice payments
Latest round: $3 million Seed
Total raised: $3 million
HQ: Melbourne, Australia
Tags: SMB, foreign exchange, billing, invoices, payments
Source: Crunchbase

EarnUp
Consumer debt management tool
Latest round: $3 million Seed
Total raised: $3 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Accelerator: Financial Solutions Lab (CFSI)
Tags: Consumer, debt/loan payments, credit, personal financial management, PFM

Source: Crunchbase

StockTwits
Stock information and communication platform
Latest round: $2 million
Total raised: $13.9 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, advisers, traders, investing, trading, communications, information, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

OB1 (division of OpenBazaar)
Stealth bitcoin payments 
Latest round: $1.5 million
Total raised: $1.5 million
Tags: SMB, ecommerce, merchants, crypto-currency, blockchain
Source: Crunchbase

Drop
Multimerchant credit/debit card loyalty program
Latest round: $775,000
Total raised: $775,000
HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tags: Consumer, rewards, cards, loyalty, payments, spending
Source: Crunchbase

Gatecoin
Crypto-currency exchange
Latest round: $500,000
Total raised: $500,000
HQ: Hong Kong
Tags: Consumer, traders, payments, funds transfer, remittances, bitcoin, crypto-currency, blockchain
Source: Crunchbase

The Oak
Financial wellness coach
Latest round: $300,000
Total raised: $300,000
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, personal financial management, PFM, service, information, advice
Source: Crunchbase

Spiff
Social savings platform
Latest round: $150,000
Total raised: $150,000
HQ: Oslo, Norway
Tags: Consumer, savings accounts, investing, youth market, personal financial management, PFM, spending, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Vestvise
Investment information site
Latest round: $6,000 Angel
Total raised: $6,000
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, advisers, traders, investing, wealth management, trading, information, analytics, reporting
Source: Crunchbase

Bolanegruppen
Mortgage price negotiation service
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden
Tags: Consumer, price comparison, mortgage
Source: Crunchbase

Crowdsurfer
Analytics on crowd finance
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised previously: $340,000
HQ: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, traders, payments, funds transfer, remittances, bitcoin, crypto-currency, blockchain
Source: Crunchbase

OneAssist
Credit card & mobile payments fraud protection
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $9.25 million
HQ: Mumbai, India
Tags: Consumers, mobile payments, credit/debit cards, security, fraud protection
Source: Crunchbase

Salarium
Payroll automation platform
Latest round: Undisclosed Seed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Manilla, Phillipines
Tags: SMB, payroll, payments, HR, employee benefits
Source: Crunchbase

SBI Japannext
Online brokerage and trading system
Latest round: Not disclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Tokyo, Japan
Tags: Institutions, traders, investing, trading, exchange
Source: FT Partners

Wealthtrust
Investment manager
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Mumbai, India
Tags: Consumer, advisers, traders, investing, wealth management, trading, mobile
Source: Crunchbase