Benzinga | Dec 31, 2021 10:31AM EST

Tencent Acquires Stake In Monzo Digital Bank: Report

* Tencent Holdings Ltd (OTC:TCEHY) acquired a stake in Monzo, Mark Kleinman of Sky News tweeted.

* The acquisition is a part of a top-up to a recently confirmed funding round that values the company at ~$4.5 billion (?3.3 billion).

* Tencent, which has become a prolific investor in Europe's budding tech sector, has subscribed to shares as part of a $100 million (?74 million) top-up to Monzo's latest funding round, Sky News reports.

* The report adds that Tencent invested a minority of the $100 million capital injection.

* Tencent is one of China's most prominent technology conglomerates. Monzo is a British-based digital bank.

* Tencent previously backed European banking start-ups like Germany's N26, which had a brief presence in the U.K. market but rapidly withdrew, citing Brexit-related complexities.

* It also holds stakes in major U.S. companies, including Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP).

* Price Action: TCEHY shares traded lower by 0.17% at $59.02 on the last check Friday.