5/28/2021 7:22:18 PM Meet the Women of Paretta Autosport By Gareth Jones For the first time in motorsports history, four of its seven over-the-wall pit crew members will be women. De Silvestro's two spotters...
5/28/2021 5:26:39 PM Centrifuge wraps up its token sale as it pushes to connect DeFi to real world assets By Faisal Kawar Congratulations to portfolio company Centrifuge on their successful public token sale with the potential to bring trillions in new assets...
5/28/2021 4:48:21 PM ‘It’s wild out there’: crypto firms lure top bankers in price boom By Gareth Jones The pace of finance talent moving into crypto jobs has picked up sharply, according to recruiters and industry insiders. Coinbase this...
5/28/2021 4:40:32 PM The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of bitcoin By Gareth Jones Criminals are locked in battle with forensics firms tracking how "Treasure Men", privacy wallets, and gift cards are used to turn virtual...
5/28/2021 4:38:15 PM Behind every racy fintech, a sensible German saver By Gareth Jones Germans who give their hard-earned euros to banks attached to fintechs are being perfectly prudent. They are often doing so in return for...
5/28/2021 4:34:07 PM Buy now, pay later players tackle credit conundrum in Mideast’s Gulf By Gareth Jones In the Gulf, BNPL companies present themselves as an alternative to cash on delivery, the most common payment method for online purchases...
5/28/2021 4:23:53 PM The e-commerce landscape: what has changed a year into the pandemic By Faisal Kawar The pandemic has caused online retail to step into the spotlight and become a necessity for many brands. Online retail sales as a...
5/28/2021 4:15:07 PM Fraudio raises $3.3m for fraud prevention platform By Faisal Kawar Netherlands based AI-powered payment fraud detection system has raised $3.3m in Seed funding led by BiG Start Ventures and BYND Venture...
5/28/2021 3:55:21 PM Balancer Labs Partners with Key Investors in $24.25M Token Purchases to Accelerate Growth of Balancer Protocol By Sean Lippel Portfolio company Balancer is on a mission to become the leading source of programmable liquidity for DeFi, adding $24m to its arsenal...
5/28/2021 3:15:09 PM Atomic and Welcome Tech launch digital banking partnership for the hispanic community By Carlos Alonso Torras Agreement will bring access to digital banking services and automated direct deposits to millions of multi-generational immigrants, many...
5/28/2021 3:12:27 PM Square takes aim at JPMorgan with checking, savings accounts By Carlos Alonso Torras Square is quietly preparing to offer checking and savings accounts to those customers, taking direct aim at behemoths such as JPM....
5/28/2021 3:09:17 PM ACI Worldwide and JPMorgan form European payments partnership By Carlos Alonso Torras ACI Worldwide announced a collaboration with J.P. Morgan that will enable merchants in certain European countries to deliver in-store...
5/28/2021 2:56:30 PM Goldman Sachs joins Green Software Foundation By Carlos Alonso Torras Goldman Sachs is the first financial service player to sign up to a new Green Software Foundation founded by Microsoft, Accenture, GitHub...
5/28/2021 2:53:58 PM Visa takes a swipe in fintech, builds new online marketplace By Carlos Alonso Torras Portfolio company Extend was selected and certified for Visa’s new fintech program - Visa Fintech Partner Connect, designed to help...
5/28/2021 2:46:22 PM Fraud prevention startup Forter raises $300m Series F led by Tiger Global By Carlos Alonso Torras New York-based provider of e-commerce fraud prevention solutions raised $300 million in Series F funding led by Tiger Global.
5/28/2021 2:42:25 PM Brazilian proptech startup QuintoAndar raises $300m Series E led by Ribbit Capital By Carlos Alonso Torras Sao Paulo based real estate marketplace focused on rentals and sales raised $300m in Series E funding led by Ribbit Capital.