Gurbhej joins from Goldman Sachs where he was Managing Director, Technology Fellow, CTO and Head of Lending Engineering for Marcus,...

Cape Town based spend management platform for African businesses raised $2m in pre-Seed funding from investors including Quona Capital,...

Austin based impact-focused NFT company raised $5m in pre-Seed funding from investors associated with Softbank, AGF and Prodege. 

U.K. based debt resolution startup raised £5m in Seed funding led by AlbionVC.

India based DeFi protocol raised $6m in Seed funding led by Sequoia India & Southeast Asia and Quona Capital.

New York based cash-back and banking startup for renters raised $12m in Series A financing led by RET Ventures.

New York based embedded personal income tax platform raised $30m in Series A funding led by Treasury. 

Mumbai based revenue-based financing startup raised $36m in equity and debt funding led by Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund.

London based BNPL startup raised $50m Series C extension funding from investors including Ventura Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset...

The SEC rejected Grayscale's application earlier this week, citing concerns about market manipulation, the role of Tether in the broader...

As banks get pummeled by risk aversion and sinking asset values, direct lenders are lavishing risky companies and private-equity firms...

The $25m expected price tag is 99% below BlockFi’s last private valuation, having last been valued at $4.8b, according to PitchBook. The...

London based Gen Z-focused fintech startup raised $80m in Series C funding led by Sofina.

India based provider of SMB financing raised $40m in additional Series C funding led by Creation Investments Capital Management, Tiger...

San Francisco based provider of digital asset infrastructure for institutional investors raised $53m in Series C funding led by Cowen...

San Francisco based rival to the NYSE and Nasdaq raised $100m in growth funding led by James Walton.

U.K. based investor and startup program raised $158m in Series C funding from a long list of tech entrepreneurs and investors. 

Pinterest announced this week that Google's president of commerce and payments, Bill Ready, will join as its CEO — with founder Bill...

The losses stem from the addition of new business lines, pandemic effects and expense bleed. New accounting rules will also force the...

Los Angeles based digital asset market-making firm focused on the alt-coin market raised $5.7m in Series A funding led by Capital6...

New York based startup that offers EV-specific auto loans raised $18m in Seed funding led by Human Capital and Giant Ventures.

Washington, D.C. based operating system for nonprofit fundraising raised $7m in Seed funding from investors including Ardent Venture...

New York based commercial real estate sales platform raised $25m in Series A funding led by Camber Creek.

France based provider of digital assets data raised $53m in Series B funding led by Eight Roads.

FTX is deliberating internally how to buy the app-based brokerage, although Robinhood hasn’t received a formal takeover approach from...

San Francisco based compensation platform raised $100m in Series C funding led by Index Ventures.

Last week, Voyager disclosed it requested 3AC repayment of $25m USDC by June 24, and repayment of the entire balance of USDC and BTC by...

Goldman is considering helping an investor raise approximately $2b to snap up distressed assets stuck in limbo from troubled digital...

London based BNPL startup raised $40m in Series B funding led by Notion Capital.

FTC portfolio company Sabi is featured on this week's edition of The Flip Notes. Along with narration from The Flip's Justin Norman, you...

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sat down with FTC Head of Community Parker Jay-Pachirat for an interview during Consensus 2022, where she spoke at length...

Japan based mobile payments startup raised $120m in growth capital led by JIC Venture Growth Investments and Mars Growth Capital Pte.

London based provider of BNPL solutions for SMEs raised $55m in equity and debt funding led by Adit Ventures and Fasanara Capital.

New York based online marketplace that connects capital with insurance risk raised $75m in Series B funding led by WestCap.

Las Vegas based provider of infrastructure for digital asset services providers raised $107m in Series B funding by FIS, Fin Capital,...

California based cryptocurrency exchange focused on institutional investors raised $150m in growth capital co-led by GIC and B Capital...

UK. based super app focused on Gen Zers raised $80m in growth capital led by Sofina.

London based maker of point-of-sale payments solutions for small businesses  raised €590m in equity and debt funding led by Bain...

Vietnam based digital investment platform raised $25m in Series B funding round led by Openspace Ventures and VIG.

Los Angeles based earned wage access company raised $20m in Series A funding led by PeakSpan Capital.

Miami based provider of financial and coaching services for family caregivers raised $8.5m in new funding led by Seven Seven Six.

New York based financial platform for the home building and renovation industry raised $4.1m in seed funding led by CRV.

New York based Islamic fintech company raised $50m in Series B funding led by Wa’ed Ventures.

India based credit and borrowing startup raised $15m in Series A funding led by A91 Partners.

New Delhi based cross-border payments startup raised $12m in new funding led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India.

U.K. based provider of zero-knowledge proofs for public blockchains raised $5.8m in new capital led by Coinbase Ventures.

Ghana based mobile credit startup raised $30m in Series A funding led by Fortissimo Capital.

Dubai based online mortgage platform raised $37m in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital India.

Singapore based neobank raised $70m in Series C funding led by Uncorrelated Ventures.

Boston based homeowners insurance startup raised $75m in Series C funding led by Advance Venture Partners.

San Francisco based NFT-marketplace raised $130m in Series B funding co-led by Electric Capital and Greylock.

Griffin said just last month that he was reaching a tipping point with Chicago, decrying the city’s crime rate and voicing frustrations...

The ecommerce giant has a new service to enable customers to use NFTs to unlock special perks, products and real-world experiences with...

Users know Uniswap as a decentralized way to swap a wide variety of tokens; this new acquisition will bring non-fungible tokens into the...

Congratulations to portfolio company Devron - the leader in data science for distributed and private data - on being selected as the...

The move - which effectively allows customers to trade spot bitcoin for the U.S. dollar, tether, USD Coin and Binance USD, or vice versa,...

While Meta Pay is essentially the same tool as it was before, just with Meta branding, Zuckerberg says the company is working on...

This acquisition is an important step in eBay's tech-led reimagination, ushering in a new era of digital collecting to the world's top...

The deal will see Twitter launching a sales channel app that will be made available to all of Shopify’s U.S. merchants through its app...

Amsterdam based crypto payments infrastructure company raised $2.7m in pre-seed funding led by Global Founders Capital.

In a recent interview with NPR, Bankman-Fried said he has a responsibility to consider stepping in, “even if it is at a loss to...

The partnership will allow RBC’s 17m customers to share their financial data through a direct API with the services on Plaid’s data...

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said that his company takes seriously its duty to protect the digital asset ecosystem and its customers. The...

Axoni announced that HSBC and UBS are now live on Veris, Axoni's distributed ledger network for equity swaps, joining a rapidly growing...

FTX US debuted its stock trading functionality, FTX Stocks, last month for select customers in private beta. The public release, limited...

Latin America’s biggest digital lender Nubank is planning to take advantage of an impending shakeout in the region’s booming financial...

NYDIG will work with Deloitte's blockchain and digital assets practice across multiple areas involving bitcoin products, such as banking,...

Visa has rolled out Latin America’s first crypto cards, through partner companies in Brazil and Argentina. Teaming up with fintech...

Coinbase revealed it was firing 1,100 people — about 18% of its staff — on the back of a hiring freeze, retractions of job offers, and an...

TikTok influencers in the UK are dropping out of the company’s ecommerce programme, complaining of poor pay, long hours and promoting...

The People's Bank of China's (PBOC) expected approval of the plan is the latest sign that Ant, a tech giant with financial businesses...

More than two in five buy now, pay later (BNPL) customers borrowed money to make repayments, Citizens Advice has found, fueling fears of...

The majority of U.S. adults (74%) don’t think they’ll ever become a high-net-worth individual themselves, defined as having at least $1...

There are some core questions that are useful to answer when evaluating YaaS propositions: 1.) How does the solution work? 2.) Where does...

San Francisco based loan processing platform for commercial lenders raised $20m in Series A funding led by Canapi Ventures.

Three months after announcing it would make a big push into software and enterprise, fintech giant Brex is apparently abandoning the very...

Calling all shoppers: Big discounts are coming. Target, Walmart and Macy’s announced recently that they are starting to receive large...

Bangalore based banking app raised $4.8m in Seed funding led by Quona Capital.

Arizona based real estate startup raised $60m in Series D extension funding led by Oren Zeev. 

Brooklyn based financial planning and accounting platform for clinical trials raised $10m in new funding led by Renegade Partners. 

New York based pet insurance marketplace raised $12m in Series B funding led by StepStone Group.

Ireland based conversation A.I. maker focused on financial services raised $4m in Series A funding led by Finch Capital.

Bengaluru based DAO onboarding and management platform raised $5m in pre seed funding led by Nexus Venture Partners, Better Ventures and...

Bangalore based employee benefits and insurtech platform raised $8.2m in Series A funding led by Jafco Asia.

Berlin based BaaS provider for the investment industry raised $42m in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

To start, EUROC will be issued as an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain, the firm said, "with support for additional blockchains...

There’s now little doubt that the US Securities and Exchange Commission actually means business in its bid to crack down on misleading...

Starling Bank is buying the loan portfolio from specialist lender Masthaven. The acquisition will help Starling to diversify lending away...

Retailers from Walmart to Gap face a glut of inventory as inflation-pinched shoppers skip over categories that were popular during the...

Consumer spending, buoyed by strong job growth and stimulus measures, was the backbone of the country’s economic recovery since a brief...

Los Angeles-based investing insights platform for investors, family offices, and wealth advisors raised $5m in pre-Series A funding led...

Los Angeles based developer of payment infrastructure for parking facilities raised $167m in Series B funding led by 3L Capital and...

Miami based B2B BNPL platform raised $20m in growth funding led by Montreux Growth Partners.

London based mortgage origination platform raised £1.2 million in new funding led by Antler VC.

San Francisco based crypto payments processing startup raised $2m in pre seed funding led by Sequoia Capital India.

São Paulo based payments platform in Brazil raised $3.1m in Seed funding led by Quona Capital.

Toronto based provider of real estate investment software raised C$8m in Series A funding led by Whitecap Venture Partners.

London based web3 advisory firm raised $10m in pre-seed funding led by Coinbase Ventures.

Estonian based NFT infrastructure for developers raised $26m in Series A funding led by Atomico and Taavet+Sten.

New York based financial planning and analysis startup raised $30m in Series B funding led by Battery Ventures.

New York based provider of technology to banks raised $35m in Series B funding led by Greycroft, NEA and Picus Capital.

Washington based chartered crypto bank raised $70m in Series A funding led by FTX.

New York City based market intelligence and search platform raised $225m in Series D funding led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management's...

Florida based fintech for the freight industry raised $130m in Series C funding led by Blackstone Growth.

Episode 6 produced in collaboration with FinTech Collective and MoneyLion is live! In this episode we cover questions like what's it...

Uber Core Payments Lead Maria Jose Cornejo and PayU CEO of Global Payment Mario Shiliashki used Latin America as a case study in how cash...

The new offering lets customers space payments over a long period of time, giving them “greater flexibility and even more choices to pay...

The increase is another consequence of a red-hot housing market. Double-digit price gains have driven some would-be homeowners out of the...

India based SaaS buying and tracking platform raised $4.4m in Seed funding led by Accel India and Together Fund.

London based regtech company raised $10.8m in new funding led by Lytical Ventures.

London based finance management platform raised $20m in Series A funding led by Molten Ventures.

Indonesia based consumer payment platform raised $55m in Series B funding led by Tencent.

Congratulations to FTC portfolio company CapIntel - a leading financial technology company that improves day-to-day workflow and fund...

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Schwab’s robo-adviser portfolios kept between 6% and 29.4% of assets in cash, instead of...

London based SME financing firm raised £5.4m in Series A funding led by Velocity, Arab Bank Ventures, IAG and WeHo Ventures.

Berlin based DAO platform for funding medical research projects raised $13m in seed funding led by Northpond Ventures.

Wisconsin based lending employees cash for stock raised $1m in pre-seed funding led by Matchstick Ventures.

Affirm offers lending plans from six weeks to 60 months, compared with Apple’s plan to split up Apple Pay purchases over four payments...

Simetrik, known for their transaction reconciliation platform, has added new functions to allow gateways, payment facilitators, commerce...

Bengaluru based credit card payment platform raised $80m in Series F funding led by GIC.

Coin-fed meters are largely a thing of the past due to the general decline of cash (and the cost of handling it) but even machines that...

Argentina’s central bank has approved fintech Ualá’s purchase of billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian’s digital bank Wilobank.

Mastercard has partnered with Mercado Libre to strengthen the security and transparency of its recently launched crypto program in Brazil.

Mexico City based digital bank raised $70m in Series C funding led by General Atlantic.

Paris based crypto accounting and reporting platform raised $10m in Series A funding led by Point Nine. 

New York based financing startup for second homes raised $13.4m in Seed funding led by QED Investors and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

New York based DeFi asset management provider raised $20m in Series A funding led by Galaxy Digital.

Paris based crypto payments startup raises $5.5m in seed funding led by Balderton Capital and Animoca Brands

Seattle based emergency savings fintech raised $11m led by Truist Ventures

San Francisco based maker of APIs for HR systems raised $15m in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures  

New York based decentralized crypto custodian raised $25m in seed funding led by Andreessen

New York based employee benefits brokerage raised $40m in Series B funding led by Thrive Capital

San Francisco based business verification and underwriting provider raised $57m in Series B funding led by Insight Partners and Canapi...

Sweden based e-commerce-focused neobank raised $100m in Series B funding led by Mubadala Capital.

Amsterdam based maker of banking engagement software raised €120m in growth funding led by Motive Partners.

Inclusion in the index will take effect after the U.S. market opens on June 27, 2022. Shares of MoneyLion Class A common stock will be...

Apple announced the BNPL service this week, offering to split purchases up into four equal payments over six weeks, and will have zero...

San Francisco based enterprise data security compliance startup raised $100m in Series B funding led by Craft Ventures.

Toronto based payments platform for builders, creators, and developers raised $6m in Seed funding led by Castle Island Ventures and...

Paris based B2B lending platform for SMEs raised €15m in Series A funding led by Northzone.

MENA based banking as-a-service company raised $22.5m in growth funding led by DisruptAD.

San Diego based cash management automation company raised $27m in Series B funding led by Fin Capital.

New York based financial wellness company raised $25m in Series A funding led by Emigrant Bank.