11/27/2024 6:58:13 PM Total Stablecoin Value Tops Terra-Era Peak to Near $200 Billion By Gareth Jones The stablecoin market has hit a record $190 billion, driven by Tether’s growth, Stripe’s $1.1 billion acquisition, and broader adoption...
11/27/2024 6:50:08 PM A Very ChatGPT Christmas: Savvy Black Friday Shoppers Use AI to Find Deals By Gareth Jones Scoring the best Black Friday deals once meant camping for hours outside Best Buy or Walmart, then rushing in at dawn with the crowds....
11/27/2024 3:41:16 PM Accountants view AI as an ally, not a competitor By Sarah Wolter Partly due to staffing challenges, the accounting industry has embraced AI on a large scale—98% of respondents reporting that they...
11/27/2024 3:13:24 PM Norbr raises €3m in new funding By Kate Wang Netherlands based payment infrastructure as a service provider raised €3m in new funding led by Alstin Capital.
11/27/2024 3:11:30 PM StoreCash raises $3.7m in Seed funding By Kate Wang San Jose mobile cash-back rewards app raised $3.7m in Seed funding led by Black Ops Ventures.
11/27/2024 3:09:45 PM Volta raises €6m in Preseed funding By Kate Wang Italy based "Shopify for B2B sales" raised €6m in Preseed funding led by Emblem.
11/27/2024 3:04:31 PM OpenYield raises $7m in new funding By Kate Wang New York based bond marketplace raised $7m in new funding led by Canapi Ventures.
11/27/2024 3:02:46 PM Fondo raises $7m in Seed funding By Kate Wang San Francisco based AI-driven bookkeeping startup raised $7m in Seed funding led by Money Forward.
11/27/2024 2:57:58 PM Zopper raises $25m in Series D funding By Kate Wang India based personalized insurance maker raised $25m in Series D funding led by Elevation Capital and Dharana Capital.
11/27/2024 2:52:01 PM Construction fintech startup Constrafor gets $14M Series A By Louden Richason Congratulations to portfolio company Constrafor on the announcement of their $14m Series A financing led by NFX. Constrafor had its start...
11/27/2024 2:05:51 PM How Morgan Stanley courted dodgy customers to build a wealth-management empire By Sarah Wolter Internal company documents describe the bank’s weak anti-money-laundering controls and failure to complete due-diligence reviews as staff...
11/27/2024 2:02:33 PM Revolut to launch mortgages, smart ATMs, and business credit products By Sarah Wolter Revolut, the London-based fintech unicorn, shared a few items on the company’s 2025 roadmap at a corporate event in London on Friday. One...
11/27/2024 1:59:55 PM Howard Lutnick’s other top client: crypto giant Tether By Sarah Wolter Cantor, which is majority-owned by Lutnick, holds most of Tether’s $134b in assets, largely U.S. Treasury bills, in exchange for tens of...
11/27/2024 1:58:08 PM Britain’s finance watchdog sets out plan to implement crypto regulation regime by 2026 By Sarah Wolter The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which oversees banking and investment products in the U.K., unveiled a timeline detailing key...
11/27/2024 1:56:25 PM Construction fintech company Constrafor gets $14m Series A By Sarah Wolter Congratulations to portfolio company Constrafor on the announcement of their $14m Series A round of financing, led by NFX. The company...
11/27/2024 8:28:50 AM OpenTrade raises $4m Seed extension funding By Kate Wang London based real world asset-backed stablecoin yield products platform raised $4m in Seed extension funding led by Albion VC.