Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has officially secured a Payment System License to operate in Zambia. This new...

Barcelona based wealth data platform raised €14m in new funding led by Motive Ventures.

Toronto based financial platform for Canadian businesses raised $21.5m in Series A funding led by Left Lane Capital.

New York based parametric flood insurance platform raised $5m in new funding led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund.

Milan based financial crime prevention startup raised €1m in Seed funding led by Apside.

Zurich based international banking platform for SMEs raised $11m in Series B funding led by Swisscom Ventures.

New York based model risk management platform raised $6m in Seed funding led by Canapi Ventures.

São Paulo based vertical SaaS platform for dental clinics raised $26.7m in Series A funding led by Valor Capital and QED Investors.

New York based healthcare payments platform raised $30m in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Zurich based agentic AI platform for financial services raised $30m in Series A funding led by CommerzVentures and DN Capital.

New York based billing and revenue management platform raised $7m in Seed funding led by Flint Capital and The Garage.

Atlanta based blockchain risk management platform raised $5m in Series A funding led by White Star Capital.

San Francisco based AI due diligence platform raised $19m in Series A funding led by Accel and Lightspeed.

San Francisco based crypto asset manager raised $70m in growth funding led by Electric Capital.

Austin based parametric insurance startup raised $5m in Seed funding led by Congruent Ventures.

Geneva based AI-powered commodity trading platform raised €40m in Series B funding led by One Peak.

San Francisco based billing platform raised $50m in Series C funding led by NEA.

The Seattle-based group is expected to spend up to $25b on its retail network, including investment in a new generation of robotics-led...

In order to rebuild trust—particularly with younger generations who haven’t felt much warmth from monetary policy in their lifetimes—the...

Under the deal, America’s oldest bank will gain access to cutting-edge OpenAI tools such as Deep Research and its most advanced reasoning...

Digital payments platform Stripe has yet to lay out plans to go public, but in the meantime the company has thrown past and present...

San Francisco based insurance customer management startup raised $10m in Series A funding led by Benhamou Global Ventures.

San Jose based agentic AI startup for enterprise finance teams raised $38m in Series B funding led by Innovius Capital.

Raise CEO George Bousis believes blockchain technology can help retailers tamp down on gift card fraud, as well as simplify a decades-old...

A federal district court judge in Delaware issued the first major ruling on whether using copyrighted materials to train artificial...

The study uses data from UK Biobank, which tracked more than 500,000 volunteer participants over more than a decade to obtain risk...

Traditional lenders such as JPMorgan, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo, opens new tab are rushing to grab a bigger slice of the booming market...

The firm aims to get added to the roster of market makers on various exchanges, including those run by Coinbase, Binance and Crypto.com,...

Robinhood said this week that it got a letter from the SEC informing the company that the commission concluded its investigation and had...

Fintech Blueprint interviews Andrew Jamison, CEO of Extend, a financial infrastructure platform revolutionizing virtual cards. Jamison...

Major cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has seen total outflows of over $5.5b after it suffered a near $1.5b hack that saw hackers, believed...

A grand jury is investigating criminal misconduct at a Silicon Valley fintech firm where customer funds went missing, and has questioned...

Shares of MercadoLibre rallied after the Latin American e-commerce and fintech giant’s profit far surpassed estimates. Net income in the...

Regulators have agreed to drop a lawsuit against Coinbase that sought to regulate the company as a stock exchange, marking the end of...

Societe Generale-Forge is deploying its stablecoin, EUR CoinVertible (EURCV), on the Stellar blockchain, as it pursues a multichain...

According to an SEC news release, the CETU will have a few priorities, including fraud committed with emerging technologies like...

Microsoft has been working on quantum computing technologies for nearly two decades, which culminated on Wednesday when it announced...

After a difficult few years, Europe’s tech scene bounced back in 2024, including participation from angel investors ranging from the head...

Dubai based cross-border payment services startup raised $3m in Seed funding led by Tether and Polymorphic Capital.

New York based tokenization company raised $18m in new funding led by Blockchain Founders Fund and Outlier Ventures.

New York based startup that develops AI tools to analyze and manage private debt transactions raised $16m in Series A funding led by...

This week, Microsoft's persistence paid off as it unveiled Majorana 1, the world’s first quantum chip powered by a topological core...

The chip, called “Majorana 1,” so far is the product of a research effort and isn’t for sale. The Microsoft researchers outlined their...

California based Layer-2 blockchain developer raised $8m in Seed funding led by Polychain Capital.

Decentralized wrapped crypto asset startup raised $9m in new funding led by a16z.

Amsterdam based AI accounting business raised $10m in Seed funding led by EQT Ventures and General Catalyst.

New York based AI-powered private equity due diligence platform raised $12m in Series A funding led by Fintop Capital.

Austin based startup helping companies manage spending on cloud and IT infrastructure raised $6.2m in Seed funding led by S3 Ventures and...

Berlin based SaaS platform for home service professionals raised €3.75m in Seed funding led by 20VC and Stride VC.

Portugal based provider of tools for real estate agents raised $5.5m in Series A funding led by Indico Capital Partners.

Spain based SaaS platform for supply chain management raised €10m in Series A funding led by Burda Principal Investments and Samaipata.

UK based bank-verified digital identity startup raised £16m in new funding led by ACF Investors.

Hong Kong licensed crypto exchange raised $30m in new funding led by Gaorong Ventures.

Israel based crypto security firm raised $50m in Series B funding led by Ribbit Capital.

India based B2B e-commerce company raised $75m in Series G funding led by M&G Prudential.

London-based startup providing an international payments platform for cross-border trade in emerging markets raised €17.2m in Series A...

In an update to its policy on Zelle, Chase says it may “decline or block” payments related to purchases from social media marketplaces or...

Initial payouts starting this week will go to smaller customers with claims of less than $50,000. Ultimately, the bankruptcy estate plans...

Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala Investment Company, revealed itself to be the seventh largest holder of shares in BlackRock’s...

Private equity firms are buying stakes in sports teams more frequently, at the same time that more stadiums are being built or renovated....

Congratulations to portfolio company Glassbox, built to reimagine how finance teams work with spreadsheets in the age of AI, on the...

Venture capital firms have increasingly been acting like private equity firms by investing in or buying mature businesses in need of a...

Congratulations to portfolio company Plaid for being named to Forbes' 10th annual Fintech 50 list, which highlights businesses that...

The role of data science in financial markets has seen considerable evolution in recent years. However, the fundamentals of data science...

As buy-side firms increasingly turn to algorithmic trading, the need for customized strategies, real-time adaptability, and advanced...

A hedge fund startup that uses artificial intelligence to do work typically handled by analysts has outperformed the global stock market...

That’s because of an agreement between Intercontinental Exchange and Reddit to develop new data products for the financial industry that...

The IRS has long been in the sights of Musk and Trump, and Musk posted a poll recently on X asking whether DOGE should audit the IRS. 

Retail trading platform eToro has made confidential filings to US regulators in a significant step towards an initial public offering in...

Sweden based accounting automation startup raised $3m in pre Seed funding led by EQT Ventures.

Singapore based treasury OS raised $18.5m in Series A funding led by Quona Capital and PayPal Ventures.

Switzerland based blockchain for stablecoin payments raised $24m in Series A funding led by Framework Ventures.

Palo Alto based identity management startup raised $30m in Series A funding led by Brightmind Partners.

San Francisco based revenue cycle management platform for medical billing raised $52.5m in Series C funding led by Oak HC/FT.

Vestwell's ESA is an after-tax savings tool that earns interest, giving employees quick access to funds without penalties or...

India based banking platform for mid-size businesses raised $2.8m in Seed funding led by Blume Ventures.

San Francisco based banking services startup raised $3m in pre Seed funding led by Third Prime.

Vietnam based crypto-focused AI agent developer raised $4m in Seed funding led by Mechanism Capital.

New York based AI-driven wealth management platform raised $6.2m in Seed funding led by MaC Venture Capital.

Germany based provider of SME accounting and payroll solutions raised $6.3m in pre Seed funding led by General Catalyst and Cherry Ventures.

Luxembourg based D2C ecommerce platform raised $8.3m in Series A funding led by Smedvig Ventures.

San Francisco based DeFi superapp business raised $15m in Seed funding led by a16z and Coinbase Ventures.

In addition to the $1t milestone, Zelle said 2024 also saw a 23% jump in the total dollar amount sent using the app, with transaction...

San Francisco based revenue management platform for insurance brokers raised $20m in Series B funding led by Bond.

Miami based fraud prevention startup raised $70m in Series C funding led by Activant Capital.

The NYSE announced this week that one of its electronic exchanges, NYSE Chicago, will reincorporate in Texas and be renamed NYSE Texas,...

Datalign Advisory (“Datalign”), an AI platform matching consumers with leading financial advisors, today announced Link Ventures invested...

As an alternative to an exit, secondary share sales have been seized upon by fintech firms looking to raise funds and increase liquidity...

Any bank that partners with FIS will be able to provide its own version of the Affirm Card, which launched in 2021, without asking...

Paris based real-world asset tokenization startup raised €1.1m in Seed funding led by Cabrit Capital.

London based crypto interest rates trading platform raised $4m in Seed funding led by CoinFund.

Riyadh based construction tech startup raised $8m in Series A funding.

New York based AI modeling business focused on financial services raised $12m in Seed funding led by YC and LocalGlobe.

Detroit based real estate investment management platform raised $15m in Series B funding led by Beringea.

Boston based healthcare payments business raised $27m in Series A funding led by Flare Capital Partners.

In 2023, the main hedge fund at billionaire Dmitry Balyasny’s eponymous firm notched a gross return of 15.2%. Investors walked away with...

In another weekend takeover of a federal agency’s operations, staffers from an efficiency initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk helped...

It’s not clear whether the president has the authority to stop the manufacture of the 1-cent coin. According to the U.S. Constitution,...

The listing would come with a valuation of up to $15b, in what would be one of the biggest IPOs this year. Klarna has sought to cut costs...

The thawing regulatory environment is behind the season change. Plaid might not be in the market for a merger anymore—at its current...

It took nearly 50 years, but half of private-sector workers are saving in 401(k)s for the first time. Policymakers have moved in recent...

Dubai based wealth and asset tracking platform raised $2m in pre-Seed funding led by Scene Holding.

Dubai based developer of AI agents for ecommerce raised $10m in new funding led by Prosus Ventures.

Egypt based financial super app raised $16m in new funding led by Quona.

The market is ripe for lending innovation as one in four Latin American adults still do not have a bank account, while lower US interest...

Decentralized rates exchange raised $4m in Seed funding led by CoinFund.

In the two weeks since Trump took office Musk has effectively created an alternative power structure inside the government, gaining...

In a satirical blog post on Wall Street Oasis on a day in the life of a “US sovereign wealth fund employee”, the author writes: By...

Elon Musk’s crusade to slash US government spending suffered setbacks on Thursday after a federal judge barred the Treasury department...

Blum said Treasury staff members working with emissaries from Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) had been given...

Brazil based accounts payable SaaS company raised $7m in new funding led by Quona.

Decentralized crypto infrastructure startup raised $14m in Series A funding led by Union Square Ventures.

India based payments company raised $53m in Series C funding at a $700m valuation led by Krafton.

San Francesco based tax co-pilot raises $4.6m in Seed funding.

Poland based crypto processing platform raised $3m in new funding led by Flashpoint VC.

Ireland based compliance and cyber risk management startup raised $4m in new funding led by Elkstone.

Munich based construction procurement platform raised €12.5m in new funding led by GV and 20VC.

Boston based fintech for health care payments and administration raised $27m in Series A funding led by Flare Capital Partners.

Lender Toolkit announced this week a partnership with Ocrolus and the integration of Ocrolus' advanced document analysis technology into...

Payments software firm Worldpay has agreed a deal to acquire Ravelin, an AI-powered fraud prevention platform headquartered in the UK....

The bill seeks to create a predictable regulatory environment for stablecoins. Proponents say that federal regulation would lend...

Stripe closed its $1.1b purchase of Bridge Network, which is the largest acquisition to date for the payments company and marks a big bet...

The alternative asset manager is in discussions to partner with banks, exchanges and fintech firms to deliver real-time information and...

Insurance companies are snapping up asset-backed bonds to fund future payouts on their annuity products which are seeing record demand —...

Scott Bessent, who joined Trump at the Oval Office, said the fund would be created in the next 12 months, calling it an issue “of great...

The rise of stablecoins — now a $205b market — is driven by real-world utility, not speculation, particularly in emerging markets where...

The collaboration, announced this week, will integrate Plaid’s consumer-permissioned data with Algebrik, allowing for easier...

The network said that on the same day it crossed the 1b payment milestone — Jan. 31 — it also reached new single-day records for...

The agency is allowed by statute to request additional information from companies that “self-certify” their financial products, including...

Most parents typically worry about funding 529 college savings plans, brokerage accounts or high-yield savings vehicles for their kids....