‘Selling Sunset’ star Christine Quinn’s brokerage debuts new crypto credit scoring platform
For fans of both reality television and web3 (hopefully that group includes more than just this reporter), Christine Quinn’s move to leave the Oppenheim Group and co-found a brokerage with…
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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A
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Read More »Robinhood’s hangover, YC’s reduction and Uber’s return to form
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Alex, Natasha and Mary Ann got together…
Read More »Startups among entities to face tougher laws as Kenya moves to protect personal data
Startups processing personal data in Kenya are among the entities required to register with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC), as the East African country implements a law…
Read More »Kontempo lands fresh capital amid the boom for B2B BNPL
Kontempo, a startup offering buy now, pay later (BNPL) and interest-free installment plans to business-to-business (B2B) customers, today announced that it raised a $30 million seed round in a mix…
Read More »Argentinian fintech infrastructure startup Geopagos leaves the boot straps behind with $35M funding round
Geopagos, a payments infrastructure startup based in Buenos Aires, has raised $35 million in a round led by Riverwood Capital. The financing marks the company’s first ever institutional funding. Founded…
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ZayZoon charges employees $5 to get paid sooner
In spite of the so-called Great Resignation, wages haven’t risen as dramatically as some economists anticipated. About 41% of workers recently surveyed by Willis Towers Watson say that they’re living…
Read More »Robinhood cuts 23% of staff, CEO Vlad Tenev says, ‘This is on me’
It’s been a volatile year for retail investment behemoth Robinhood. The fintech company is slashing 23% of its workforce, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal and confirmed by TechCrunch….
Read More »Previ wants to subtract personal expenses from your paycheck with a cash-back twist
Why disrupt the bank account when you can go straight to the true source of all consumer spending: an individual’s paycheck? Brandon Rodman, who founded customer communications platform Weave but…
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Google backs Indian rewards payments startup Twid
Twid, an Indian startup operating a rewards-based payment platform, has raised $12 million to scale its network of merchants and issuers and expand its solution in the South Asian market….
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