Affirm’s CTO talks transparency and the tech that makes BNPL possible
BNPL is not a new concept; it’s just taken off in recent years and become far more mainstream. Buy now, pay later lets people do exactly what its name suggests…
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How Lydia wants to make payments more personal and social
Yesterday, fintech startup Lydia unveiled a brand new design for its financial super app. And it’s an opinionated take on mobile payments — not just a fresh coat of paint….
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With Kard, banks and fintechs can build custom credit card rewards programs
Credit card rewards often play a significant role in attracting users to a particular card over its peers. But for young fintech companies newer to card issuance, setting up an…
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Ex-Chime engineers raise $4M for B2B payments infrastructure startup Streamlined
While working as the head of treasury at Braintree, Boris de Souza once discovered a $90 million payment that went “missing” for over two weeks because of poor payments infrastructure….
Read More »Having some crypto in your 401(k) is neither irrational nor exuberant
The biggest retirement plan provider in the United States, Fidelity, just announced plans to offer individuals the opportunity to invest in bitcoin through their 401(k) retirement accounts later this year….
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Consumer fintech trading revenues don’t measure up to SaaS ARR
After a lengthy period of experimentation, investors have decided that consumer fintech trading businesses are not SaaS companies, meaning that those fintech revenues should not be valued as if they…
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New bank, who dis? Lifestyle-focused neobank Cogni pivots to web3
Digital banking startup Cogni is joining the ranks of companies hopping on the crypto bandwagon. The mobile-based platform, founded in 2018 out of Barclays’ accelerator program (which is operated by…
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Teen-focused fintech app Copper raises $29M, grows to over 800,000 users in less than a year
Copper, a digital banking service aimed at teens, has raised $29 million in Series A funding in a “preemptive” round led by Fiat Ventures. The investment comes just over seven…
Read More »Building a better mobility fintech startup on TechCrunch Live
Kevin Bennett started his auto financing company in 2016. It started as MotoRefi, and rebranded in early 2022 to Caribou. But the mission remains: Transforming consumers’ financial relationship with their…
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Fintech Roundup: Founders reinventing, startups buying and round sizes growing
Welcome to my weekly fintech-focused column. I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm, Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all…
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