Credit card and payments companies compete for a slice of the growing BNPL market
Buy now, pay later is here to stay. A year ago, the biggest players in the space were companies founded solely to offer consumers the ability to pay in installments…
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‘AWS for blockchain’ Alchemy boosts valuation to $3.5B with $250M raise
Exactly six months after raising $80 million at a $505 million valuation, blockchain and Web3 development SaaS startup Alchemy has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round that…
Read More »Extend raises $40M for its virtual card offering to help banks better compete with fintechs
We’ve written a lot about fintechs that aim to help other fintechs and traditional banks launch products and services. But it feels like we have written far less about fintechs…
Read More »Open banking startup Finverse wants to build the Asia-Pacific region’s Plaid
Based in Hong Kong, Finverse’s ambitious goal is to enable open banking throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The startup recently came out of stealth mode with $1.8 million in seed funding,…
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Zolve raises $40 million to help global citizens access financial services
Zolve, a neobanking startup that aims to help immigrants in the U.S. gain access to financial services, said on Wednesday it has raised $40 million in a new financing round…
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TechCrunch+ roundup: Midwest VC boom, advice for CISOs, Facebook’s next chapter
Healthcare spending accounts for almost 18% of U.S. GDP, so it’s no surprise that digital health is attracting record levels of investment. This year, VCs have flowed $14.7 billion to…
Read More »Fintech’s growing role in the healthcare revolution
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Read More »TechCrunch+ roundup: Slashing technical debt, IPO analysis, your first comms hire
Early-stage entrepreneurs who are eager to ship usually spend more time calculating their startup’s monthly burn rate than selecting an optimal development environment. As a result, technical debt starts to…
Read More »Another month, another billion dollars in value appreciation
Hello, and welcome to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. And have a good time. This week Mary Ann and Natasha and Alex…
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Citcon raises $30M to make paying with mobile wallets ‘as easy as paying with a credit card’
Citcon, a mobile wallet payment provider, has closed on $30 million in funding in a Series C round co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Cota Capital. Sierra Ventures and Sonae…
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