Fintech Kasheesh wants financially strained customers to say ‘bye’ to BNPL
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) products have become incredibly popular with users, and both startups and tech behemoths such as Apple have taken notice. But BNPL companies have attracted some…
Read More »A second wave of consumer BNPL startups is taking the model to new markets
The buy now, pay later (BNPL) market, estimated to be worth $120 billion in 2021, has grown significantly over the last few years. But for most of its rise to…
Read More »Fintech’s fever can’t make up its mind
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche…
Read More »Better.com loses three more senior executives, including SVP and VP of sales
Three more senior executives of digital mortgage lender Better.com have resigned, multiple sources tell TechCrunch. Those three executives are: Jillian White, general manager of Better’s affiliate businesses known as Better+,…
Read More »The fintech funding market is not dead
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Alex and Grace are back to cover the biggest, boldest…
Read More »Ghana’s fintech Fido raises $30M to roll out new products and expand across Africa
After extending credit to thousands of customers over mobile phones since 2015, Ghana-based fintech Fido is now in search of additional growth avenues for its expansion across Africa. Fido told…
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Why did Brex really decide to ditch SMBs?
Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our…
Read More »As Brex exits the SMB space, its CEO says that doesn’t include startups … at least the funded ones
Brex’s decision to stop serving SMB customers surprised many in the startup and fintech community. TechCrunch spoke with CEO and co-founder Henrique Dubugras to learn more about what drove the…
Read More »Brex, which started out serving startups, now says it is ‘less suited to meet the needs of smaller customers’
Three months after announcing it would make a big push into software and enterprise, fintech giant Brex is apparently abandoning the very segment it started out to serve — small…
Read More »Able.ai exits stealth with $20M to help big lenders speed up making high-value loans
Large banks are stepping up their game when it comes to new services and the technology that underpins them, and in many cases they are borrowing straight from the tech…
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