Fintech’s deal for tiny Utah bank may rile consumer advocates
The parent company of the high-cost digital lender CreditNinja has agreed to purchase a tiny Utah-based bank in a deal ...
Tag: Fintech
VCs tackle lack of funding to Black- and Latinx-owned fintechs
The spark for a business idea often comes from the founder's personal experience or a plan to serve a specific ...
SoftBank, Viking invest $ 250 million in Latin American fintech
There's a new unicorn in Latin America: Clip, a payments fintech in Mexico targeting small and midsize companies.The firm received ...
Unicef will finance an Argentine fintech in cryptocurrencies to deepen financial education
The financial education is a pending matter in Argentina, and it is a deficit that affects above all the most ...
New leader, new mission for SoFi’s banking-as-a-service arm
When the online lender SoFi announced its acquisition of Galileo Financial Technologies, a banking-as-a-service provider, for $ 1.2 billion a ...
Klarna raises cash from SoftBank at $ 45.6 billion valuation
Klarna Bank AB is raising fresh funds led by SoftBank Group that value the Swedish fintech startup at $ 45.6 ...
Post-pandemic wanderlust creates runway for travel fintechs
As tens of millions of consumers plan post-pandemic getaways, issuers of travel cards anticipate a surge in transaction volume - ...
What Marqeta’s IPO says about the future of super apps
As the company that powers transactions for Uber, Doordash and Square, Marqeta is behind the scenes of many of the ...
How Massachusetts is trying to make its fintech hub stand out
There is no need for fintech founders in Massachusetts to head west to pitch their ideas, or for bank executives ...
Mastercard focuses investment on fintechs founded by minorities
Venture capital firms have vastly overlooked Black and Latinx-led technology firms, leading Mastercard to join a growing list of financial ...