Kabbage Co-Founder Muses On Alt Lending, Fintech Trends, And More
Forbes, Posted February 24, 2021
Forbes, Posted February 24, 2021
#lentech #starups
The Mobile Finance Apps That Banks Don’t Know Their Customers Use
Forbes, Posted March 1, 2021
Forbes, Posted March 1, 2021
#mobile finance
Americas
Robinhood pushes on with IPO plans despite facing 49 GameStop lawsuits
Fintech Futures, Posted March 1, 2021
Fintech Futures, Posted March 1, 2021
#IPO #trading
Wisetack raises $19M as its buy-now-pay-later service for IRL services scales
Tech Crunch, Posted February 23, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted February 23, 2021
#fundraising #BNPL
EquityBee raises $20M to help startup employees actually afford their stock options
Tech Crunch, Posted February 22, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted February 22, 2021
#fundraising #trading
US corporate card provider Brex applies for banking licence in Utah
Fintech Futures, Posted February 24, 2021
Fintech Futures, Posted February 24, 2021
#digital banking
Coinbase files to go public in a key listing for the cryptocurrency category
Tech Crunch, Posted February 25, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted February 25, 2021
#crypto
Stori raises $32.5M in a Lightspeed-led Series B to build Mexico’s credit card for the masses
Tech Crunch, Posted February 25, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted February 25, 2021
#fundraising #credit card
Walmart recruits Goldman Sachs’ consumer head to run fintech startup
Finextra, Posted March 1, 2021
Finextra, Posted March 1, 2021
#startups
Asia
6 Key Players in Asia’s Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Battleground
Fintechnews Singapore, Posted February 26, 2021
Fintechnews Singapore, Posted February 26, 2021
#BNPL
Grab Creates 350 Jobs to Bolster Its Financial Services in South East Asia
Fintechnews Singapore, Posted February 26, 2021
Fintechnews Singapore, Posted February 26, 2021
#digital bankig #fintech services
ErudiFi raises $5 million Series A to give students in Southeast Asia more education financing options
Tech Crunch, Posted February 23, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted February 23, 2021
#fundraising #startups #lendtech
Indonesian investment platform FUNDtastic lands $7.7 million Series A
Tech Crunch, Posted February 22, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted February 22, 2021
#fundraising #investment
Asia-Pacific fintechs Volopay and Microleap land funding
Fintech Futures, Posted February 26, 2021
Fintech Futures, Posted February 26, 2021
#fundraising #P2P lending
Pakistani Online Payments Fintech SadaPay Introduces Numberless Debit Card for Seamless Digital Transactions
Crowdfund Insider, Posted February 23, 2021
Crowdfund Insider, Posted February 23, 2021
#paytech
Europe
TreeCard raises $5.1M seed to plant trees as you spend
Tech Crunch, Posted February 25, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted February 25, 2021
#startup #green brands
TransferWise rebrands as Wise ahead of an expected IPO
Tech Crunch, Posted February 22, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted February 22, 2021
#remittances #IPO #rebranding
Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat
Tech Crunch, Posted February 24, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted February 24, 2021
#regulation
Nuapay rolls out open banking across Italy and Germany
Altfi, Posted February 25, 2021
Altfi, Posted February 25, 2021
#open banking
Buy-Now-Pay-Later could account for 10% of all UK eCommerce by 2024
Altfi, Posted February 24, 2021
Altfi, Posted February 24, 2021
#BNPL #paytech
Iwoca’s German lending growth keeps the lender among Sunday Times’ international leaders
Altfi, Posted February 23, 2021
Altfi, Posted February 23, 2021
#lendtech
Klarna is Europe’s highest-valued fintech after $1bn raise
Fintech Futures, Posted March 1, 2021
Fintech Futures, Posted March 1, 2021
#BNPL