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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Back to news homeMinka raises $24M from Tiger, Kaszek to help move money more quickly across LatAm
Bogota-based payments infrastructure startup Minka has secured $24 million in a funding round co-led by Tiger Global Management and Kaszek. In an interview, CEO and co-founder Domagoj Rozic described Minka […]
Fidelity says it will offer crypto in retirement accounts this year
Fidelity, the largest retirement plan provider in the United States, announced plans to offer bitcoin in 401(k) retirement accounts to its accountholders later this year. The company is set to allow […]
Fintech Roundup: Founders reinventing, startups buying and pre-seed a’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 […]
Block Head Jack Dorsey tells us what we already knew
Jack Dorsey, the Twitter co-founder and current Block CEO, is no longer the payments firm’s “chief executive officer.” Instead, the executive is choosing to call himself “Block Head and Chairperson.” […]
10 IP and commercial contract loose ends to tie up before you approach investors
William Wilson Contributor William Wilson is a partner in Goodwin’s technology group and intellectual property practice. His practice focuses on technology transactions, including counseling, structuring and negotiating deals across industries […]
Fraud as a service: Scammers are using encrypted messaging to undercut BNPL revenue
Brittany Allen Contributor As Sift’s Trust and Safety Architect, Brittany Allen has more than a decade of experience combating e-commerce marketplace fraud at companies such as Etsy, Airbnb, 1stDibs and […]
Ant Group buys Singapore’s 2C2P to further global payments ambitions
Quietly, Alibaba’s fintech affiliate Ant Group has been building a global cross-border payments network by partnering with or investing in third-party e-wallets, banks, remittance services and other ecosystem players. The […]
Fintech Roundup: The gloves are off in the spend management space
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 […]
Neobank Fi finalizing funding at $700 million valuation
Indian neobank Fi is in advanced stages of talks to raise about $100 million at a $700 million valuation, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Alpha Wave Global, […]