Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. The microfinancing platform connects investors with small businesses using mudarabah, a shariah-compliant profit-sharing agreement. But […]
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Back to news homeFintech predictions and opportunities for 2023
Victoria Treyger Contributor It’s been quite an eventful year. Fintech has fallen a long way from the highs of 2021, and while 2022 was largely about the reset of the […]
Allocations just got valued at $150M to help private equity funds lure smaller investors
Interest in alternative investments such as private equity, real estate and crypto continues to surge, and Miami-based fintech startup Allocations is riding the wave. Less than three years after its […]
KKR dives into Avalanche blockchain to tokenize and ‘democratize’ financial services
As institutions continue to dip their toes into the world of digital assets, KKR & Co. is the latest to enter the space by tokenizing a part of one of […]
Why more fintechs may be going the debt financing route
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Wire grabs fresh funding for secure messaging tech that’s big with G7 governments
More funding for European end-to-end encrypted messaging app, Wire: The enterprise-focused messaging platform told TechCrunch it’s closed a €24 million Series C round of funding led by growth equity firm […]
Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A
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These startups want to make credit scores a thing of the past
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Investors show LatAm fintechs the money
Welcome to The Interchange, a take on this week’s fintech news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Greetings from Austin, Texas, where the temps have been over […]
To better manage cybersecurity risk, extend zero-trust principles to third parties
Saket Modi Contributor Saket Modi is the co-founder and CEO of Safe Security, a cybersecurity and digital business risk quantification platform company. Today’s cybersecurity landscape requires an agile and data-driven […]