Islands of Cool is a blockchain-based carbon removal project out of New Zealand that wants to make carbon offsets cool.

Payments company Checkout.com isn’t just a unicorn — it has closed a $1 billion Series D founding round. Following today’s round, the company is now valued at $40 billion. That’s a stark increase compared to last year’s valuation. With its Series C round, the company raised $450 million at a $15 billion valuation — it represents...

The credit-reporting firm will let consumers give blockchain companies access to their personal credit data through Spring Labs’ ky0x Digital Passport.

Banks are moving fast to add crypto solutions and it’s a transformation, NCR’s President of Digital Banking Doug Brown and CTO Tim Vanderham say banks can lead — and win.

Customers in Germany, Finland and Spain can now upgrade to a Revolut Bank account.

If the payments company moves ahead with a digital currency rollout, its network of merchants and consumers as well as its retail-payments focus could give it the upper hand over banks, whose products are limited to cryptocurrency exchanges, wholesale payments and other specific uses.

MX is one of a handful of infrastructure companies that have helped facilitate the growth of the fintech ecosystem in recent years.

Investments related to cryptocurrencies and digital assets are the top threat to investors "by far," according to a survey of securities regulators.

Last year was a busy year for the US fintech industry, which welcomed 15 new companies on the public markets. Investors were betting big on fintech startups, but this confidence seems to be dying out.

The firm is targeting capital at early-stage investments in enterprise, consumer, hardtech, fintech and healthcare companies.