The e-commerce giant has threatened to ban Visa cards in the U.K., and its partnerships with the likes of Affirm and Venmo give it alternative ways to accept payments — and the means to make good on that ultimatum.
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John has been in communications since graduating from Creative Communications at Red River College Polytechnic in Winnipeg in 1992. He launched one of Canada's first digital-only local news sites called Winnipeg First in 2007, which led to digital editor postings with the Winnipeg Free Press and Edmonton Journal. In 2012 he joined Bankless Times as managing editor, later becoming president and CEO. He and the Bankless Media co-founders completed a sale and exit in August 2021.
Founded in 2008 in Sweden, Trustly has already built a significant base in the European open banking industry, but in recent years has built a strong presence in North America.
Based in Columbus, Ohio, Adelphi Bank has filed paperwork with the FDIC and intends to raise $20 million in equity capital if approved to open.
Daylight’s co-founder and CEO Rob Curtis shares some eye-opening statistics to help drive home the importance of serving this growing demographic. The LBGT community in the US is already 30 million strong, making it the equivalent of the population of Texas, the second-most populated state in the...
EarlyBird, a mobile app that promotes investing for kids, announced a $4 million seed round on Monday, led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six. Other strategic partnerships in the round included Gemini's Frontier Fund along with Rarebreed Ventures, Fiat Ventures, Network Ventures, NBA Player Thaddeus Young's Reform Ventures, and Alex Lieberman, executive chairman and co-founder...
The blockchain startup Figure Technologies and other firms held talks with U.S. regulators about how to issue a stablecoin that satisfies watchdogs amid deep Washington skepticism over the fast-growing corner of the cryptocurrency market.
Financial institutions are frustrated with their technology providers’ speed to market and pace of new innovations. Is it warranted? Not necessarily, according to executives from FIS, Fiserv, and Jack Henry.
Mastercard announced it has completed its acquisition of Aiia, a Danish open banking technology provider for an undisclosed sum.
The Responsible Business Lending Coalition (RBLC), a group that includes online lenders LendingClub (NYSE:LC) and Funding Circle, has issued a statement in support of legislation introduced in both the US House and Senate. The Small Business Lending Disclosure Act of 2021, is described as establishing 'common-sense
Caxton, which claims to be a profitable payments Fintech, has secured 151% (£1,512,752) of its £1M fundraising target from 1011 investors (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube. Caxton, which says it has a great team and proven technology and further claims that 500k+ B2B