The companies' moves came a day after Visa and Mastercard said they were halting business in Russia because of its attack on Ukraine.
The student loan refi lender is building a new banking model around payments and digital banking platforms, plus a national charter.
Zeta Services, a banking and credit card technology unicorn, has raised $30 million from investors including Mastercard, and the two announced a five-year collaboration to help customers launch credit card services.
Some friends were applauding Visa and MasterCard’s decision to throw Russia off their payments networks over the weekend. Both companies handle 90% of all debit and credit card payments outside of China – and their announcements will deal another significant blow to the Russian economy. It sounds grand, but the presentation …
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell says the exchange is within the legal sanctions requirements but won't go a step further by shutting down all Russian accounts.
Crypto has become the go to currency for the Ukrainian Government defending itself from Russia. But crypto has a PR problem with Western governments keen to enforce sanctions. Most recognize cryptocurrency will not fund a war, but sanctions are the crypto industry's most critical test to date.
"Given our expectations for growth in these new technologies, I think we're going to see some spectacular returns," the Ark Invest CEO told CNBC's "Capital Connection."
Bitcoin (BTC) correlation to the NASDAQ has Increased to 57%, now a sustained reversal of risk-off trade last week: Report
The rise of the social and wellbeing benefits platform Betterfly has been meteoric in LatAm.
Brazil’s central bank revealed nine projects that will advance as it develops a central bank digital currency (CBDC).