Consumers are pushing card networks and issuers to develop programs that reward them for spending on sustainable products and other initiatives to mitigate climate change.
Move over ConstitutionDAO, the latest Decentralized Autonomous Organization, known as elfDAO, is seeking to leverage the power of crypto-fundraising to “fund, organize, and donate gifts to institutions, orphanages, and low-income neighborhood centers [in order to] bring holiday joy to as many children as possible. It can all be accomplished through an ethereum wallet and an...
Serial fintech entrepreneur Walter Cruttenden founded Acorns with his son, Jeff, in 2012 with the goal of helping low- and middle-income households invest and save responsibly. The pair wanted to simplify investing for the millions that have trouble getting started or continuing to invest. Then in 2018, Walter went live with a new company —...
By the end of 2020, the Central Bank of Brazil launched its own instant payment system, called PIX, with the ambitious goal of speeding up and facilitating transactions.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued LendUp in September, alleging that the digital payday lender consistently misled customers about the benefits repeatedly using its loan products.
Credit unions are looking for approval to hold digital assets like Bitcoin directly, after a federal regulator clarified they can provide cryptocurrency services to customers by partnering with third parties.
Cross-border FinTech platform Taptap Send raised $65 million in a Series B funding round led by Spark Capital, bringing its overall funding to $80 million.
VC levels for proptech funding returned to pre-pandemic levels with investments shifting from early-stage to mid and late-stage companies.