Fintech

When it comes to scaling online communities, Platzi CEO Freddy Vega thinks that edtech can take a few notes from the video game industry. League of Legends, for example, doesn’t require players to come to its universe art at a certain time and certain place; instead it lets players naturally connect with others who are...

Mexico's online lending platform and Buy Now, Pay Later or BNPL service provider Kueski has secured $202 million in capital via a debt and equity round that has been led by StepStone Group. Kueski claims to be the largest online consumer lender in Mexico. It

Bancolombia will soon offer its customers the ability to buy and sell bitcoin through a partnership with Gemini.

Numerated, a financial Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, has acquired fellow US fintech Fincura Inc, to build the future of business banking.

A man who has claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin just won a major U.S. court case, saving him...

Investments in fintech skyrocketed in 2021, as did consumer adoption of fintech apps. That makes finding the “biggest” winners and the rare losers more difficult. But that’s what we’re here for at the Fintech Snark Tank. This year’s winners: Square, Plaid, Klarna, SoFi, and OpenSea.

A handful of proposed acquisitions this fall saw delays over the lack of timely regulator sign-off. But a pair of deals has found pushback — even termination, in one case — in court.

Account to account payments through open banking are set to boom a retailers seek lower-cost options for online shoppers, writes Roger De’Ath, Head of ecommerce, TrueLayer.

Amid operational, compliance and strategic risks, the OCC cautioned banks of the evolving cyber attacks the regulator increasingly witnessed.

The Metaverse and DAOs are primed to be a major frontier for the upcoming year, with impacts on sectors ranging from social networks, art, entertainment, environmental management and digital finance. Watch this space, though you will likely need a virtual reality headset to catch it.