Fintech

Shares of Affirm, the digital “buy now, pay later” company, soared as high as 30% in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the company said it would expand its partnership with Amazon. The company also beat analyst estimates on revenue in the fiscal first quarter.

On episode 26 I talk with Carlos Torras of Fintech Collective. Fintech Collective is a venture capital firm that partners with founders with vision and persistence – founders with a desire to reshape markets.

Some of the top startups in Europe will go head to head. Our second group of semifinalists in Pitchit’s Startup Summit competition will pitch their ideas live in front of a panel of fintech industry vets to compete for the gold prize.

Potentially the answer to the controversy swirling around payday lenders and overdrafts, can this nascent product be regulated appropriately?

The data aggregator is recruiting partners such as Railsbank, Silicon Valley Bank and Marqeta for a project designed to make certain digital transactions easier to complete.

Backbase, an engagement banking platform that enables banks and other financial institutions to accelerate digital transformation, announced it has joined the Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services, according to a press release sent to FinLedger.

Mastercard has signed up a gaggle of new partners - including American Airlines, CSI, Fiserv and Tsys - to its recently launched buy now, pay later offering.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has halted two token offerings by American CryptoFed DAO LLC, a Wyoming-based organization. According to the SEC, the Division of Enforcement alleges that in September American CryptoFed filed a 'materially deficient and misleading registration form known as a Form

Personal finance company SoFi saw strong third quarter earnings, with its business segments — lending, financial services and technology platform — driving growth.

Klarna, one of the world’s largest private fintech companies and aggregators of the Buy Now, Pay Later trend, announced Wednesday it is now offering its