Fintech

Klarna, one of the world's largest private fintech companies, unveiled its new super app today, consolidating its installment payment technology with shopping, product support, delivery and returns, according to a press release.

Accrue Savings is introducing a savings account that is tied to specific retailers, allowing customers to gradually accumulate the amount they need to buy an item and earn cash rewards for making progress toward their goals.

Filipino financial services provider Mynt has landed a $300 million investment round valuing the company at over $2 billion.

Goldman Sachs is to use technology from Digital Asset to build a tokenised asset infrastructure supporting trades across multiple asset classes on permissioned and public blockchains.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu delivered a compelling speech today during a presentation at the American Fintech Council, Fintech Policy Summit. The AFC largely represents digital and neo-banks as well as non-bank lenders. Hsu recently spoke at a Blockchain Association event where he

Fresh off the heels of its $50 million Series A round in February, Valon's total funding now sits at a cool $93.9 million.

Alkami Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a Cloud-powered virtual banking solutions provider for U.S. banks and credit unions, has announced STAR Financial Bank as its first client to empower customers with trading systems that 'allow the purchase, sale, and secure storage of Bitcoin, powered by NYDIG.'

Digital upstarts like Square, Stripe and PayPal are invading community banks' turf by appealing to local merchants with a mix of electronic payments and lending. Small banks are fighting back by leaning into digital services while maintaining their personal touch.

The global finance industry, its regulators and investors pledged trillions in funding to reduce carbon emissions.