Colombian fintechs have been very active in the VC space in 2024, with a number of startups raising over $150 million in funding so far.
When we covered the BlackRock announcement last week of their new tokenized treasuries fund I thought it was a big deal. One week in, this new investment vehicle (ticker symbol BUIDL) is proving to be quite popular. On-chain data shows that $245 million worth of BUIDL shares are now held in seven different wallets. That is the beauty of blockchain data, everything is transparent.
A new report from company builder and venture group Team8 shows it’s a good time for fintechs to pursue unicorn status, provided they do the groundwork.
In June of last year, Robinhood announced it was acquiring the credit card startup X1.
Today, we learned about the fruits of that transaction: a new Gold Card from Robinhood.
Payments are increasingly at the center of the rapidly expanding vertical SaaS market.
There are big changes coming to the world of interchange. Today, in a historic settlement, Visa and Mastercard have agreed to cap card interchange fees as they seek to end a legal fight that has spanned almost two decades.
Alkami’s Digital Sales and Service Maturity Model shows banks and credit unions how they digitally stack up against the competition.
Bloomberg reported on Friday that Chime is planning a 2025 IPO, according to "a person familiar with the matter."
Chime is the largest consumer-facing fintech in the country and this blockbuster IPO has been anticipated ever since their massive 2021 funding round that valued the firm at $25 billion.
Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) is growing in popularity in Latin America and is expected to surpass $2 billion in market size this year.
Yesterday, there was a lot of talk about the Department of Justice’s anti-trust lawsuit against Apple.
Simon Taylor called it the “biggest thing in fintech since Visa/Plaid.” American Banker gave us a history of the battles between banks and Apple over the years. And TechCrunch had no less than six articles covering this development.