Square’s stock is up over 200% in the past year; the run up occurred prior to news that the Square Cash app would allow users to buy and sell bitcoin; Square Cash had more than 7 million active users in December of last year; according to the Quartz article, the growth has also been fueled by recent bank partnerships; other successful lines of business include Square Capital which lent out $305 million to small businesses in the fourth quarter of 2017. Source
Affirm announced they are partnering with merchants to make financing available in-store; Affirm InStore works similar to their online point of sale solution where customers can pay for purchases over time with fixed installments; the company also announced that consumers will be able to add a newly issued Affirm virtual card via Apple Pay. Source
Branch CEO Matt Flannery is not new in the micro-lending lending space having previously co-founded Kiva; Flannery realized that there was much more potential in lending across the globe outside of the non-profit space; Branch has an app that uses information from the phone to score credit in places like Nigeria and Kenya; the Series B round was led by Trinity Ventures and included other big names such as Andreessen Horowitz and CreditEase Fintech investment fund; the company also secured a $50 million debt facility from Victory Park Capital. Source
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