At the CB Insights conference last week Max Levchin, the CEO and Co-founder of Affirm, talked about the status of...
Yesterday, Bloomberg broke the story that two senior Goldman Sachs executives were leaving to work on the new Walmart fintech...
Walmart Mexico announced the acquisition of payments startup Trafalgar to strengthen its digital wallet initiative.
In an American Banker op-ed, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute argues against the idea of allowing post offices...
Fintech Nexus discussed Walmart's fintech strategy in Mexico with Marcelino Herrera, Chief Financial Services Officer at the retailer.
The largest retailer in the U.S. has partnered with fintech Affirm to offer customers point of sale loans at 4,000...
Walmart partnered with Even and PayActiv to provide a set of products for their more than 1.4 million employees; employees will be able to access earned weaves ahead of schedule using an Instapay feature; “We’re investing to give our people financial tools that help provide more stability in their lives, which we believe will empower them to be all they can be when they are at work serving our customers,” explained Jacqui Canney, Walmart’s Chief People Officer; Walmart is covering the cost of Even’s tool and it will allow for employees to access Instapay eight times a year for free. Source.
Even currently has a deal with Walmart and Kronos to provide financial help and paycheck advances to their employees; Aaron...
In his LendIt Fintech USA 2019 keynote, CEO and Co-founder of Affirm, Max Levchin, had some harsh words to say...
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·Mike Cagney is the Co-Founder and CEO of Figure, a full stack financial services blockchain company with consumer offerings in market or on the way in lending, banking and more. In late-2019, Figure raised $103 million at a $1.2 billion valuation and continues to grow.
Prior to starting Figure, Mike co-founded and ran SoFi, one of the most successful consumer fintech companies ever.
In this conversation, we discuss Figure’s routes to asset origination and capital markets disruption, Figure’s previously unannounced consumer banking and payments offering, lessons learned building and scaling multiple billion dollar companies and more.