When financial institutions want to offer a debit card or credit card, they hire an issuing processor to help them with those services. When they …
Construction tech startup Kojo rebrands, expands and lands $39M in Series C funding
Kojo, a startup that aims to help construction companies in the U.S. manage their materials supply chains “seamlessly,” has raised $39 million in a Series …
Kaszek, YC back DolarApp’s mission to ‘dollarize’ Latin America’s finances with crypto
When DolarApp founders Zach Garman, Álvaro Correa and Fernando Terrés were living in the United States and Europe, they would spend time in Latin America, …
Fintech startup Power flexes its credit card muscle following $316M equity, debt injection
Power, a fintech infrastructure startup, is now kicking off its full-stack credit card issuance platform after a year in stealth mode and with $16.1 million …
Southeast Asian fintech Fazz raises $100M Series C to serve businesses of all sizes
Fazz, the Southeast Asian digital financial services group created by the merger of PayFazz and Xfers, announced today that it has raised a total of …
Lease-to-own fintech startup Kafene raises $18M to battle BNPL
Kafene, a lease-to-own startup aimed at underbanked consumers who don’t have access to traditional credit, raised $18 million in a Series B funding round. While …
Pakistan’s Neem raises $2.5M to serve underbanked communities with its embedded finance platform
Pakistan’s embedded finance platform Neem has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round as it works to support underbanked communities in the country. The …
Regulators appear to be growing increasingly wary of banks and fintech startups getting too cozy
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Let’s get in the weeds about fintech AUM
UBS and Wealthfront last week called off a planned deal to sell the robo-adviser startup to the financial giant for $1.4 billion. Instead, UBS invested …
Here’s where YC’s latest batch of founders are placing fintech bets
Y Combinator’s latest cohort of founders have opinions on the future of fintech. One-fifth of the accelerator’s Summer 2022 batch, which spans 240 companies, is …