Kenji Niwa, an immigrant entrepreneur, experienced the challenges of getting financial products, including a credit card, without a credit history when he moved to the …
Inside Rent Butter: Why credit scores shouldn’t tell the whole story
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. As we head into a long …
All that fintech investment had a real impact on banking penetration in Latin America
When a group of startups works on a similar set of problems, they frequently bring about massive shifts in how day-to-day life is lived.
MoonPay launches venture arm to invest in web3 infra, gaming and fintech
Web3 infrastructure firm MoonPay has launched an investment arm that will focus on early-stage startups in web3, gaming and adjacent fintech categories, TechCrunch has exclusively …
MFast get backing from Wavemaker Partners to increase financial services access in Vietnam
The majority of Vietnam’s population live in rural areas and often lack access to financial services because banks and other institutions open most of their …
Better.com’s public market debut was Miserable.com
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. Better.com finally went public last week, and …
As Better.com readies for its public debut, CEO Vishal Garg says he went through ‘a lot of leadership training’
Online mortgage lender Better.com is making its public debut Thursday on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbols “BETR” and “BETRW.” The stock will …
Fintech startup Ramp raises $300M at a 28% lower valuation of $5.8B
Fintech startup Ramp has raised $300 million in a funding round co-led by existing backer Thrive Capital and new investor Sands Capital at a post-money …
Zanifu raises $11.2M to scale its inventory financing offering in Kenya
Zanifu, a Kenyan fintech providing inventory financing to micro, small and medium-sized businesses, has raised $11.2 million in debt-equity funding in a pre-Series A round …
A tale of two payments companies
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There was plenty going on as usual — …