To some investors, “down round” is a dirty phrase, but not to Notable Capital’s Hans Tung. Hans is a managing partner at Notable Capital, formerly …
Fintech CRED secures in-principle approval for payment aggregator license
CRED has received the in-principle approval for a payment aggregator license in a boost to the Indian fintech startup that could help it better serve …
Ramp raises another $150M co-led by Khosla and Founders Fund at a $7.65B valuation
Spend management startup Ramp has raised another $150 million at a post-money valuation of $7.65 billion, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. New investor Khosla …
Fintech Mercury, whose B2B business is caught up in regulatory scrutiny, expands into consumer banking
Business banking startup Mercury, founded in 2017, is now launching a consumer banking product. Mercury today serves more than 100,000 businesses, many of which are …
Klarna credit card launches in the US as Swedish fintech grows its market presence
Klarna is launching its credit card in the United States, the Swedish fintech giant told TechCrunch in an exclusive interview. “It was one of our …
Inside LemFi’s play to be fintech to the Global South diaspora
The African tech ecosystem, buffeted by huge potential but also lots of economic, political and social instabilities, is no stranger to major drama affecting even …
Finmid raises $24.7M to help SMBs access loans through platforms like Wolt
finmid is building an embedded finance product that targets that relationship between marketplaces and sellers, and raised a Series A round to further build out …
TechCrunch Fintech: Meet PayJoy, a fintech operating at the intersection of doing good and making money
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at how two fintech companies serving the underserved are faring, and more! To get a roundup of …
How PayJoy built a $300M business by letting the underserved use their smartphones as collateral for loans
Lerato Motloung is a mother of two who works in a supermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa. After her phone was stolen, Motloung had to go …
TransferGo raises $10M to expand its remittance business in Asia, doubling valuation
TransferGo, the U.K.-based fintech best known as a consumer platform for global remittances, has raised a $10 million growth funding round from Taiwan-based investor Taiwania …