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 …
Fintech representation in YC’s Demo Days is definitely shrinking
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at just how many fintech companies made it into Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort, how much funding …
Fintech funding slows to the lowest level since 2017
CB Insights released its Q1 2024 State of Venture Report, revealing that fintech funding slid by 16% during the three-month period. © 2024 TechCrunch. All …
Robinhood’s new Gold Card, BaaS challenges and the tiny startup that caught Stripe’s eye
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! This week, we’re looking at Robinhood’s new Gold Card, challenges in the BaaS space and how a tiny …
NewRetirement aims to shake up retirement planning with a holistic approach
NewRetirement builds software to help people create financial retirement plans. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Synctera is the latest banking-as-a-service startup to lay off staff
Banking-as-a-service startup (BaaS) Synctera has conducted a restructuring that has resulted in a staff reduction, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. While Synctera did not share …