Fintech
Fintech
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The payments giant Visa is in talks to join an extension of the fintech startup Airwallex’s latest funding round, according to people familiar with the matter.
July 20 -
Alloy, Marqeta and other technology firms drafted policies to assist employees in states that restrict abortion access, even before they had all the answers.
July 19 -
The operators of a Texas payments firm with ties to the U.K. pleaded guilty in the U.S. to money laundering failures after their business facilitated the shipping of $160 million to Nigeria over about three years.
July 15 -
The boss of the U.K. digital bank Monzo Bank said he’s targeting growth rather than immediate profit during a turbulent time for the fintech industry, after nearly doubling annual revenue while widening losses.
July 14 -
Crypto startups finally felt the effects of an economic storm that has been cooling digital currencies, public stocks and venture capital all year. Funding to private crypto companies in the second quarter fell to its lowest level in a year, according to data from PitchBook.
July 12 -
GoHenry, one of many digital banks for kids and teens in the U.S., is based in London but is broadening its European presence with the acquisition of the French fintech Pixpay.
July 11 -
The online consumer lender touts its AI-based underwriting models as a key strength, but analysts say larger-than-expected losses on some of its loans are contributing to funding pressures.
July 8 -
Traditional banks already have the tools they need to win back consumers’ confidence, but they need to be smart about deploying them.
July 8 -
Consumers welcome more generous forgiveness policies and the chance to have past defaults erased from their record, but they need assistance connecting the dots, financial services executives say.
July 6 -
The finance app Revolut is teaming up with Stripe to support payments in the U.K. and Europe.
July 6