Funding

BNP and Barclays joined JPMorgan's investment into the Wall Street fintech's products, which help banks with optimizing their balance sheets.

Equity investment in the sector reached $10 billion for two quarters in a row as the sector weathered tariff uncertainty and saw an increase in exit deals.

Global fintech funding broke $10 billion in the first quarter of 2025 due to increased investment in artificial intelligence and digital asset funding rounds like the $2 billion Binance deal.

Warnings, finger pointing, and political infighting have consumed talks around a continuing resolution, but the details of the upcoming funding package are expected to be ironed out over the weekend for a likely vote early next week.

The fintech plans to use the capital to scale its platform, which uses machine learning to make loan decisions, with a goal of reducing bias in underwriting.

To shore up the share insurance fund, the National Credit Union Administration would be wise to give the industry additional temporary investment options.

Fintechs are facing unique challenges in the pandemic. There might be a resurgence in funding on the horizon, but startups are looking to see what they can do now to weather the storm.

Many states are offering additional flexibility as more consumers dip into their savings as a result of the pandemic’s economic fallout.

Credit unions intensified their focus on gathering deposits in 2019 but many institutions are still looking for cheaper core funding.