Payment processing giant Stripe has acquired Nigerian payments company Paystack, a 5-year-old company whose tech stack allows businesses to accept payments on websites and mobile apps.
Read MoreBanks’ fraught relationship with data aggregators got a little more tense this week because of a patent infringement lawsuit brought by TD Bank against aggregator Plaid.
Read MorePoint-of-sale lender Klarna, a global company worth $10.6B, is in hot water with a U.K. privacy watchdog over unsolicited emails it sent to some consumers encouraging them to use the point-of-sale loan offering despite never having used it.
Read MoreU.K.-based challenger bank Revolut, which has 13 million customers, plans to apply for a banking license in California, CNBC reported.
Read MoreJPMorgan Chase launched Chase First Banking, a fee-free account to allow Chase customers to offer their children bank accounts.
Read MoreLufax, one of China’s largest digital investment management platforms, filed paperwork for a U.S. IPO this week. It joins Chinese financial services firms Ant Group and JD Digits, the fintech arm of digital retail marketplace JD.com, both of which went public earlier this summer.
Read MoreDigital banking platform Greenwood seeks to serve communities traditionally ignored by the financial sector, particularly Black and Latinx communities.
Read MoreWells Fargo announced that it is cutting more than 700 jobs in commercial banking.
Read MoreRetailer Macy’s is putting a lot of eggs in its “buy now, pay later,” basket, with an undisclosed investment in point-of-sale lender Klarna and a five-year partnership that will allow Macy’s customers to pay for goods in interest-free installments.
Read MoreRoot, the parent company of Root Insurance, has filed paperwork with the SEC to go public, following in the footsteps of other large insurtechs Hippo and Lemonade which went public earlier this year.
Read MoreThe merger of U.K.-based crowdfunding platform Seedrs with rival Crowdcube is creating a $181M (£140M) marketplace that will allow the general public to buy shares in startups.
Read MoreBank of America launched Life Plan, an end-to-end digital personal finance and financial wellness platform.
Read MorePayPal-owned peer-to-peer payments app Venmo launched a credit card issued by Synchrony Bank, powered by the Visa network.
Read MoreWalmart is channeling Amazon Go in its new store designs, including cashier-free checkouts where customers can pay with QR codes through the Walmart Pay digital wallet.
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