Eco, a personal finance app that takes deposits and offers savings accounts paying 2.5-5% interest, appears to undertake a lot of banking activities without positioning itself as a bank or a cryptocurrency firm.
Read MoreBitcoin hasn’t been declared dead, but a decline in value is causing some pullback among investors and affecting the value of other digital currencies such as ether, dogecoin, and XRP.
Read MorePipe, a Miami-based company that lets companies sell their recurring revenue streams on its platform, raised $250M, bringing its valuation to $2B a year after its launch.
Read MoreIn an effort to lock in teen business before they seek out competitors when they turn 18 (aka Robinhood and apps like it), Fidelity is offering teens aged 13 to 17 debit cards, and investment and savings accounts.
Read MoreSocial Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. V (IPOE), the Chamath Palihapitiya-linked special-purpose acquisition company, has outlined next steps for its merger with SoFi, a deal that will take the 10-year-old fintech public.
Read MoreWells Fargo is launching a 10-year initiative to bring unbanked and underbanked Americans into the financial system.
Read MoreCard issuing and processing startup Marqeta has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public, after more than doubling its 2020 year-over-year revenue.
Read MoreIn a major shift in underwriting practices, major banks are working together on a pilot program to share consumer account data in an effort to extend credit to thin-credit-file customers.
Read MoreFacebook, which has been spearheading a global digital currency initiative called Diem – formerly known as Libra – is moving its operations from Switzerland to the U.S. in an effort to focus efforts on a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin.
Read MoreThe Senate passed a resolution to repeal the True Lender Rule, a rule that sets parameters for partnerships between banks and third-party lenders.
Read MoreGlobal money-transfer provider MoneyGram is letting customers buy and sell bitcoin at MoneyGram physical store locations thanks to a partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Coinme.
Read MoreArgyle, a fintech startup that aspires to become the “Plaid for employment records” by offering consumers capabilities to grant permission to access their payroll data, is being scrutinized over its motives to collect payroll data and offering to pay consumers for access to login information.
Read MoreBetter, a 5-year-old digital mortgage lender, is merging with special-purpose acquisition company Aurora Acquisition Corporation, in a $7.7B deal to take the company public.
Read MoreKlarna, a Sweden-based ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) provider with global reach, is launching a program to help pandemic-affected U.S. businesses, which includes in-kind media services, and free BNPL offerings.
Read MoreThe Big Issue, a 30-year-old U.K.-based publication that employs homeless street vendors, is incorporating QR code payments to increase sales.
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