Revolut, a London-based digital banking fintech worth $33B, is facing blowback over a 2.75% surcharge levied on former employees who will participate in an upcoming secondary share sale.
Read MoreMoney transfer giant Wise (formerly TransferWise) – which went public in July and boasts a market capitalization of more than $14B – is expanding its wings beyond payments and testing investing products for its U.K. customers.
Read MoreBanking and investing app Acorns is waiving subscription fees for veterans in an effort to reach more underserved customers.
Read MoreA group of investors have brought a class-action complaint against brokerage Charles Schwab. They claim the company violated fiduciary and consumer-protection responsibilities through its Schwab Intelligent Portfolios’ cash sweep program.
Read MoreCredit reporting company TransUnion announced plans to acquire Neustar, a Virginia-based company that offers real-time business information and analysis tools that help businesses find new customers and determine which ads should serve them.
Read MoreFacebook is buying up $100M of unpaid invoices from small businesses who will, in turn, pay back Facebook under terms the company says are affordable.
Read MoreCryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, which recently went public, says it’s facing possible enforcement action from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its Coinbase Lend product that it expected to launch in the coming weeks.
Read MoreMastercard announced plans to acquire Menlo Park, California-based blockchain analytics startup CipherTrace for undisclosed terms.
Read MoreIf Walmart’s fintech offering will be called Hazel, then Walgreens is going Scarlet. The pharmacy chain this week launched a bank account, debit card and personal finance planning tools under the Scarlet brand name.
Read MorePayPal expanded its global ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) bet through its planned acquisition of Paidy, a Japan-based BNPL provider.
Read MoreTill, a platform that allows renters to pay landlords, is rolling out a bundle of new features to entice renters to pay their bills on time, including the capability to spread out payments over a month, rent protection loans, and rewards for platform users.
Read MoreGoDaddy, the domain registrar and web hosting company, is pushing ahead into financial technology by rolling out invoicing and payments capabilities for web designers and developers who use its platform.
Read MorePayments giant Visa this week lent the crypto ecosystem a vote of confidence by buying a non-fungible token (NFT) called CryptoPunk 7610.
Read MoreWith the Taliban solidifying their control over Afghanistan over the past couple of weeks, the country has plunged into a financial crisis, with a cash shortage, a currency in freefall, and rising prices of consumer goods.
Read MoreBinance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, is facing legal action over a May 19 hour-long outage that resulted in millions of dollars in traders’ money lost, claimants allege.
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