Will Affirm's new strategy keep it afloat?

Will Affirm's new strategy keep it afloat?

The BNPL provider announced that it will offer its solution on Fiserv point-of-sale technology, including the Carat commercial system as well as Clover POS devices at brick-and-mortar stores. Visa announced a similar partnership with FIS last week.

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What are Meta’s fintech plans in the metaverse?

What are Meta’s fintech plans in the metaverse?

According to Meta’s Head of Fintech, Stephane Kasriel, the company is rebranding Facebook Pay as Meta Pay to emphasize interoperability across its platforms, and to reflect Meta’s investment in the metaverse. People across 160 countries currently use Facebook Pay.

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Preparing for a business exit with James Jack (UBS)

Preparing for a business exit with James Jack (UBS)

In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, James Jack, Head of the Business Owners Client Segment at UBS, suggests ways fintechs can learn from the experiences and strengths of banks like UBS.

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TerraUSD fiasco fuels calls for stablecoin regulation

TerraUSD fiasco fuels calls for stablecoin regulation

TerraUSD’s value spiraled this week after depegging from a 1:1 value with the US Dollar. Its value hovered around 31 cents this morning, but it’s more than doubled since then to 69 cents.

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Can Visa pull off a BNPL overhaul?

Can Visa pull off a BNPL overhaul?

Visa announced that it’s added a BNPL option to its “Visa Ready” program. Unlike traditional BNPL solutions, Visa’s product also lets consumers opt into BNPL installments at point-of-sale through virtual cards, not just online.

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Has Tiger Global been defanged?

Has Tiger Global been defanged?

Tiger Global Management has lost around $17B since the start of the year, meaning it’s erased almost two-thirds of its lifetime gains, according to LCH Investments. Its decline is almost double that of the Nasdaq Composite.

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Crypto's regulatory potential with Aaron Kaplan (Prometheum)

Crypto's regulatory potential with Aaron Kaplan (Prometheum)

An early settler in the crypto space, Aaron Kaplan, Founder and Co-CEO of Prometheum and a securities attorney by trade, has, since 2014, advocated for crypto to be regulated as securities.

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Why did Binance invest in Twitter?

Why did Binance invest in Twitter?

Binance has joined 17 other investors to finance Elon Musk’s planned takeover of Twitter. The crypto exchange has pledged $500M to the effort.

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Zillow’s failure and future

Zillow’s failure and future

In the fall of 2021, the Seattle-based proptech abandoned its home-flipping blitz and laid off 2,000 employees. It’s now ramping up for another moonshot project: building a super app for real estate.

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3 trends shaping celebrity power in finance

3 trends shaping celebrity power in finance

Four years of hindsight, especially the underwhelming results of crypto’s Super Bowl ad blitz, suggest the power of celebrity endorsements in finance is overhyped, or, at the least, uneven.

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Apple’s EV program is also about payments

Apple’s EV program is also about payments

The computing giant has officially hired Desi Ujkashevic, Global Direct of Safety Engineering at Ford, to join Apple’s efforts to develop a fully electric autonomous car. Ujkashevic had worked at Ford for 31 years.

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How can Stripe shape shipping?

How can Stripe shape shipping?

Global shipping giant Maersk announced that it’s partnered with Stripe to overhaul its payments infrastructure. Stripe tailored its products to accommodate Maersk’s multinational compliance requirements.

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Has the NFT market really plummeted?

Has the NFT market really plummeted?

The Wall Street Journal suggests the NFT market is collapsing, given data provided by the website NonFungible. But cryptoevangelists have pushed back on the piece, saying the WSJ founded its arguments off incomplete data.

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PayPal helped initiate EU rulings against Apple payments

PayPal helped initiate EU rulings against Apple payments

PayPal was one of several companies that made an informal complaint to the European Commission about restricted access to Apple’s NFC technology for payments. On Monday, the Commission released its preliminary findings, which suggest that Apple unfairly prevents competitors from using NFC payments tech on Apple devices.

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SEC nearly doubles Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit size

SEC nearly doubles Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit size

This morning the Securities and Exchange Commission said it would create an additional 20 positions in the unit overseeing crypto markets and internet-based threats. It also announced that the unit would be renamed Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, previously known as the Cyber Unit, to reflect its additional crypto-based purview.

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