Fazz, the Southeast Asian digital financial services group created by the merger of PayFazz and Xfers, announced today that it has raised a total of …
Lease-to-own fintech startup Kafene raises $18M to battle BNPL
Kafene, a lease-to-own startup aimed at underbanked consumers who don’t have access to traditional credit, raised $18 million in a Series B funding round. While …
Pakistan’s Neem raises $2.5M to serve underbanked communities with its embedded finance platform
Pakistan’s embedded finance platform Neem has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round as it works to support underbanked communities in the country. The …
Regulators appear to be growing increasingly wary of banks and fintech startups getting too cozy
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Let’s get in the weeds about fintech AUM
UBS and Wealthfront last week called off a planned deal to sell the robo-adviser startup to the financial giant for $1.4 billion. Instead, UBS invested …
Here’s where YC’s latest batch of founders are placing fintech bets
Y Combinator’s latest cohort of founders have opinions on the future of fintech. One-fifth of the accelerator’s Summer 2022 batch, which spans 240 companies, is …
Y Combinator is doubling down on crypto founders despite market volatility
Crypto founders have heard the saying a thousand times in the past few months – there’s no better time to build than during a downturn. …
Mesh Payments closes on $60M as demand for its corporate spend offering surges
Financial management startup Mesh Payments has landed $60 million in new funding, 10 months after its last raise. Founded in Israel and now with headquarters …
SkorLife gives control of credit data back to Indonesian consumers
Indonesia’s credit bureaus currently have about 92 million credit records, but the founders of SkorLife say many people have trouble accessing their own data. That’s …
Brex’s departing CRO explains his decision to join Founders Fund
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