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Fintech M&A gets a big boost with Visa-Pismo deal
It was a very busy week in the world of fintech, which certainly kept us on our toes. We covered a couple of notable M&A …
Pitch Deck Teardown: Super.com’s $60M Series C deck
It’s rare to find a pitch deck that forces me to dig deep to unearth something to criticize. The last time was with Orange’s seed …
Social trading app Shares receives EU stock trading license
Fintech startup Shares has raised $90 million for its stock trading app. And yet, the service is only available to people who live in the …
Visa acquires Brazilian fintech startup Pismo in $1B blockbuster deal
Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Brazilian payments infrastructure startup Pismo for $1 billion in cash in what is likely one of the largest fintech …
Brex refocuses on startups with hire of SVB veteran, ex-a16z operating partner
Just over one year ago, spend management decacorn Brex declared that it was “less suited to meet the needs of smaller customers” in an announcement …
Nubank’s CEO explains what the US could learn from LatAm fintech
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No SSN, no problem, says Maza, a fintech startup aimed at undocumented immigrants
Want more fintech news in your inbox? Sign up here. While there are a multitude of fintech companies offering digital banking services to a variety …
Announcing the Fintech Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt
Building a fintech startup isn’t an easy task, as you have to deal with complex regulation and make sure that your service is extremely reliable …
As the generative AI craze rages on, Ramp acquires customer support startup Cohere.io
Want more fintech news in your inbox? Sign up here. Finance automation company Ramp has acquired Cohere.io, a startup that built an AI-powered customer support …