Ten years ago, Robinhood was founded to “democratize” stock trading, or more simply, to make it more accessible for anyone to trade stocks. Over time, …
After cutting ties with Binance, Checkout.com says crypto companies are about 4% of its total processing volume
Credit cards payment processor Checkout.com views crypto as a meaningful space for merchant relationships but needs to continue to focus on regulatory growth, according to …
6 surveys that will get you prepped for Disrupt
Just in case you’re wondering what’s happening in the sectors our team’s going to talk about at Disrupt, we’ve put together a handy primer of …
ZayZoon, which lends employees money for a fee, raises $34.5M
ZayZoon, a fintech firm that got its start charging employees $5 to get paid sooner, has raised $34.5 million in a Series B round co-led …
Real estate tech companies continue to get hammered by high mortgage rates
Once valued at over $2 billion, rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes conducted its third round of layoffs in a year’s time.
Alza emerges from stealth to offer affordable and inclusive financial tools to immigrants
Arturo Villanueva spent over four years on Stripe’s financial partnerships team. During that time, he led partnerships with Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and regional banks across …
CertifID, which develops products to prevent wire fraud, raises $20M
CertifID, a startup developing fraud prevention tech for the real estate market, today announced that it raised $20 million in a funding round led by …
Finding business opportunity in startup failure
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. if you want to receive The Interchange …
Fintech faces its reckoning: It’s only a matter of time until the house of cards collapses
The fintech business models that wooed consumers look increasingly tenuous. It’s only a matter of time until the house of cards collapses.
Square says it has resolved daylong outage
Fintech giant Square says its services are coming back online after a daylong outage left small business owners unable to process payments. The Block-owned company …