Tag: fintech
Fintech startups and unicorns had a stellar Q4 2020
The fourth quarter of 2020 was as busy as you imagined, with super late-stage startups reaching new valuation thresholds at a record pace, and...
Fintech startups are increasingly focusing on profitability
Fintech startups have been massively successful over the past few years. The biggest consumer startups managed to attract millions — sometimes even tens of...
Primer, the fintech helping merchants consolidate the payments stack, raises £14M...
Primer, the U.K. fintech that wants to help merchants consolidate their payments stack and easily support new payment methods in the future, has raised...
Primer, the fintech helping merchants consolidate the payments stack, raises £14M...
Primer, the U.K. fintech that wants to help merchants consolidate their payments stack and easily support new payment methods in the future, has raised...
Fintech unicorn Affirm has a lot of eggs in one basket
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week wound...
Fintech VC keeps getting later, larger and more expensive
The venture capital market appears to be getting later, larger and more expensive. As a result, fintech — one of its hottest and most-funded...
The volcano method for understanding the fintech revolution
The Department of Justice moved to block the long-impending Visa-Plaid deal today. The transaction was announced in early 2020, making the decision by the...
Inside fintech startup Upstart’s IPO filing
While the world awaits the Airbnb IPO filing that could come as early as next week, Upstart dropped its own S-1 filing. The fintech...
Railsbank is buying Wirecard Card Solutions, the UK arm of the...
Looks like another chapter is opening up for Wirecard, the disgraced fintech out of Germany that collapsed into insolvency earlier this year after...
Building a fintech giant is very expensive
Venture capitalists and other investors have poured capital into fintech startups around the world in recent years, including a record number of rounds...