Brex has announced a significant $150 million round at a time when fintech funding has slowed significantly; the round was...
Fintech startup Brex is in discussions to raise a fresh round of capital that will value the company at $2bn...
Fed Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said that FedNow will launch a country-wide interstate highway for payments in about six months.
Fundid is driven by a mission to empower business owners on their growth journeys by simplifying business finance and access to capital.
The news this week was dominated by the crypto crash as we heard about layoffs at Coinbase, problems at Celsius and a continued downturn in crypto prices. There was plenty of BNPL news as well.
Welcome back to the Fintech Blueprint / Rebank podcast series hosted by Will Beeson and Lex Sokolin. In this episode, we talk through a few recent events that are indicative of the Fintech world right now. Brex raised an additional $150 million at a slightly improved valuation vs. its last round just as Monzo is reportedly looking at a 40% down round. Why? Shopify launched bank accounts for its merchants and announced the Shop app, basically an Amazon competitor plus Klarna, just as it worked with Facebook to support the launch of Facebook Shops and joined the Libra Association. Lots going on. Lastly, we discuss why Goldman’s M&A activity over the past couple years leads to the natural conclusion that they should buy Schwab.
In this conversation, we chat with Rhett Roberts, the Co-Founder and CEO of LoanPro – a new breed of software company that is API-driven, cloud-native and easily scalable. Rhett and his co-founders created the company out of necessity when they ran an auto lending business as they could not find anything flexible enough to suit their own needs.
More specifically, we touch on all things around the lending industry, the auto lending industry and how everything there works, and of course, why LoanPro is such an awesome company, and so much more!
Mastercard is already working with names like Brex, Revolut and TransferWise; they have also announced programs in order to make...
The economic climate has caused many to turn away from SMB finance. Banks could provide fintechs with the stability to ride out the storm.
The weekly fintech news roundup features stories from Brex, Circle, BlackRock, the DTCC, MoonPay and more.