UK payment aggregator Curve is launching its own credit offering later this year called Curve Credit; they began testing the...
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If you are in finance and only looking at banks, you are missing out on the real change agents. Here's some cross-industry action that we will unpack this week.
Amazon selected Goldman Sachs to be the lender of choice for small business loans. TikTok maker ByteDance is working with a Singaporean business family to get a financial license. And small business bank Starling is integrating Slack, energy switching service Bionic, and health insurance provider Equipsme into their marketplace. And we might as well talk about the Plaid Exchange launch, and end on the computational economy of Ethereum.
Curve allows consumers to combine their credit and debit cards into one card and a smart app; the company has...
Today, we talk through a few recent events that are indicative of what’s important in fintech right now.
Varo raised $241 million in preparation to start operating under its own banking license later this year. Is a banking license an asset or a liability if you’re a digital bank?
Marqeta is reportedly now valued at $4.3 billion, as banking-as-a-service continues its mature.
And LA-based fintech Stackin’ raised $13 million to scale its messaging-based offering designed to help Gen Z find the right fintech. What should we make of this?
London-based fintech Curve has been selected by Samsung to power the Samsung Pay Card in the UK; the debit card,...
This week, we look at:
The financial model behind Monzo, and comparisons to Revolut and Starling
How the Eastern super apps inspired the marketplace model, and why that success is hard for neobanks to replicate
Paths from losing $100 million per year to break-even and enabling digital assets and other financial products
Facebook Financial forming to take over payments and commerce
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, payments app Curve closed on a $1 B credit facility deal to fund loans across UK, EU, and US.
Today, the UK financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, has suspended the activities of Wirecard’s UK subsidiary; this is having...