Fintech

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Ramp Acquires Stockholm Fintech Billhop to Expand Payments

Ramp acquires Swedish fintech Billhop to gain the regulatory licenses needed to launch its corporate finance platform directly for businesses…

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Dublin’s Teybridge Capital Commits £600M to UK SMEs

Dublin-based Teybridge Capital Europe will deploy £600 million in lending to UK SMEs over three years, announced at a summit…

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Fi Shuts Down Banking Services, Shifts Focus

Fi is discontinuing its core banking services, directing customers to access their Federal Bank savings accounts directly through the bank's…

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Cleafy Secures €12M to Prevent Bank Fraud Proactively

Cleafy, a cybersecurity firm, secured €12 million in Series B funding to advance its predictive fraud defense platform for banks,…

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Finperks Secures $4M to Power Prepaid Payments via API

Finperks, a Berlin startup, has raised $4 million in pre-seed funding to provide a unified API that simplifies how businesses…

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Outpost Raises €15M to Simplify Global E-commerce

Outpost is a startup that legally assumes liability for cross-border payments, tax, and compliance for merchants, allowing them to sell…

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Uzbekistan’s Uzum Soars to $2.3B Valuation in 7 Months

Uzbekistan's digital ecosystem leader, Uzum, has achieved a $2.3 billion valuation, a 53% increase, following a $131.5 million funding round…

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Click Trees in Your Browser to Win $500,000 from ‘Cash Apples’

Cash App is running a five-day sweepstakes called **Cash Apples**, distributing $500,000 in prizes to US residents who collect virtual…

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Robinhood’s Startup Fund Tumbles in NYSE Debut

Robinhood's new fund for retail startup investing saw its shares fall 16% on its first trading day, highlighting challenges in…

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TaxDown Raises €4M to Grow Its AI Tax Platform

TaxDown, a Madrid-based fintech, has raised €4 million in debt financing from BBVA Spark to fuel its growth, following a…

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Evervault Secures €21M for Payment Encryption Tech

Evervault, a payment data encryption startup, secured €21 million in Series B funding to advance its technology, bringing total funding…

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Revolut Seeks US Banking License to Expand Services

Revolut has filed a second application for a US banking license, backed by a $500 million investment to establish "Revolut…

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Prediction Markets: A Risky Bet in the News

Prediction markets are positioning themselves as information sources, but their model incentivizes insider trading on future events, creating ethical and…

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Stop Duplicate Vendor Assessments with Njordium VMS

European financial institutions face a critical and inefficient challenge, as overlapping regulations force them to conduct redundant security assessments on…

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iOS Spyware ‘Coruna’ Powers Financial Crime Wave

The 'Coruna' exploit kit is a sophisticated iOS threat that evolved from a surveillance tool to a weapon for state-sponsored…

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Is Kalshi Gambling? The Truth About Prediction Markets

Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated prediction market platform, distinct from sports betting, allowing it to operate legally in all fifty states…

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The Designer Humanizing AI Interfaces

The primary challenge in modern technology has shifted from technical capability to solving cognitive friction, where complex systems fail due…

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Cops Accidentally Leak Crypto Wallet Password, $5M Stolen

A South Korean press release accidentally exposed a cryptocurrency wallet's recovery phrase in a photo, leading to the theft of…

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Geopolitical Tensions Delay SoftBank-Backed PayPay IPO

PayPay's planned IPO has been postponed due to significant market instability and escalating geopolitical tensions, including conflicts in the Middle…

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Stripe Aims to Monetize Your AI Spending

Stripe has launched a new billing tool to help businesses, especially AI startups, automatically track and bill customers for variable…

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