A Canadian startup called Nuula that is aiming to build a superapp to provide a range of financial services to small and medium businesses
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PayPal acquires Japan’s Paidy for $2.7B to crack the buy-now, pay-later market in Asia
PayPal Holdings, the U.S. fintech company, announced an acquisition of Paidy, a Japanese buy now, pay later (BNPL) service platform, for approximately $2.7billion (300
Nigeria’s Prospa gets $3.8M pre-seed to offer small businesses banking and software services
In Nigeria, there are more than 40 million micro-businesses underserved in some form or another regarding banking services. Although some of these businesses have registered
Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 2
Space read-alongs aren’t too far away, if you ask us From beaming actors into the class room to plucking things out of space, the second
Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 1
Search in ideas, greenification and the beauty of Zillow surfing Y Combinator kicked off its fourth-ever virtual Demo Day today, revealing the first half
With investors like Lightspeed and The Chainsmokers, Mexican neobroker Flink raises $57M to boost financial inclusion in LatAm
Flink, a Mexico City-based neobroker, has raised $57 million in a Series B round of funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The financing comes
Revolut introduces salary advance feature in the UK
Fintech startup Revolut is launching a new feature called Payday. It is an alternative to credit card debt and short-term credit as it lets
Revenue-based financing startup Jenfi raises $6.3M to focus on high-growth Southeast Asian companies
Many Southeast Asian digital businesses run into obstacles when seeking early-stage growth financing. They might not want to sell equity in their company, but
How the law got it wrong with Apple Card
Liz O’Sullivan Contributor Liz O’Sullivan is CEO of Parity, a platform that automates model risk and algorithmic governance for the enterprise. She also advises
Argentine fintech Ualá lands $350M at a $2.45B valuation in SoftBank, Tencent-led round
The dollars keep flowing into Latin America. Today, Argentine personal finance management app Ualá announced it has raised $350 million in a Series D