Anne Boden nearly lost a grip on Starling Bank years ago when the neobank was in the middle of a coup effort led by its CTO, but now it looks like Boden who is doing the walking away. The outspoken fo...
Austin, Texas-based Episode Six, a payments and banking infrastructure provider, today announced that it raised $48 million in a Series C funding round led by Avenir with participation from Anthos Cap...
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.This week Mary Ann, Becca, and Alex gathered to chew through th...
As big tech companies are in a fierce race with each other to build generative AI tools, they are being cautious about giving their secrets away. In a move to prevent any of its data from ending up wi...
You don't hear nearly as much about Drobo boxes as you used to, especially on sites like Ars Technica. We now have some news, but it isn't good.StorCentric, the holding company for the Drobo and Retro...
Founders of ZestMoney have resigned from the startup, the latest twist in the fate of the Indian fintech whose ability to underwrite small ticket loans to first-time internet customers once drew the b...
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Philip's all three wishes have come true with the help of Fairy, and now he is planning to free all the slaves from the merchants. Fairy's magic is so amazing that even I want it for myself. She easil...
Yesterday, Fingo, a YC-backed Kenyan fintech, launched its neobank, which it developed in collaboration with Pan-African financial institution Ecobank Kenya. The Ecobank subsidiary unveiled the neoban...
Around two years ago, Victor Cardenas and Kevin Bai -- college dropouts from Stanford University and the University of Waterloo, respectively -- built a fintech platform called Slash that lets users c...
When First Republic Bank was in its final moments, Silicon Valley didn't convulse with shock or lather itself into a social media tizzy.Instead of panic, which rippled throughout the startup community...
Shopify has teamed up with Israeli B2B payments startup Melio to launch a new bill pay tool designed to allow U.S.-based merchant customers to manage their expenses and vendors via its platform. It's ...
There are about four duck boats lined up directly across the street from this coffee shop. Boston has a knack for reminding you where you are, should you get bonked on the head and suddenly forget wha...
Apple has announced the launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone in Taiwan, allowing independent sellers, small merchants, and large retailers in the country to use ?iPhones? as a payment terminal.China Trust B...
There have been more than 171,000 people in the tech industry laid off so far this year, according to data tracked by layoffs.fyi, but those looking for work are not in a 'beggars can't be choosers' m...
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China's ride hailing giant Didi is back in public view after two years of staying low amid a regulatory crackdown.The SoftBank-backed company announced Friday at a company open day a series of product...
Small businesses in Latin America got another boost in lending support with the investment of $4 million in Kala, a Colombia-based company building fintech infrastructure for lending.The company, co-f...
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Life comes at you fast. A couple of months ago I wrote how Smoakland was testing a loophole to sell cannabis by credit card. The test failed, apparently."Upon further review, it has come to our attent...