TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Varo Bank , which last year became the first U.S. neobank to be granted a national bank charter, announced this morning it’s raised another $63 million in new funding. Westbrook’s investment came through Russell Westbrook Enterprises , which previously backed social avatar startup Genies.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Ivella , a Santa Monica-based startup, wants to build banking products for couples to take away some of these tensions. The team soon saw issues: “One of the largest modals of failure of the previous iteration was that payments and payment networks only interact with one user account.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Multi-asset social investment network and Robinhood competitor eToro has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gatsby — a fintech startup which also aimed to go head to head against Robinhood — for $50 million in a cash and common stock deal. Ryan Belanger-Saleh, Gatsby Co-CEO, echoed Myers’ sentiments.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

most read Silicon Valley Bank implodes: Silicon Valley Bank Financial, the publicly traded holding firm of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), is in crisis. Venture firms advised portfolio companies to move money out of SVB after the bank said it would book a $1.8 Don’t miss it. Now on to WiR. million patients in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

-based Truist was the 10th largest bank, with $509 billion in assets. It was formed in 2019 as a merger between BB&T and SunTrust banks. Specifically, the San Francisco-based startup wants to drive bank customer engagement using prize-linked savings and casual gaming to motivate smart financial behaviors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, it differentiated itself by committing to payments on social media platforms, which Nigerian digital bank Carbon was interested in when it acquired the startup in 2019. As such, banking-as-a-service platforms see an opportunity to provide more personalized services and flexibility at less cost.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Founder and CEO Zach Oschin started the Colombia-based social commerce company in 2018 (and participated in our Latin American Startup Battlefield that year) to move the traditional independent sales process online. Social commerce startup Elenas raises $6M and plans for international expansion.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

At the end of last week, venture-backed robo-adviser Wealthfront snuck in an announcement that the deal in which it was to be acquired by Swiss banking giant UBS for $1.4 Of course, this is not the first time that we’ve seen a deal for a large bank to acquire a fintech company fall apart over regulatory concerns. bank regulator.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Varo Bank , which last year became the first U.S. neobank to be granted a national bank charter, announced this morning it has raised a staggering $510 million in a Series E funding round at a $2.5 Varo Bank raises another $63M, led by NBA star Russell Westbrook. effectively becoming a “real” bank but with no physical branches.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2023

Alex caught wind of First Republic Bank’s share woes earlier today, writing that shares were down 40% on reports that the government may step in. He writes, “That’s not so good for the bank, or its customers. . — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 The beginning of the end? While during SVB’s time in the barrel the U.S.

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Mobilunity

APRIL 25, 2024

Banking apps face numerous other problems besides complex onboarding. Just imagine a banking app with simple navigation and personalized experiences — the qualities valued by 94% and 72% of users, respectively. Look at N26, a fully digital bank known for its intuitive, secure, and seamless experience, boasting over 8 million customers.

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DevOps.com

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

DevOps teams can leverage global network testing platforms to set up simple and flexible global monitoring without breaking the bank.

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2024

The incident involved scammers who, using publicly available videos and audio from YouTube of targeted senior executives, created deepfake representations to deceive a finance employee into executing multiple transactions to bank accounts in Hong Kong, resulting in significant financial damage to the company.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

Amie was founded by Dennis Müller, who previously worked as a product manager for challenger bank N26. But if you look at other products that are successful today and if you want to generate some kind of network effects, we realized that we had to build some kind of profile,” Müller told me. Creandum, as well as Tiny.VC

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Facily, a São Paulo-based social commerce marketplace, has quietly raised over $366 million in funding across four different rounds over the last year. It credits an asset-light business model and logistics network as factors behind its success. That investment values the startup at $850 million.

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In fact, CIO has reported that it takes only a few minutes for experienced hackers to set up a social engineering attack against enterprises (and their managed service providers) that consider themselves to be secure and protected. Don’t log in to WiFi networks you don’t trust. Let’s dig deeper. Double check.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

We were each greeted with the classic “catch-22” of trying to open a bank account and finding a place to live: To get a bank account, you need an address, but to rent a flat, you need a bank account. Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe is associate professor in finance at the London School of Economics.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Banking-as-a-service (BaaS), embedded finance and open banking are among the hottest topics in fintech today. Make opening a bank account, storing money, receiving a payment card and lending money as easy as opening a social network account. The promise?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Launched in the Philippines, social commerce startup Resellee wants to recreate the success of Pinduoduo, one of China’s fastest-growing e-commerce companies, in Southeast Asia. Like Pinduoduo, India’s Meesho and other social commerce platforms, Reselllee does not require sellers to carry their own inventory.

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Invid Group

MARCH 3, 2024

The era of email dominance is evolving, and a strategic shift towards Enterprise Social Networks (ESN) is gaining popularity in many companies worldwide. Today, that exchange happens on social networks through memes, images, and videos. What is an Enterprise Social Network (ESN)?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2023

Case in point: Pismo, a Brazilian banking and payments infrastructure provider whose $108 million raise we covered here , is rumored to be courted by the likes of Visa and Mastercard in a purported $1 billion deal. Not surprisingly, a spokesperson for the company told Banking Dive that the allegations in the lawsuit were “unfounded.”

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Xebia

MAY 2, 2024

The event was nothing short of spectacular, with each session offering invaluable insights into the rapidly evolving landscape of digital banking. Networking receptions and social gatherings provided the perfect backdrop for forging new connections and fostering friendships.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

I had a really hard time opening up a basic bank account. It will expand into more financial services, with plans to become a digital bank. . Based on Oraan’s research, only about 7% of Pakistani women are financially included, meaning they have at least a basic bank account.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

But first up is Natasha’s dive into Mos , which founder Amira Yahyaoui says is gunnin’ to become “the incumbent bank in the U.S.” Anyway, the business of taking pictures of the Earth is a big one, and the company has raised more than $300 million to create an ever-larger network of satellites. TechCrunch Experts.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

Banking tech startup Zeta is inching closer to the much sought-after unicorn status as it talks to investors to finalize a new round, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Five-year-old Zeta helps banks launch modern retail and fintech products. The startup has amassed clients in several Asian and Latin American markets.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

To that end, LGBT+ VC plans to run networking events, conferences and education classes for the LGBTQ+ community to help them learn how to become accredited investors, one of many steps needed to change the mindset and add more intersectionality within venture theses. Tiana and I came together, and we thought, ‘where can we make a difference?’”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Now, hoping to tear down yet another financial barrier that she herself faced, Yahyaoui is expanding Mos into a challenger bank. We don’t want to be elitist, we don’t want to do this for a very small category of people because we really want to become the incumbent bank in the U.S.,” Yahyaoui said, starting with students.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In South Africa, 70% of vehicle finance applications get rejected by banks, according to Cars.co.za , Planet42 dealers, which has increased from 700 in 2021 to 1,000 dealerships, report up to 90% rejection rates. Safe and reliable transport is a key driver of social and economic inclusion in emerging economies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

And there was even more, of course: MyPlace raised nearly $6 million for a home-sharing social network, Apollo.io Given how important spreadsheets and other methods for housing and tinkering with numbers are to the global economy, no one is going to be able to say that Decipad lacks TAM.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In this new era of social distancing, how can CIOs build the human networks that they need? All too often we can believe that in order to be successful networkers we have to get in contact with a lot of people. Make Sure You Network In A Way That Works For You. Quality Of Contacts Takes Priority Over Quantity.

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Existek

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

How does mobile banking impact the future of the financial industry? Why do banks and financial institutions recognize the potential to offer mobile app services to their customers? Check this article on how to build a mobile banking app and discover the opportunities it opens for your business.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

cleared a key hurdle in the Senate, Daylight, a digital bank that pitches itself as LGBTQIA+-friendly, closed a $15 million Series A round led by Anthemis Group with participation from CMFG Ventures, Kapor Capital, Citi Ventures and Gaingels. Purpose Banking, Aspiration and One all promise to never let deposits fund fossil fuels.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The World Bank estimates that some $589 billion will be sent this way 2021, according to research from the World Bank, up 7.3% Segovia was acquired by Crown Agents Bank in 2019, and theoretically the product of Taptap Send was spun out from that ahead of the deal.

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Sunflower Lab

MARCH 18, 2024

Types of Power BI Banking Dashboards Customer Analytics Power BI Dashboard The Customer Analytics Dashboard enables banks to gain deeper and actionable insights into their customers. Spending Habits: Through transaction data analysis, the bank gains meaningful insights into customer spending patterns (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

The cohort’s theses focused on market-driven DeFi, client-driven social protocols, tokens-as-coordination mechanisms, decentralization of all layers, consumer products unbundling, DAOs as risk-pooling mechanisms and so on. What it does: Exclusive social clubs on top of NFTs. To date, the company raised $5 million in a seed round.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Open gets its horn : We’re not sure, but when your business is mentioned as having “ dramatically changed the relationship between banks and fintechs,” we think that’s a sign you are doing well. million to its bank account to bring new brands to your wallet. . Indeed, India-based neobank Open was rewarded with a $1 billion valuation.

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Crunchbase News

MAY 9, 2024

Startups that can demonstrate a strong alignment between financial viability and positive social or environmental effects are in great demand in today’s investment landscape. As investors increasingly prioritize environmental and social impact alongside financial returns, the outlook for sustainable startups in 2024 is bright and promising.

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