article thumbnail

Fintech predictions and opportunities for 2023

TechCrunch

Fintech has fallen a long way from the highs of 2021, and while 2022 was largely about the reset of the funding environment, 2023 is going to be a year of recalibration for fintech companies. Larger companies are more likely to cut back on internal innovation efforts and technology investments that are not core to the business.

Fintech 305
article thumbnail

Argentinian fintech infrastructure startup Geopagos leaves the boot straps behind with $35M funding round

TechCrunch

Geopagos , a payments infrastructure startup based in Buenos Aires, has raised $35 million in a round led by Riverwood Capital. Founded in 2013, the Argentinian startup serves as a white label infrastructure software provider, with the aim of giving businesses the ability to launch financial services.

Fintech 211
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Conversion Capital locks down its biggest fund ever to back early-stage fintech and infrastructure startups

TechCrunch

When Christian Lawless founded Conversion Capital in 2015, fintech was only starting to take off. In the years since Conversion was founded, fintech has essentially exploded — driven by a pandemic-induced, accelerated digital transformation on the part of financial services companies all over the world.

Fintech 192
article thumbnail

Beyond DevSecOps: Why fintech companies need to consider DevSecRegOps

CIO

It’s no secret that banks and fintech companies must meet compliance and regulatory standards that are much stricter than what traditional tech companies are forced to comply with. The question becomes: How do you meet strict regulatory and compliance standards while keeping up with the rapid pace of innovation in technology?

Fintech 356
article thumbnail

Australian fintech Zepto raises $25M AUD Series A to enhance payment infrastructure

TechCrunch

More than 100 Australian organizations, including banks, fintech companies and credit unions, use NPP (new payments platform), Australia’s open-access infrastructure for fast payment, according to the NPP website. After New Zealand, Zepto wants to enter the U.S. . ” .

Fintech 226
article thumbnail

7 investors reveal what’s hot in fintech in Q1 2023

TechCrunch

The global downturn has impacted every sector, but fintech bore the brunt of it as public-market valuations fell off a cliff last year. CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category.

Fintech 275
article thumbnail

Brazilian fintech infrastructure company Dock closes on $110M in funding, now valued at over $1.5B

TechCrunch

If there’s one area that has thus far felt insulated from the global venture downturn, it’s infrastructure. Co-founder Marcelo Jacques noted that when the company started to talk to the market about what it did, essentially explaining what infrastructure in fintech and payments meant, “it was difficult.”.

Fintech 201