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So much fintech M&A

TechCrunch

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann. The deal was just one of many M&A deals in the fintech space that occurred last week. Weekly News.

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The early returns on gen AI for software development

CIO

Generative AI is already having an impact on multiple areas of IT, most notably in software development. Early use cases include code generation and documentation, test case generation and test automation, as well as code optimization and refactoring, among others.

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Payments remain the darling of the fintech space

TechCrunch

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann Last week, I dug into CB Insights’ State of Fintech 2022 report.

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Fintech giants face uphill battle

TechCrunch

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann. billion last year — would join the long list of fintech giants letting go of workers. Weekly News.

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The bright side of fintech funding results

TechCrunch

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. On a high level, it’s no surprise that funding flowing into fintech startups was down both globally and in the U.S.

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Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained

TechCrunch

Fintechs dominated the fundraising, accounting for nearly $3 billion, or two thirds of all the investment realized by startups across the continent last year, a report by markets insights firm Briter Bridges shows. billion investment that fintechs in Africa raised in 2020, and triple the amount in 2019.

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rali_cap gets backing from global VCs and launches $30M fintech fund for emerging markets

TechCrunch

Rali_cap , an early-stage venture capital firm focused on emerging markets fintech, has launched a $30 million fund. The two-year-old VC fund invests in B2B and API-first fintechs across Africa, Latin America and South Asia at pre-seed and seed stages. Two years on, this collective has nearly 240 individual LPs.

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