TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

The funding landscape in Southeast Asia is still wintery, but one fintech managed to land a major round. On affinity-focused fintechs, the future of BNPL and more Southeast Asian credit fintech Kredivo scores $270M Series D by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch Kredivo’s founding team.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Last year, more than 20% of venture dollars went into fintech startups globally, according to CB Insights. Equally notable: One-third of all unicorns created in 2021 were fintech companies. This year, market conditions are dramatically different in every sector, including fintech. Globally, fintech startups raised $131.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2021

Well, a report released today by data research organization Briter Bridges and global inclusive tech accelerator Catalyst Fund is punching above its weight to offer a holistic representation to the darling sector of these three markets: fintech. The team surveyed over 177 startups and 33 investors across Africa, Latin America, and India.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

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. This will now be offered to 22 fintech companies across Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

If you keep up with financial technology, you likely know that the fintech community is a tight-knit, large (yet small) group of enthusiasts that includes all sorts of people — from founders, to investors, to fintech-focused employees at startups or large companies to journalists like me. s fintech aspirations.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

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. Here’s what I found out: Seven fintech companies ranked in the top 50: Brex (No. 4), Ramp (No.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 28, 2022

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. More fintechs are focusing on nonprofits. Fintech for good? Weekly News.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I surveyed six seed- and early-stage investors to get their tactical advice for laid-off tech workers who are thinking about starting up. ” A decade of fintech failures: 4 innovations that didn’t live up to the hype A Black YC alum explains how he raised $107M Image Credits: Andrew T.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

With the fresh capital, SmartHop aims to focus more on its fintech products, like the company’s fuel card program that offers fuel discounts and other perks, or SmartHop’s insurance offerings.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

The city also has the most fintech startups per head in the U.K. To get a better idea of the state of the tech ecosystem and the investor outlook for this city, we surveyed founders, leaders and executives involved in nurturing Bristol’s startup ecosystem. We surveyed: Coralie Hassanaly , innovation consultant, DRIAD.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

GajiGesa , a fintech company focused on services for Indonesian workers, announced today that it has raised $6.6 GajiGesa, a fintech startup serving underbanked Indonesian workers, raises $2.5 GajiGesa’s earned wage access feature user flow. million USD in pre-Series A funding. million seed round. million seed round.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

According to the survey, the city is strong in sectors such as fintech, agritech, hospitality tech, emerging tech, cybersecurity, SaaS and medtech. We’re strong in cybersecurity and (to an arguably lesser extent) fintech. Cybersecurity, fintech, digital — strong medtech — needs building. What does it lack?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Welcome to my new weekly fintech focused column. It felt like there was wayyyy too much fintech news this past week than there normally is – and there’s always tons – so I’ll just cover the highlights here. We published too many fintech rounds to count on TechCrunch this week – from all over the world, yay! – sign up here.

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Mobilunity

APRIL 9, 2024

To learn more, we commissioned Research Without Borders (RWB) to carry out a wide-ranging online survey. Our survey found that 45% of candidates – nearly half of all hired applicants – perform well at interview but underperform in their role. This is far from a marginal problem. Where is recruitment going so wrong?

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Mobilunity

APRIL 9, 2024

To learn more, we commissioned Research Without Borders (RWB) to carry out a wide-ranging online survey. Our survey found that 45% of candidates – nearly half of all hired applicants – perform well at interview but underperform in their role. This is far from a marginal problem. Where is recruitment going so wrong?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

and that Mary Ann’s fintech newsletter is coming soon. Sticking just to the fintech theme, TechCrunch also has notes up on Pluto , which is building a corporate spend giant for the Middle East, backed by some of the most interesting founders in its own market, and Jar’s round that Tiger just led in India. What the heck does that mean?

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

The city appears to be strong in areas such as travel, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, agritech, travel tech, biotech, sports tech, and VR. We surveyed: Luz Adell , CFO/partner, Draper B1. Key sectors include fintech, agritech and travel tech. Jordi Díaz Maiquez , CEO, Play&go experience. Helena Ortiz Gil , CMO, Techer Team.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

We believe building fintech products (versus other classes of products) with geo-specific dynamics in mind is key to their success. I believe the next Alibaba will start as a fintech play. Beyond embeddable fintech products, we’re excited about companies that are disrupting traditional payment rails with more efficient models.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

GajiGesa , a fintech startup that provides earned wage access (EWA) and other services for workers in Indonesia, has added strategic investors to help it launch new services and expand its user base. GajiGesa, a fintech startup serving underbanked Indonesian workers, raises $2.5 million seed round led by Defy.vc million seed round.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The other one is expanding out to fintech companies—for example, there’s been a big uptick in Indonesia, especially accounting platforms. One of our investors sent a survey to some potential customers, big merchants, and they said what they like about Xendit is because we have a full commitment to being on the ground.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

To learn more about the state of the industry, Karan Bhasin interviewed four fintech investors : Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. BNPL in 2022: 4 fintech investors discuss regulation, trends and how to stand out. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

Regardless, here’s the rundown: We had a big fintech theme this week, kicking off with the huge news that Jack Ma is giving up control of Ant Financial. The focus here was around just how inclusive certain fintechs can be, so thank you to founders who remind us to raise the bar constantly. Any guesses what that may have been?

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

The fintech sector has had its ups and downs as of late, with Klarna experiencing hefty valuation cuts , Fast shutting down and Robinhood and Better conducting mass layoffs. My weekly fintech newsletter, The Interchange, launched on May 1! Sign up here to get it in your inbox.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Two years ago, a group of entrepreneurs in Pakistan began surveying the market to understand why financial services weren’t reaching the majority of merchants in the world’s fifth most populous nation. On Friday, Tiger Global said it is backing their startup, CreditBook , to help address those challenges.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The San Francisco-based fintech last raised $30 million in an extension of its Series B round last August. A recent NVCA-Deloitte Human Capital Survey found that 80% of investment partners at VC firms are white, and just 3% are Black and 3% are Hispanic/Latinx. Indeed, the numbers are dismal.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

When digital workers are laid off, however, the impacts are felt differently: “IT still remains the fastest-growing job category by a fair amount,” reports Ron Miller.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In fact, one 2022 survey found that about two-thirds of Americans have no estate plan. Interestingly, that same survey — conducted by Caring.com — found that 50% more young adults (aged 18 to 34) had estate planning documents than before the pandemic. Want more fintech news in your inbox? Sign up here.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

She surveyed five investors who have staked companies in the region’s crypto and DeFi sector to learn more about how their ethos has changed since winter began and why consumer adoption in LatAm is stronger than other markets: Matias Nisenson, co-founder, DeFi Wonderland.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Confluent co-founder Neha Narkhede today announced a new fintech company, Oscilar, that’s developing an “AI-driven” platform to help financial institutions protect online transactions from fraud and theft. million to develop anomaly-detecting tech for fintech payments. At the same time, risk has indeed increased.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Ryan Falvey is co-founder and managing partner at Financial Venture Studio , an early-stage fintech venture capital firm. Fintech’s $138 billion opportunity. We’ve increasingly wondered if the Series A market in fintech is really as hot as it seems. Ryan Falvey. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Theo Katsoulis. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Social+ payments: Why fintechs need social features. This applies even to fintech companies as taboos around money fall away. Social+ payments: Why fintechs need social features. Amid pandemic, Middle East adtech startups play essential role in business growth. Image Credits: Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

For some companies in capital-intensive areas like climate, fintech and defense, access to debt is often the only avenue to growth or scale. We’re widening our lens, looking for more investors to participate in TechCrunch surveys , where we poll top professionals about challenges and trends in their industry.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

And as noted at the top of the episode, we’re running a survey. The survey is here , dear Equity family. Unit raised money to help teams unionize ; Chipper Cash raised a huge round for its fintech product ; and One Concern underscores Danny’s larger disaster tech thesis by raising $45 million.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In a separate survey , 48% of teams peg fragmented data as the largest impediment to closing their books. ” That led Kirschenbaum to co-found a fintech startup, Ledge , with Asaf Kotzer and Ariel Weiss in 2022. . ” That led Kirschenbaum to co-found a fintech startup, Ledge , with Asaf Kotzer and Ariel Weiss in 2022.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

Surveys show as much. Ben Borodach, a former Deloitte fintech strategist and the CEO of tax service provider April , believes this points to the need for taxpayers to change their behavior from thinking about taxes as a once-a-year obligation to a “continual,” yearlong assessment. Most Americans dread doing their taxes.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In addition to discussing potential use cases for advertising, fintech and enterprise apps, respondents shared advice for web3 founders who are hunting for funding, along with their concerns about factors that could stall its development. Notably, several said they started exploring the space after developing an interest in crypto.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

To his point, a 2022 survey found that — among banks and credit unions who believe they’re at least three-quarters through a transition to digital — less than 25% have seen a meaningful increase in revenue. . Deloitte reported last week that fintech investment decreased to $52.9 billion in H1 2022, down 24% from $69.6

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