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Fintech

Profitable African fintech PalmPay is in talks to raise as much as $100M

PalmPay, an African digital bank fintech, is in talks to raise between $50 million and $100 million in a Series B round, according...

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Klarna used an AI avatar of its CEO to deliver earnings, it said

Sebastian Siemiatkowski is leaning all the way into the idea that his buy-now-pay-later, IPO-bound startup Klarna is an AI company. When Klarna delivered...

Monzos pivot from cool to corporate: freshness is not about gimmicks

Monzo, Britain’s biggest digital bank, is still synonymous with its neon debit cards, extensive use of emojis, and free spending abroad. But it’s...

$25B-valued Chime files for an IPO, reveals $33M deal with Dallas Mavericks

At long last, digital consumer bank Chime has moved forward with its IPO by filing its S-1 paperwork Tuesday. Chime had reportedly filed...

Insurtech Bestow lands $120M Series D from Goldman Sachs, Smith Point Capital

Melbourne O’Banion co-founded insurtech Bestow with Jonathan Abelmann in 2017 after struggling to secure his own life insurance policy. His goal was...

Stripe unveils AI foundation model for payments, reveals deeper partnership with Nvidia

Fintech giant Stripe announced Wednesday a slew of new product launches at its annual Stripe Sessions user event. The highlights include a...

UK fintech Sprive closes $7.3M round to facilitate mortgage overpayments

Most mortgage lenders would rather people didn’t pay off their mortgages early. After all, that’s that’s how they make their money. Indeed, overpayment...

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