Fintech startup Current valuation triples after Andreessen funding
Fintech startup Current has raised $220 million in a funding round led by venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz that lifted its valuation by three-fold to $2.2 billion. The New York-based company said in a statement on Tuesday it planned to use the new funds to expand its product portfolio, including cryptocurrencies. Current has no immediate plans of considering a stock market listing but will look to be ready to go public in the next few years, its founder and Chief Executive Officer Stuart Sopp said in an interview with Reuters. Venture capital firms are betting big on fintech firms after the COVID-19 pandemic drove a surge in online transactions last […]
Startup gets backing to create clearing firm for equities
Embedded Financial Technologies is a new custodian-and-clearing firm for equities founded by Michael Giles, who previously ran Square’s Cash App.
Alphabet’s CapitalG leads $40 million round in fintech Mantl
Mantl has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding led by Alphabet’s independent growth fund, CapitalG, to help it grow even more.
Manchester United to offer U.S. credit card with FinTech startup
Manchester United has inked a deal with fintech startup Cardless to create a U.S. credit card that offers more than the typical range of rewards.
Payment giant Stripe funds fintech startup Ramp at $1.6 billion valuation
Ramp, a fintech startup that offers corporate cards and software for managing employee expenses, raised $115 million in a funding round led by digital payments giant Stripe and D1 Capital Partners, valuing it at $1.6 billion, it said on Thursday. The two-year-old New York-based firm competes with American Express, new-age fintech startups such as Brex and older expense management software makers like Expensify and SAP Concur. Stripe, which had invested in Ramp previously as well, had in March raised $600 million at a valuation of $95 billion. To read more, please click on the link below… Source: Payment giant Stripe funds fintech startup Ramp at $1.6 billion valuation | Reuters
Acorns’ new fintech target is debt management with acquisition of Pillar
Saving and investing app Acorns has acquired Pillar, an AI-powered startup built to help manage student loan debt, in its second acquisition of 2021.
Fintech startup Greenwood raises $40million in funding to provide Black and Latino banking services
Greenwood, the digital banking platform for Black and Latino individuals and business owners, today announced it has closed $40 million of Series A funding
Airwallex’s latest US$100 million capital raising puts valuation at US$2.6 billion
Airwallex announced that the company’s valuation has increased to US$2.6 billion with a capital raising of US$100 million in a further Series D extension.
