Payments, banking tech, and the startups rewiring finance.
18 stories tracked
Bloomberg ·
Grab Holdings Ltd., the biggest ride-hailing and food-delivery firm in Southeast Asia, is in talks to buy a majority stake in Singapore-based buy …
Camila Grigera Naón / Fortune ·
Stablecoins have made it exceptionally easy to move money across borders instantaneously. The problem that remains for users …
Moneycontrol ·
The downround, which marks a nearly 70% correction from Slice's earlier valuation, comes after funding talks with Accel …
Axios ·
PayPal has paused plans to sell its venture capital portfolio for around $900 million to $1 billion, Axios Pro has learned from multiple sources.
Flavio Copes ·
A detailed Grok Bot guide covering setup, persistent computers, skills, routines, templates, approvals, real use cases, limits, pricing, and alternatives.
Bloomberg ·
A consortium of buyout firm Advent and payment processor Stripe has decided to abandon its pursuit of fintech pioneer PayPal Holdings Inc. …
Charlie Wells / Bloomberg ·
Revolut Ltd. joined the rush among global banks and payment firms to roll out stablecoins, a bet that digital money will gain …
Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal ·
The Stripe deal for OpenRouter, founded by an NFT entrepreneur, is a bet on a future where users turn to a mix of AI models
Bloomberg ·
Stripe Inc. has agreed to buy OpenRouter Inc., an artificial intelligence startup that helps developers access and switch between AI models. No terms were disclosed.
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch ·
Indian fintech Navi has raised $100 million from Prosus, marking the first institutional funding for the eight-year-old startup founded …
Bloomberg ·
Apple Inc. has agreed to a set of sweeping changes for its App Store in Europe, including dropping per-install fees …
Stacy Cowley / New York Times ·
The rapid growth of pay-later loans raises questions about whether their popularity is driven by consumer preference or desperation.
Bloomberg ·
Stripe Inc. has finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter Inc., a startup that helps companies switch between artificial intelligence models …
Wall Street Journal ·
The fintech startup and private-equity firm Advent offered to buy the struggling payments company in July
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch ·
Google said that it is adding Venmo as a payment option today on Google Play for purchases including games, apps, add-ons, and other digital content.
Bloomberg ·
A US banking regulator turned down a charter application by Dutch financial-technology firm Bunq BV, which submitted a request …
The Information ·
Stripe recently entered exclusive talks to buy OpenRouter in a cash-and-stock deal that would value the startup for close to $10 billion, according to people with knowledge of the discussion.
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg ·
Meta Platforms Inc. is investing $900 million into Indian fintech startup Cred, with plans to appoint its founder, Kunal Shah, the new leader of WhatsApp.