Handwave lends a hand to retailers with its European alternative to Amazon’s palm payments
Latvian startup Handwave aims to compete with Amazon palm payments by offering an independent alternative.
Ramp hits $22.5B valuation just 45 days after reaching $16B
In 2025, Ramp keeps raising money at increasing valuations as its CEO pursues an AI-powered future.
Cash App users can now pool money for group payments — even with non-users
Cash App’s new feature lets users pool money with a group to pay for expenses like vacations and gifts.
Chime backer Lauren Kolodny bets on AI to revolutionize estate processing
Acrew Capital’s Kolodny led a $20 million Series A in Alix, a startup that uses AI to automate estate processing.
PayPal taps wallets from China and India to make cross-border payments easier for 2 billion people
PayPal is partnering with global fintech companies to let users pay to different wallet systems cross border.
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Rex Salisbury’s Cambrian Ventures raises new fund, bucking fintech slowdown
Spurred by the performance of its first fund, Cambrian Ventures’ $20 million second fund will continue the firm’s thesis of focusing on fintech startups.
Neobank Revolut seeks $65B valuation, a year after its $45B deal
Europe’s fintech darling Revolut is looking to raise a new funding round that would give it a $65 billion valuation, the Financial Times reports. The UK-based company is reportedly in talks to raise around $1…
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Stripe’s first employee, the founder of fintech Increase, sort of bought a bank
Competitors to Darragh Buckley’s Increase are so nervous about his ambitions to “own” a bank, someone has been trying to stop him.