Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! This week, we’re looking at Robinhood’s new Gold Card, challenges in the BaaS space and how a tiny startup caught Stripe’s […]
Synctera is the latest banking-as-a-service startup to lay off staff
Banking-as-a-service startup (BaaS) Synctera has conducted a restructuring that has resulted in a staff reduction, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. While Synctera did not share how many employees […]
Nigerian fintech Zone raises $8.5M seed to scale its decentralized payment infrastructure
African financial institutions typically scale their solutions using a mix of local and foreign tech. Appzone is one of the standout local fintech software providers for banks and […]
Griffin Bank has a license to thrill
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! I’m filling in for Mary Ann, who is on a much deserved break. This week, we look at Griffin Bank getting […]
SpaceX doc leaks, TikTok ban gains steam, and Grok to go open-source
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter recapping noteworthy happenings in tech over the past few days. This week, TechCrunch viewed leaked documents out […]
‘Banking as a Service’ startup Griffin riases $24M and attains full banking licence
Founded by former Silicon Valley engineers, UK-based Griffin Bank bills itself as an API-driven ‘Banking as a Service’ platform. After raising $28.1 million, it has now raised another […]
Zūm Rails takes in first capital to launch new banking-as-a-service, FedNow offerings
The adoption of open banking and instant payments is moving slowly in the United States compared to other markets around the world, for example, Brazil. That said, the […]
Dog-themed memecoins are pawing their way back into investors’ hearts
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Why last week felt like 2021 in fintech
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your […]
If your startup doesn’t seem impossible at first, it’s not hard enough
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Startups exist to solve complex problems, not to be a quick moneymaking scheme, […]