The tension between incumbents and fintechs has existed for decades. But every once in a while, the two groups decide to put their competition aside and work together. […]
True Fit leverages generative AI to help online shoppers find clothes that fit
True Fit, the AI-powered size-and-fit personalization tool, has offered its size recommendation solution to thousands of retailers for nearly 20 years. Now, the company is venturing into the […]
Fintech startup Forward grabs $16M to take on Stripe, lead future of integrated payments
After Brandon Lloyd sold his second company, Bypass, a payments and point-of-sale software company for sports and entertainment, to Fiserv in 2020, he dove more into the payments […]
Pinterest expands its Creator Fund to allow founders
Pinterest announced today that it is evolving its Creator Inclusion Fund. Pinterest teamed up with Shopify’s Build Black & Narrative program to allow small business owners from or […]
Pine Labs gets Singapore court approval to shift base to India
Pine Labs, a merchant commerce startup, has received approval from a Singapore court to merge its local entity with its Indian unit, and transfer all its assets and […]
Cannabis and gaming payments startup Aeropay is now offering an alternative to Mastercard and Visa
The key to taking on legacy players in the financial technology industry may be to go where they have not gone before. That’s what Chicago-based Aeropay is doing. […]
What not to buy on Amazon Prime Day
Here’s what to avoid when you’re shopping on Amazon Prime Day, from third-party sellers to deals that seem too good to be true.
Uber to acquire Foodpanda’s Taiwan unit from Delivery Hero for $950M in cash
Uber Technologies announced Tuesday that it will buy the Taiwan unit of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda for $950 million in cash. The deal is part of Uber Eats’ strategy […]
Aplazo is using buy-now-pay-later as a stepping stone to financial ubiquity in Mexico
Buy-now-pay-later services have become so ubiquitous that BNPL may as well just be another way to say ‘debt.’ But in Mexico, where BNPL platform Aplazo operates, a large […]