We’re incredibly excited to announce that we’ve added a dedicated Fintech Stage to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Space, SaaS and AI as the other industry-focused stages — […]
Chilean instant payments API startup Fintoc raises $7 million to turn Mexico into its main market
Open banking may be a global trend, but implementation is fragmented. The fintech startups doing the legwork to make it a reality in smaller markets could become M&A […]
Non-sexy industries can appeal to investors too
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! This week, we’re looking at some hot fintech startups in Africa, how Mint’s closure has been Copilot’s gain and why VCs […]
‘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 […]
Carta’s missteps and real estate fintech’s up-and-down week
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! In this edition, I’m going to look at some hits and misses in the real estate fintech space, Carta’s missteps (again), […]
Prometeo raises $13M from PayPal, Samsung, and more to bring open banking to Latin America
Open banking — where traditional banks can share data, and build new services, by way of APIs that bring their ageing systems into the 21st century — has […]
Here’s how HSBC’s international payments app Zing compares to Wise and Revolut
HSBC has just launched a new product called Zing focused on international transfers to better compete with fintech companies like Wise (formerly TransferWise) and Revolut. Bloomberg wrote that […]
EU names three porn sites subject to its strictest online content rules
Age verification tech could be headed to adult content sites Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos after the three were added to a list of platforms subject to the strictest […]
UK age assurance guidance for porn sites gives thumbs up to AI age checks, digital ID wallets and more
The U.K.’s Internet regulator has set out draft guidance for how porn sites will need to meet a newly introduced hard legal requirement to prevent children accessing adult […]