Afterpay has teamed up with payments fintech Marqeta to help the buy now, pay later firm expand their presence and...
In this conversation, we talk with Anil Aggarwal of Clarity Payment Solutions (acquired by TSYS) and TxVia (acquired by Google) about how he “stumbled” upon the payment space at the right time.
Anil is an absolute FinTech icon as the founder of renowned FinTech conferences – Money20/20 and FinTech Meetup. Additionally, we explore the various concepts of payment network utlity, the market timing large platform shifts, as well as, how social capital and community formation can serve as drivers towards the monetization of our attention even further.
Three embedded finance experts joined the Lendit TV live session on Tuesday afternoon to advise firms looking to onboard Credit Card Offerings.
The embedded finance gig is booming, with everyone from Plaid to Cross River, and giants like Apple, Amazon, Paypal, and Google offering some form of payment option.
The current pandemic has shaken our world in ways most of us could not even imagine and fintech companies have...
The fintech world is not taking the summer off. New developments are coming fast and furious, from fundraisings to product launches to government intervention.
Banking for brands startup Bond raised $32 million to capitalize on the exploding trend of B2B2C banking.
Samsung Money launched, leveraging SoFi’s infrastructure. As SoFi again seeks a national banking charter, they could become the de facto leader in this space.
Kabbage and Intuit launched small business bank accounts as extensions of their already deep relationships with SMBs.
And WhatsApp is trialing all sorts of financial services in India just as Chinese fintech super apps are being banned from the country.
Alipay and Marqeta partner on real time payment processing for Chinese travelers visiting North America; Marqeta’s platform will facilitate payment processing at retail locations across the continent; Jason Gardner, CEO of Marqeta tells Crowdfund Insider, “The Marqeta platform will ensure a seamless user and merchant experience across the U.S. that Alipay’s customers need when traveling and shopping abroad.” Source.
Following up on a recent article highlighting the Marqeta deal with Visa, the publication interviews Candace Klein, head of alternative lending at Marqeta; the interview covers the difference between credit cards and online lenders using prepaid cards to deliver funds; how does the borrower view the experiences and if credit card companies can bring rates down does that change the equation; Marqeta provides an open API issuer processor platform to change how payment cards, virtual cards, and mobile authorization products are being used and developed. Source
At the Money20/20 show in Amsterdam several fintech company CEOs expressed confidence that big tech companies are coming to the...
Innovative credit building startup Grow Credit has closed a $2 million seed round that includes an investment from Mucker Labs;...
AI GPT, is known for its "generative" attributes, but the transformer model underlying its evolution could make the biggest impact.