Sources: Revolut scrapped plans to buy a US lender and will instead apply for a US banking license, betting Trump's lighter touch on approvals will be faster
UK-headquartered fintech had hoped to secure a banking charter through buying an American lender — Stephen Morris in Davos and Laith Al-Khalaf in London
Polygon buys crypto startups Coinme and Sequence for a total of $250M+, as it seeks to bolster its stablecoin and fintech infrastructure and compete with Stripe
Polygon buys crypto startups Coinme and Sequence for a total of $250M+, as it seeks to bolster its stablecoin and fintech infrastructure and compete with Stripe
Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron (left) and Polygon Foundation founder Sandeep Nailwal.COURTESY OF POLYGON LABS
Imprint, which helps retailers like Brooks Brothers offer co-branded credit cards and manage loyalty programs, raised $150M led by Khosla at a $1.2B valuation
Fintech startup Imprint Payments Inc., which helps retailers like Brooks Brothers offer co-branded credit cards …
Israel-based Chargeflow, whose AI tech automates chargeback disputes for online merchants, raised a $25M Series A led by Viola Growth, and a $10M debt round
Fintech startup secures equity and debt funding as e-commerce fraud grows to $100B a year. — Fintech company Chargeflow …
JPMorgan Chase secures deals with fintech middlemen, like Plaid, covering 95%+ of third-party data pulls, and will receive payment for access to customer data
JPMorgan Chase has secured deals ensuring it will get paid by the fintech firms responsible for nearly all the data requests …
Automated financial advisory startup Wealthfront files publicly with the US SEC for an IPO and reports net income of $60.7M on revenue of $175.6M in H1 2025
EALTHFRONT CORPORATION Company Overview We're a different kind of FinTech. Andrew Welsch / Barron's Online : Robo-Advisor Wealthfront Files for IPO. What to Know. Minh Le / Tech in Asia : US robo-advi...
Sources: Flipkart is investing $30M in its fintech unit Supermoney, after a $20M 2024 spin-off round; Supermoney disbursed $700M+ in loans via lending partners
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Riyadh-based Hala, which offers payment services to 142K+ small businesses in the Gulf region, raised a $157M Series B, a source says at a ~$900M valuation
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg : LinkedIn: Riyad Abou Jaoudeh and Aisha S Gani LinkedIn: Riyad Abou Jaoudeh : So excited to finally announce HALA 's $157M series B co-led by TPG and Sanabil Investments wit...
Dealroom: European VC deals are set to rise 3-4% YoY in 2025 to $57B, about the same as in 2023, driven by rising startup valuations in AI, fintech, and defense
Interest in AI and defence tech start-ups has boosted investor activity after a prolonged slowdown