Avant, a Chicago-based digital lender that’s raised more than $600M in equity funding, and has connected more than 1.5 million customers to $7.5B in loans and 400,000 credit cards, has acquired Zero Financial and its digital challenger bank Level.
Read MoreSignal, the messaging app that enables privacy via encryption, is testing a feature in the U.K. that will allow users to send currency to each other through the MobileCoin wallet and cryptocurrency MOB.
Read MoreInstinet, the Nomura-owned broker-dealer and Credit Suisse have settled U.S.-listed equity trades on a same-day timeframe while using Paxos’ blockchain-based settlement service.
Read MoreAlkami, a 12-year-old Texas-based banking technology startup with a cloud-based platform for banks and credit unions, announced an initial public offering (IPO) at a $2B valuation.
Read MoreBank of America has acquired Santa Barbara, California-based Axia Technologies, which is also known as AxiaMed. The 6-year-old payments technology company focuses on healthcare.
Read MorePoint-of-sale lender Affirm is moving past retail shopping and into vacation property rentals. The company, which went public earlier this year, announced a limited-time partnership with vacation rental marketplace Vrbo.
Read MoreQ2, an Austin-based publicly-traded company that specializes in banking and lending technology solutions, has acquired ClickSWITCH, a 7-year-old Minneapolis-based fintech that developed a patent account-switching solution.
Read MoreWhile free lunches and ping pong tables may have been popular office perks prior to the pandemic, one 401(k) startup discovered that many remote businesses decided to invest in 401(k)s as workplace benefits instead.
Read MoreBeam, a San Francisco-based savings app which launched in 2019, has been shut down as a result of a tentative settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Read MoreWith more than 9,000 stores across the U.S. and interactions with 8 million customers in-store and online, pharmacy retailer Walgreens is now betting on financial services in a tie-up with card issuer MetaBank and payments provider InComm Payments.
Read MorePayments giant Visa says it’s allowing transactions to settle using cryptocurrency USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin whose value is tied to the U.S. dollar.
Read MoreReinsurer Wilton Re will pay $220M to acquire Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York (ALNY) from parent company Allstate.
Read MoreReal estate has had quite the year, which has only fueled innovation in the space. It will be exciting to see what more will develop around proptech’s intersections with asset management and insurance, as well what proptech can do to advance environmental sustainability, co-living solutions, and…
Read MoreFidelity and Goldman Sachs are seeking approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for bitcoin-related investment products, demonstrating how quickly the cryptocurrency is moving into traditional banking and wealth management realms.
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