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FinovateEurope 2023 in Pictures
Whether you attended FinovateEurope last week or were taking it all in via Twitter, there was a lot to glean from the event. With an agenda packed full of demos, panel conversations, fireside chats,...
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Klarna Taps ChatGPT to Personalize Shopping
Klarna partnered with OpenAI to offer ChatGPT users curated product recommendations. When users download the Klarna plug-in, they will be able to receive links from ChatGPT for curated products. The...
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Pinwheel Launches Smart Branch to Bring Payroll Connectivity to Physical Bank...
Pinwheel launched Smart Branch today. The Smart Branch tool offers banks a digital way to help customers set up direct deposit when they visit the branch in person. Pinwheel reports that the new tool...
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Coinbase’s Future in the U.S.
Amid the news of bank failures last week, you may have heard that cryptocurrency wallet and platform Coinbase received a Wells notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The notice...
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Equifax Launches New Scoring Model
Equifax is launching a new consumer credit scoring model called OneScore. OneScore leverages alternative data, such as telecommunications, utility, and speciality finance data found in the Equifax...
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Acorns Acquires U.K.-Based GoHenry
Acorns is acquiring U.K.-based kids financial wellness tool GoHenry. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. The deal is expected to facilitate Acorns’ international expansion and will build its...
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Amsterdam-based bunq Applies for U.S. Banking License
Amsterdam-based digital bank bunq announced plans to expand to the U.S. The bank will be targeting the population of five million European expatriates living in the U.S. Since launching in 2012, bunq...
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SoFi Shifts Focus to MortgageTech with New Acquisition
SoFi is saying, “Welcome home!” to Wyndham Capital Mortgage this week. The California-based fintech acquired the mortgage lender yesterday in an all-cash transaction for an undisclosed amount....
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Payfare Expands into Earned Wage Access
Digital banking solutions company Payfare is expanding to offer clients earned wage access. Payfare will target workers in Canada and in the U.S., which it estimates to have a total addressable market...
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Cardstream Unveils PayFac-as-a-Service
Cardstream is launching PayFac-as-a-Service, a new white label service for companies seeking to become payment facilitators. PayFac-as-a-Service clients will benefit from Cardstream’s regulatory...
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Google Moves to Stop Predatory Lending Practices
Google is updating its Personal Loans policy for apps in the Google Play store. The update prohibits lending apps from accessing borrower’s personal information and bans unlicensed lending apps from...
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Axle Raises $4 Million for Consumer Permissioned Insurance Data
Axle raised $4 million in a Seed round led by Gradient Ventures. Today’s investment brings the Atlanta, Georgia-based company’s total funding to $4.5 million. Axle is bringing consumer permissioned...
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PayPal and Venmo Pilot P2P Payments Interoperability Tool, Visa+
Visa is launching Visa+, a peer-to-peer payments interoperability tool. PayPal and Venmo are piloting the launch. Visa partners DailyPay, i2c, TabaPay, and Western Union will also integrate Visa+...
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ID.me Raises $132 Million
ID.me announced a $132 million funding round, bringing its total raised to $240 million. The company has brought on Samantha Greenberg as CFO. Today’s news comes a week after the company reached a...
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10 Topics We Can’t Wait to Discuss at FinovateSpring
FinovateSpring is just over a month away, on May 23 through May 25, and we’re already excited to watch the stage fill with fresh fintech demos and discussions about the hottest industry topics. Just...
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Twitter Taps eToro for Real-Time Stock Prices
Twitter has selected eToro to provide real-time pricing data for its $Cashtags feature. The $Cashtag will not only show real-time pricing data, it will also enable users to navigate to the eToro...
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FinovateEurope Talks: Payments
It’s impossible for anyone to avoid payments. And it’s impossible for banks to avoid payments technology. That’s why our team spent time at FinovateEurope last month interviewing industry experts on...
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Affirm Launches Adaptive Checkout for Canadian Stripe Users
BNPL company Affirm and payments infrastructure company Stripe are expanding their relationship. The move will make Affirm’s Adaptive Checkout tool available to businesses using Stripe in Canada. The...
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GoDaddy Teams with Apple to Offer Contactless Payments
GoDaddy has added a contactless payments option for its merchant clients. By leveraging Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone, GoDaddy enables entrepreneurs to accept in-person, contactless payments without a...
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Can Apple Card’s New Savings Account Improve Americans’ Savings Habits?
As someone who is passionate about personal finance, I was excited to see Apple Card unveil its Savings account today, especially during financial literacy month. The launch comes three-and-a-half...
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