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Ramp hits $60B valuation on AI expansion
Expense management startup Ramp raised $1.85 billion at a $60 billion valuation, four months after its last funding round, as it expands into AI-powered financial operations.
TechCrunch · 1m

Ramp Raises $1.85B at $60B Valuation
Fintech Ramp secures $1.85 billion funding round at $60 billion pre-money valuation, a $16 billion jump from four months ago.
Dealroom · 1m

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 opens in San Francisco
Ten thousand startup founders, investors and tech leaders gather at Moscone West for three days of pitches, panels and networking.
TechCrunch · 3m

PayJoy Buys Finia AI Tech To Boost AI Lending
PayJoy acquires Finia AI to expand AI underwriting for micro-businesses globally.
Pulse 2.0 · 1m

Airtel Money IPO Debut
Airtel Money's London IPO hits £5.3bn valuation after 5-year gap.
mint · 1m

Stablecoins Have a $10 Million Problem
Stablecoins move money fast but often return to banks, creating liquidity gaps for businesses.
Pymnts · 1m

MercadoLibre Stock Analysis
MercadoLibre stock shows strong Q2 results with near 13% FCF yield.
Seekingalpha · 1m

Leela CEO: AI Creates 10-Person Compliance Team
Leela's AI platform cuts compliance costs by handling 262 obligations for one client.
Pymnts · 1m

Ramp hits $60bn valuation in $1.85bn round
Fintech startup Ramp raised $1.85bn at a $60bn valuation, cementing its lead in the corporate spending space.
The Next Web · 1m

CryptoDad explains digital money's impact on investors
CryptoDad: How digital money reshapes investment and regulation.
MoneyWeek · 1m

Revolut CEO Targets European Tech Leadership
Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky aims to position fintech as Europe's answer to Meta and Google.
Dealroom · 1m

Revolut Gets Argentine Bank Approval
Revolut secures Argentine central bank approval to acquire Banco Cetelem.
Dealroom · 1m
Airtel Money Lists on LSE
Airtel Money debuts on LSE with £529m raise, largest listing in 5 years.
The Economic Times · 1m

How a Barclays boss fixed banking's tech mess
Antony Jenkins spent 30 years inside legacy banking. Now his start-up 10x Banking is helping other banks escape the spaghetti systems trap.
Fortune · 2m

India's 'Not AI' Position Becomes Global Hedge
India's lack of AI exposure may now protect portfolios as global markets face AI trade corrections.
Financialexpress · 1m

MAVI launches AI-fluent accounting marketplace
A startup founded by Molly Liu and Aman Puri connects U.S. companies with global accounting talent skilled in AI, emerging from stealth after raising four million dollars.
TechCrunch · 2m
PB Fintech Shares Plummet After IRDAI Rules
PB Fintech shares drop 36% as IRDAI proposes insurance commission cuts.
The Economic Times · 2m

SoFi Stock Rises 5% After Halving
SoFi stock jumps 5% after halving, sparking debate on whether it can double from here.
24/7 Wall St. · 1m

Shamrock Takes Majority Stake In Saylor
Shamrock Capital acquires majority stake in social agency Saylor, merging it with gaming firm Mutiny.
Adweek · 1m

IDT Q4 Profit Growth Shows Portfolio Shift Working
IDT's Q4 profit growth signals successful shift to higher-margin businesses.
Alphastreet - Earnings Decoded. Market Intelligence Delivered · 1m

Revolut Nubank Target US Banking Market
Revolut and Nubank aim to dominate US banking but face steep competition.
Pymnts · 1m
India to form banking panel by October for Viksit Bharat
India's government plans a high-level banking committee by October to advance Viksit Bharat goals.
The Economic Times · 1m
Razorpay-backed POP launches credit to monetise UPI users
POP's new credit service targets first-time borrowers with small loans
The Economic Times · 1m

Jobs without leetcode interviews
61 premium jobs with no leetcode required
Noleet · 1m

Bank of America bets big on AI after initial hesitation
Bank of America shifts from AI skepticism to $250 billion US infrastructure investment
Pymnts · 1m

JPMorgan vs Nu: stability or growth?
Two financial giants on opposite trajectories offer different bets on the future of banking.
Yahoo Finance · 2m

Affirm's new model spots borrowers ready to repay
Affirm launches an AI underwriting system that reads payment history over time to approve borrowers traditional models reject.
Pymnts · 2m

Ex-accountant builds AI to automate bookkeeping away
Tabby founder Ahad Ali left a successful accounting firm to build software that makes accountants unnecessary.
TechCrunch · 1m

India adds fees to big UPI payments for first time
India's payments regulator will charge 0.4% on digital transactions over $20.80 starting October, marking a major shift for the free payment system.
Yahoo Finance · 1m

Three banks get federal charters for stablecoins and AI
The OCC approves new national trust banks focused on digital currencies and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Pymnts · 1m

Avant seeks national bank charter to serve customers directly
The fintech lender is applying to become a regulated bank, joining a wave of digital finance firms moving in-house.
Pymnts · 1m

Revolut's facial recognition checkout is here
The UK fintech bank launches biometric payments, letting you pay with just a smile at select stores.
MoneyWeek · 2m

Fin.com raises $20m to build cross-border payment network
New York fintech emerges from stealth with backing from Uber co-founder and venture firms to expand global payment corridors.
Yahoo Finance · 1m

Revolut expands banking licences across continents
The fintech giant gains approval in Colombia and Switzerland while pushing into new markets globally.
Yahoo Finance · 1m

Ant International launches 100 AI products for finance
Ant International rolls out nearly 100 AI-native financial products built on proprietary models to automate payments, forex, and treasury operations.
Pymnts · 1m

AI agents are becoming payment customers
As autonomous software takes on real transactions, payment systems built for humans must adapt to verify and control AI buyers.
Pymnts · 1m

Robinhood's bet on becoming your entire financial life
The trading app is expanding into banking, crypto, and AI to capture more of how customers manage money.
TechCrunch · 1m

Revolut eyes dual listing in New York and London
The neobank's CEO confirms plans for a simultaneous IPO on Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange, targeting 2028 or later.
Pymnts · 1m

Experian's Fast Track speeds up loan approvals
Open banking data helps lenders make faster credit decisions while giving borrowers confidence before they apply.
Pymnts · 1m

Revolut hackers demand $3 million ransom
A group calling itself iamnotavillain claims to have breached the British fintech and is threatening to sell customer data.
Pymnts · 1m

Affirm's new underwriting sees credit history clearly
Affirm's transformer-based model approves borrowers traditional credit scores would reject, including those with thin files and no FICO score.
Pymnts · 1m

India's free payments system is about to charge
The world's largest real-time payment network will start charging merchants, ending a decade of free digital transactions.
CNBC · 2m

X lets US users trade stocks directly from posts
Elon Musk's X platform now connects stock conversations to real trades through Cashtags and partner brokerages.
TechCrunch · 1m

Tare raises $13M to simplify private credit on blockchain
A Brooklyn fintech backed by Blockchain Capital wants to eliminate middlemen costs in lending by moving loan management onto a single blockchain platform.
Fortune · 1m

Revolut hit with extortion after email scam exposes customer data
A hacker is releasing stolen data and demanding ransom after tricking the fintech into handing over customer information.
Pymnts · 1m

Revolut gets Colombia bank license
Revolut’s Colombia approval gives it six banking licenses and a clearer path into Latin America.
Pymnts · 1m

Perk takes its spend tool to America
TravelPerk, now just Perk, is betting US finance teams want travel and spend in one system.
Pymnts · 1m

Lineage Bank is now Harpeth Bank & Trust
A Tennessee bank burned by the Synapse collapse drops its old name and bets on local relationship banking.
Pymnts · 1m

Split Pay raises $125M to split your rent
A startup backed by Khosla and Affirm's CEO thinks your bills, not your income, are the real problem.
Pymnts · 1m
Pulley, the Carta challenger, is shutting down
After seven years and $50 million raised, the cap table startup is handing its customers to the rival it set out to beat.
Business Insider · 1m

Tabby hits $6.5 billion on a $230 million round
Saudi BNPL app Tabby just raised $230 million to go deeper in the Gulf, while US shoppers quietly pick card installments instead.
Pymnts · 1m

Waystar may go private two years after IPO
A healthcare payments software company that sold Wall Street a tech story is now weighing a sale, with AI fears hanging over the stock.
Pymnts · 1m

The CEO who won't say cut, cut, cut
Giffgaff's Kate Dohaney is betting that AI is a retraining problem, not a headcount problem.
Fortune · 1m

Grab buys its way into BNPL
A $1.49 billion bet that Southeast Asia's unbanked will borrow through a ride-hailing app.
Pymnts · 1m

Flexible shifts, rigid paydays
Employers made schedules bend to the hour, but the money still waits for the calendar.
Pymnts · 1m

Crypto's shortcut to checkout runs through your bank app
Most people will not download a new wallet, but 77% would open one inside the finance app they already use.
Pymnts · 1m

Upstart at $2.5 billion: the misunderstood AI lender
A stock that fell 95% is growing 35% a year and turning a GAAP profit, and almost nobody is pricing it that way.
Yahoo Finance · 1m

Apollo pulls back on trade finance
Apollo is winding down parts of Eliant just as trade finance gets harder to underwrite safely.
Pymnts · 1m

PayPal's new CEO says no to a $50 billion exit
Enrique Lores walked away from a buyout and now has to prove PayPal can fix itself.
Pymnts · 1m

Revolut data leak came from a government email
Scammers used a real government email domain to pull passports, selfies and statements from Revolut customers.
Pymnts · 1m