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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. Hereās whatās worth watching this weekā¦.. š Pinned to the Top Last month, Flutterwave became Africaās highest-valued startup with a $3 billion valuation after raising $250 million in a Series D round of funding. The six-year-old company started out as a
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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. This week's edition is chock full of funding announcements. Buckle your seat belt in and get ready......š Looking for a company from a past edition? Find 'em here -> Pinned to the Top A new study of Americans' checking account relationships underscores
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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. Hereās whatās worth watching this weekā¦.. š Pinned to the Top Kin Insurance, the Chicago-based homeowners insurance startup that recently canceled a SPAC merger, has raised a new funding round. The insuretech raised $82M in Series D funding and the round was lead by
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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. Hereās whatās worth watching this weekā¦.. š Pinned to the Top Paperwork is a financial wellness solution that transforms the way people organize and manage their financial lives. Today the company announced that it has closed $2.5 million in seed funding in a raise
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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. Hereās whatās worth watching this weekā¦.. š Pinned to the Top Financial technology firm FIS announced that it has enhanced its embedded payments strategy with the acquisition of Atlantaās Payrix. This acquisition aligns with FISā strategy to expand its digital commerce offerings to firms
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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. Hereās whatās worth watching this weekā¦.. š Pinned to the Top Global card issuing platform Marqeta is partnering with data network Plaid. The new tech will allow for Marqetaās customers to more easily initiate ACH transactions for sending money between both customer accounts and
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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. Hereās whatās worth watching this weekā¦.. š Pinned to the Top Apple are innovating. Again. The tech giant is playing Square and Venmo at their own game and turning the iPhone into a payment terminal. It could change the POS game completely. At the moment,
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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. Hereās whatās worth watching this weekā¦.. š Pinned to the Top Acorns, the Irvine, Calif.-based savings and investing app, and Pioneer Merger Corp. have scrapped the $2.2 billion merger they announced last May. Acorns will receive a $17.5m termination fee and plans
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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. Hereās whatās worth watching this weekā¦.. š Pinned to the Top This year those looking for free options to file their taxes can look no further than an app they might already have on their cell phone: The Cash App. Square Inc. (now Block) acquired
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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. Hereās whatās worth watching this weekā¦.. š Pinned to the Top Fad? Trend? Or just flat out reality - either way crypto is having a moment. Here's an eye-popping stat: Cryptocurrency-related job postings in the U.S. surged 395% between 2020 and
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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. Hereās whatās worth watching this weekā¦.. š Pinned to the Top This week in the UK - upstart Starling Bank's CEO Anne Boden angered fintech founders after claiming that Open Banking has been a failure in the UK. So what? Well, 53 bank bosses
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š Ā Thanks again for subscribing. Happy New Year! š š· II hope you all had an amazing Holiday break. Pinned to the Top Despite bringing in an estimated $15.47 billion in 2019, more banks in the U.S. are ditching or modifying overdraft fees in a move to better compete with zero-