TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Hi, Crunchers, Today, there’s only one story on everyone’s lips: The sudden and dramatic collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the 40-year-old Silicon Valley institution. With $209 billion of assets under management at the time of its failure, it’s the second-largest bank failure in U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

Then Yang joined Kaji at First Republic Bank to work together and continue the conversation. Allocate is the next transition of a true platform that enables family offices and high-net worth individuals access.”. 5 innovative fundraising methods for emerging VCs and PEs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

I write this twice-weekly newsletter on a tight deadline, so when I saw a press release that started with “Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, California, was closed today,” I realized I might need to pivot. ” Silicon Valley’s favorite bank just failed. Will those customers ever be made whole? Sit with that.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Abdigani Diriye, Khalid Keenan and Youcef Oudjidane, the other co-founders, have combined experience across engineering, investment banking and venture capital. Founders : Alphas Sinja, Boya’s chief executive officer, has over eight years of experience in the banking and finance sectors. Website : [link]. Founded in : 2020.

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CIO

JANUARY 6, 2025

AI and Machine Learning will drive innovation across the government, healthcare, and banking/financial services sectors, strongly focusing on generative AI and ethical regulation. The financial sector will see rapid adoption of digital payments, open banking, and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

A large group of investors participated in the round, including Concrete Rose VC, Avanta Ventures, Kapor Capital, Samsung Next, Massive, Backstage Capital, Awesome People Ventures, Draft Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, M25, Silicon Valley Bank and Uncommon VC, among others. A number of angels also put money in the round. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value — and include a range of outfits, from payments companies to digital banks to corporate spend players. It’s not as typical for us to hear, though, about venture capitalists pouring millions of dollars into a traditional bank.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

It’s also selling its SaaS to customers in foreign exchange, banking and (ofc) crypto. PassFort tells TechCrunch it now has 54 customers in total, saying the majority are in the digital payments space. It also touts some “major” customer wins preceding this raise — name-checking the likes of Curve and WorldRemit.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

The idea actually came from a customer, he said, who thought Brex “could handle those customers better than big banks.” The first week after the SVB meltdown , the FDIC was not going to accept any bids from entities other than banks. Mary Ann Digital banking for seniors Different demographics can have different banking needs. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2023

Assuming the (very light) due diligence goes to plan and they like your company, you could have the money in your bank account within a week. You could submit a pitch on Monday and you could have money in the bank on Friday, feasibly.” So the entire process can be done in a week.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

The relationships between banks and fintechs are multi-faceted. Well, today, an announcement by global payments giant Visa is aimed at helping facilitate banks and fintechs’ ability to work together. So literally over $100 billion is going into fintech, which is more than the combined tech budgets of every bank in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

London-based Starling Bank has raised more than $900 million, per Crunchbase. But despite our general inclination to lump banking-focused fintech providers that serve consumers, business customers or both into a single bucket, there’s wide divergence in how the various neobank players are performing in the market.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2023

Before it crashed, Silicon Valley Bank was known to many startups and venture firms as the place to park their money or take out a capital line. After the bank’s collapse and the ensuing chaos, many were left wondering if the things they loved most about SVB would continue. Those kinds of limits often restrict first-time funds.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In Ivory Coast, one of Francophone Africa’s largest mobile money markets, 75% of the population own a mobile money account, compared to 20% who hold bank accounts. Here, businesses can deposit their cash from physical and field sales into their Julaya account via a mobile money agent branch without going to a bank. . million monthly.

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CIO

MARCH 20, 2025

For Gareth Hemming, chief distribution officer for UK retail business at Hiscox, AI is currently streamlining the underwriting process in retail and high-net-worth home insurance, with the potential to provide more value to long-term clients.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

I think it nets out to a changing market, but not one that has settled on a new level of risk tolerance. The net is that some investors appear to be dialing back their appetite for high-priced startup rounds, while others are, well, not. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, February 3, 2022! What the heck does that mean?

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

More consolidation is apace in the world of payments: Nexi , the Italian fintech that scooped up rivals Danish-based Nets and then Italy’s SIA to create a $12.5 In addition to payments company Nets/Concardis, Orderbird’s other investors had included Digital+ Partners and Metro Group, and it had raised around $55 million in all.

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CIO

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Similarly, the financial sector will see continued growth in fintech, digital payments and open banking, with cities like Dubai and Riyadh becoming central fintech hubs in the region.

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2022

How has banking evolved during the rapid digitisation of recent years? Banks are no longer the key players in the market, with fintech companies, digital-first start-ups, and tech giants delivering their own brand of financial services. One example is Banking-as-a-Service, with the market expected to reach US$3.6

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

How has banking evolved during the rapid digitisation of recent years? Banks are no longer the key players in the market, with fintech companies, digital-first start-ups, and tech giants delivering their own brand of financial services. One example is Banking-as-a-Service, with the market expected to reach US$3.6

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Crunchbase News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Furthermore, embedded finance will grow as financial services integrate even more heavily into nonfinancial platforms, letting consumers access banking, lending or insurance directly within daily-use apps. She has held senior roles, including deputy CEO of a corporate fintech startup and SVP at top 10 market banks.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

While Revolut has yet to obtain a banking license in the U.K. its home country), the company now has a full banking license in Lithuania. It can use this license across the European Economic Area through passporting rules , which means that Revolut could be considered as a bank in Europe.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

First in line at this point in time — in a decision which is due in December — is banking giant Barclays. But the prospect of a profitable, global bank taking over the contract has been branded “insane” and “mad” by some key U.K. We can’t hand the support to the tech ecosystem to an incumbent bank! industry players.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Fair , a multilingual digital bank and financial services platform, is launching to the public after raising $20 million in 40 days earlier this year. There was not a single check from a VC or bank or from a family office,” Parekh told TechCrunch. I was an engineer by background, but was very confused with the American banking system.

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Perficient

MARCH 25, 2025

A mid-sized bank I was consulting with for their data warehouse modernization project finally realized that data isn’t just some necessary but boring stuff the IT department hoards in their digital cave. The bank implemented robust data governance practices to enhance data quality, security, and compliance.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

The wealth technology company was co-founded in 2019 by Taylor Matthews and Brad Genser, who say Farther is “a new kind of financial institution” catering to high-net-worth professionals building generational wealth but want the freedom of both an automated system and a professional.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 11, 2021

After connecting your bank account with Cashbee, you can transfer money back and forth between your bank account and a savings account. Right now, Cashbee partners with My Money Bank for the savings accounts. Cashbee doesn’t keep your money, it just acts as a middle person between your bank account and My Money Bank.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The market for simplifying net terms payments and embedding BNPL payment options is exploding as companies work to mitigate the pain of payments caused by overextended and snarled supply chains,” said Chris Tsai, Resolve’s CEO and co-founder. Resolve, ahem, resolves to make net terms simple and easily embeddable.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

I believed the platform I was running could be a lot bigger and scale a lot faster if we could connect more dots — and basically creating an end to end protein plant,” said Rehmann, who has worked for an investment bank and Microsoft.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Despite this pandemic-fueled growth, SentinelOne’s net losses more than doubled from $26.6 The S-1 filing also identifies Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Securities, Barclays and Wells Fargo Securities as the lead underwriters. million and its customer base grew to 4,700, up from 2,700 a year prior.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

For banks and credit unions, then, interest-rate hikes are more than welcome. For perspective, consider that net interest income at Wells Fargo in the first quarter amounted to $13.3 That’s a lot of money the bank can spend, save or invest. billion , up 45% from a year earlier.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

That was one of the drivers for Zeal’s latest product, the Abacus gross-to-net calculator, which payroll companies can use to ensure they are compliant in paying their income taxes. Meanwhile, Shenoy cited IRS data that showed more than 40% of small and medium businesses pay at least one payroll penalty per year.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Blend’s white label technology powers mortgage applications on the site of banks including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, for example, with the goal of making the process faster, simpler and more transparent. . Meanwhile, its net loss narrowed from $81.5 million in 2019. million in 2019 to $74.6 million in 2020.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2020

You’ve heard of challenger banks? Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has set a target of reaching net-zero by 2050. Now meet the challenger energy suppliers. s Octopus Energy has attained a $2.06 billion valuation (£1.5 billion) after attracting a $200 million (£150 million) investment from Tokyo Gas, for a 9.7% in the U.K.),

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

While the underlying performance of these companies was strong, the pandemic further bolstered results as consumers avoided appearing in-person for both shopping and banking. For its part, PayPal in the third quarter signed up 15 million net new active accounts (its highest ever).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Financing is complicated and offered by a bank through — gasp — an actual phone call. Balance offers efficient B2B payments that allows merchants to offer a variety of payment methods including ACH and bank wires as well as a variety of payment terms including payment on delivery, net payment terms, and payment by milestone.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

The startup, which plans to become a digital assets bank, says the round exceeded its initial target of $4 million. It focuses on investors new to cryptocurrency with educational features, as well as high net-worth individuals, and says it has transacted over $600 million in gross transaction volume since launching at the end of 2019.

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