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Multiplayer fintech, and the muddled world of startup data

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There’s always a fintech angle , even on Valentine’s Day. Other startups have taken notice too, entering the world of multiplayer fintech, a term that categorizes socially focused and consumer-friendly financial services. Money is emotional and complex, and the opportunity within the multiplayer fintech reflects just that.

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Primer, the fintech helping merchants consolidate the payments stack, raises £14M Series A

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fintech that wants to help merchants consolidate their payments stack and easily support new payment methods in the future, has raised £14 million in Series A funding. Primer says the additional funding will be used for international business development and scaling its team. Primer , the U.K.

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Tiger Global and a slew of high-profile investors make a $35M bet on LatAm fintech Pomelo

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Just over five months after raising a $9 million seed funding round , Latin American fintech Pomelo announced today that it is raising $35 million in Series A financing led by Tiger Global Management. The startup was founded earlier this year to build a fintech-as-a-service platform for Latin America. Image Credits: Pomelo.

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Muslims come into the frame in Southeast Asia’s fintech boom

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Southeast Asia is already home to a thriving fintech scene, where Grab , GoTo and Sea have built super apps that encompass financial services, and startups like Xendit , Akulaku and Dana (to name a few) have raised hundreds of millions of dollars for payments, banking services and other financial tools. Indonesia emerged as the best choice.

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Despite the venture slowdown, fintech startups are still hiring

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Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann. Here’s what I found out: Seven fintech companies ranked in the top 50: Brex (No. 4), Ramp (No.

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Taktile raises $20M to help fintech companies test and deploy decision-making models

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The logic behind many fintech companies’ automated decisions — decisions that determine whether a customer is approved for a credit line, for example — is hard-coded into their app’s backend. “Before the slowdown in tech, fintechs were mainly driven by customer growth at any cost.

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A look back at the world of fintech in 2022

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Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. Watching one-click checkout startup Fast crash and burn was certainly one of the biggest stories in fintech this year.

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