Grifin secures M to make investing less intimidating for its female user base

Grifin secures $11M to make investing less intimidating for its female user base

Grifin, an investment app that simplifies investing by automatically purchasing stocks in brands where users regularly shop, announced on Wednesday that it has secured a $11 million Series A funding round, bringing the total amount raised to around $22 million.  Alongside the announcement, Grifin also revealed it has surpassed 500,000 registered users, indicating that its…

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Alexa von Tobel has high hopes for ‘fintech 3.0’

Alexa von Tobel has high hopes for ‘fintech 3.0’

It’s been 10 years since Alexa von Tobel sold her financial planning startup Learnvest to Northwestern Mutual for $250 million. Since then, von Tobel became Northwestern Mutual’s first chief digital officer, then chief innovation officer, before launching an early-stage venture firm of her own, Inspired Capital, with former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. She’s…

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Nasdaq-listed Mercurity Fintech to raise 0M for Bitcoin treasury

Nasdaq-listed Mercurity Fintech to raise $800M for Bitcoin treasury

Mercurity’s $800 million Bitcoin treasury financing plan would make the firm the 11th-largest corporate Bitcoin holder after Galaxy Digital. Mercurity Fintech Holding, a Nasdaq-listed digital fintech group building blockchain-based payment infrastructure, plans to raise $800 million to establish a Bitcoin treasury reserve as more companies adopt the cryptocurrency for strategic purposes. Mercurity plans to raise…

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Jack Ma’s Ant International eyes stablecoin licenses in Singapore, Hong Kong

Jack Ma’s Ant International eyes stablecoin licenses in Singapore, Hong Kong

Ant International plans to apply for stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong and Singapore, signaling growing fintech interest in regulated crypto payment systems, Bloomberg reported. Ant International reportedly plans to apply for stablecoin issuer licenses in Singapore and Hong Kong, signaling growing institutional cryptocurrency adoption among fintech firms. Ant International, a Singapore-based unit of the Jack…

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