PayPal taps wallets from China and India to make cross-border payments easier for 2 billion people

PayPal taps wallets from China and India to make cross-border payments easier for 2 billion people

PayPal announced Wednesday it has partnered with global wallet companies to create a platform called PayPal World that is designed to make cross-border commerce easier. The platform will allow users to pay others using their local wallets and payment systems. The company said the launch partners include India’s NPCI International Payments Limited, which operates mobile…

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SMB-focused Finom closes €115M as European fintech heats up

SMB-focused Finom closes €115M as European fintech heats up

While funding may be scarce for some, Europe’s fastest-growing startups still have their pick. The latest beneficiary of that investor appetite is Finom, a five-year-old, Amsterdam-based challenger bank that targets small and medium-size businesses across Europe. The company, which claims to have doubled its revenue in 2024, just closed a €115 million Series C equity…

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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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