Category: FinTech News
FinTech News
Zilch Launches Its "BNPL 2.0" Platform in the United States Market
The "buy now, pay later" scene has a new entrant. This week, Zilch announced its arrival in the United States. According to the company, the app launched with 150,000 pre-registered customers and comes after the service gained two million U.K customers since its debut there 18 months ago. Elsewhere, Zilch has raised $400 million in debt and equity from Goldman Sachs among others and the company is valued at more...FinTech News
FinTech Credit Card Platform Deserve Secures $250 Million Credit Facility
With the market for specialized rewards credit cards growing, one popular platform has closed a new deal to help fuel it into the future. This week, Deserve revealed that it had secured a $250 million credit facility from Goldman Sachs, Cross River, and Waterfall Asset Management. Previously, the company raised a $50 million Series D equity round in 2021 as well as a $50 million Series C in 2019. Goldman...FinTech News
Canadian FinTech Neo Raises $185 Million at Unicorn Valuation
One of Canada's fastest-growing FinTech players is celebrating another milestone. This week, Neo Financial announced that it had closed a $185 million round. The Series C was led by Valar Ventures with participation from Tribe Capital, Altos Ventures, Maple VC, Blank Ventures, Gaingels, and Knollwood Investment Advisor. Notably, the round was raised at a valuation of over $1 billion, securing Neo's "unicorn" status (at least in Canadian dollars). To date,...FinTech News
Robinhood Rolling Out Stock Lending Feature
Robinhood users who want to potentially get some extra return from their investment holdings may soon have the opportunity to do just that. This week, the app announced the launch of a new Stock Lending feature. According to a blog post on the company's site, this option will allow investors to earn passive income by lending out their holdings. When users opt into the program, Robinhood will match up lenders...FinTech News
Truist Bank Acquires Long Game Mobile Savings App
After many years and evolutions, the prize-linked savings platform Long Game is entering a new phase after being purchased by one of the largest banks in the United States. Today, Truist Bank announced that it had acquired the gamified savings app. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Long Game has previously raised $17 million in funding. According to Truist, the bank plans to leverage the app's technology in...FinTech News
Concerto Raises $21 Million to Launch Credit Cards from Four MLB Teams
A startup that aims to create loyalty-minded co-branded cards has announced a major investment and partnerships to bring its vision to life. This week, Concerto announced that it had raised $21 million in early-stage funding. The round was led by Matrix Partners, while PayPal Ventures and GoldenTree Asset Management also participated. Furthermore, GoldenTree has created a joint venture with Concerto and will fund at least $2 billion in credit card...FinTech News