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Batistas' PicPay Fintech Seeks $2.5 Billion Market Cap in US IPO
Picpay Holdings Netherlands BV, the Brazilian fintech controlled by the billionaire Batista family, is seeking to raise more than $400 million in what could be the first initial public offering out of the country in four years. PicPay, as the…
Fintech Forecast: Momentum Builds With Big Deals, IPO-Ready Companies And More AI
Global venture funding to fintech and financial services startups last year rose 27% to total $51.8 billion, again topping pre-pandemic levels, per Crunchbase data, despite fewer funding deals. On the heels of that momentum, investors in the space…
Audi and Revolut Seal Formula 1 Alliance: The Ultimate Auto-Fintech Crossover!
Audi has recently taken the wraps off their latest Formula 1 vehicle, the Audi R26, which is set to compete in the upcoming racing season. The unveiling event not only showcased the sleek, high-performance race car but also highlighted the…
Fintech Payoneer acquires Dublin start-up Boundless
The acquisition is expected to help Payoneer access and manage its talent spread globally. US fintech Payoneer has acquired Dublin-based start-up and employee record-keeping platform Boundless. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Boundless…
Davos Signals a Disciplined Era for AI in Banking and FinTech
The path forward depends on trust, collaboration and regulation that enables innovation without weakening resilience. The Tuesday (Jan. 20) Davos panel, titled “ Banking Accelerated,” brought together a mix of incumbents, disruptors…
S'pore-based fintech firm 2C2P courts merchants entering South-east Asia
SINGAPORE - Singapore-headquartered payments firm 2C2P is courting merchants of Ant International looking to expand in South-east Asia, while tapping the expertise of the global financial technology provider. “We are handling a lot of global…
London fintech Guavapay founder quits ahead of Mastercard court battle
The founder of London fintech Guavapay has resigned as a director as the firm gears up for a court case brought by payments giant Mastercard. Azerbaijani entrepreneur and Russian university graduate Orkhan Nasibov, who launched the company in 2017…
Fintech Stocks Worth Watching - January 20th
3 Stocks Well Below 52-Week Highs Poised for a Q4 Rebound Rocket Companies, Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz, UP Fintech, Wealthfront, and DeFi Development are the five Fintech stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool.
Stripe Co-Founder John Collison Says FinTech Not Racing to Go Public
“We're still not in any rush,” he said, per the report. “It's very early for us where, genuinely, it's the fastest-moving time in our industry since we started Stripe.” Stripe was valued at $106.7 billion in September…
Fintech unicorn Pennylane raises €175m round at €3.6bn valuation
French fintech unicorn Pennylane, which provides accounting software, has raised a €175m Series E. The round was led by US-based growth investors TCV and Blackstone Growth, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, DST…
PhonePe gets SEBI nod for India's second-largest fintech IPO, to file updated DRHP soon
PhonePe, one of India's leading Indian digital payments and financial services platforms, has received SEBI approval for its initial public offering (IPO). The company will be filing its Updated Draft Red Herring Prospectus (UDRHP) soon. This will…
Industry likes money too much
Industry, HBO's sleeper hit series about investment banking, has changed a fair bit since the first season arrived in late 2020. Back then, the focus of the show was squarely on the trading floor at Pierpoint, the London bank where a group of new…
5 High-Impact Courses to Future-Proof Your Creative Career in 2026
The creative landscape is shifting under our feet. For journalists, copywriters, editors, and content strategists, the headlines about Artificial Intelligence can be anxiety-inducing. But the reality is that AI isn't replacing creatives; it is…
Geopolitical Turmoil Won't End The Bull Market
Escalating US-EU tariff tensions may trigger a temporary market pullback, but strong fundamentals suggest resilience and a likely resumption of the uptrend. Legal challenges to tariff authority, with a probable Supreme Court ruling against IEEPA…
Cryptocurrencies Lead Risk Assets Lower As Greenland Concerns Trigger Sell-Off
Risk assets took a beating today. Cryptocurrencies led risk assets lower on Tuesday, January 20 as concerns about escalating tariffs soured sentiment and provoked market turmoil. Bitcoin, the world's largest digital currency by total market…
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