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SoFi vs. PayPal: Two Beaten-Down Fintech Stocks. Which Is the Better Comeback Story?
SoFi (SOFI 4.58%) and PayPal (PYPL 0.35%) are two of the most widely followed fintech stocks in the entire market, and both have been beaten down. SoFi has fallen by more than 45% from its 52-week high, despite reporting revenue growth of more than…
Loans and phones: Block's post-layoff battle with banks, fintechs
Key insights: Block has expanded its BNPL product and launched a mobile phone service. What's at stake: The company is maintaining a development schedule following a downsizing of about 40% of its employees. Forward look: Payment analysts say Block…
Are you a fintech seeking a bank charter? Consider these implications
Key insight: As fintechs rush to gain bank charters, their leaders are about to step into a very new compliance environment. They need to understand what they're getting themselves into. Supporting data: In 2025, there were as many bank charter…
What Fintech Operators are Reading in 2026: Fintechly and the Case for Practitioner Intelligence - News Anyway
The question of where fintech professionals get their intelligence has become more consequential as the industry matures. In the early years of the fintech boom, the information needs of builders and operators were largely met by general technology…
FinTechs Face a Tougher Road on Cross-Border Deals
The questions surrounding a cross-border acquisition don't stop with ownership or market share. Governments increasingly want to understand what technologies are changing hands, who controls them and whether those assets could affect economic…
Kunal Shah: The Indian entrepreneur taking charge of WhatsApp
Until recently, Kunal Shah was a familiar name mainly within India's startup and investor circles. The founder of fintech company Cred had steadily built a following beyond the businesses he created. His podcast appearances often ventured into…
The Rebundling Of Finance Is Really A Story About Digital Assets
GERMANY - CIRCA 1900: Inflation in Weimar Germany has paper money stacked from Floor to Ceiling in a Berlin Bank; banker is counting sheaves of bundled notes. (Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images) The Rebundling of Finance Is Really a Story About…
Why AMD's AI Position Is Expanding (NASDAQ:AMD)
AMD now expects AI server CPU demand to double, raising its 2030 server CPU TAM above $120 billion. Data Center revenue surged 57% to $5.8 billion as EPYC adoption expanded across cloud, enterprise, healthcare, and finance. Cloud instances running…
Games Industry Faces More Painful Months Ahead
This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world. Today, Takashi Mochizuki reflects on the games industry's painful readjustment.
Mark Zuckerberg Wants a Prediction Market Too: NYT
First it was stablecoins. Then it was the metaverse. Now it's prediction markets. Under Mark Zuckerberg, Meta has made a series of bets on crypto-adjacent tech, and now the social media giant could be preparing for its next one in light of…
Take part: Mapping the future of digital payments in Africa
Take part in the survey and help shape an industry report on the future of digital payments in Africa. A snap survey among banks, fintechs, payment intermediaries and merchants reveals that 70% believe fraud risk has increased as digital payments…
Indian startup head appointed as new WhatsApp boss
Meta has tapped Indian fintech founder Kunal Shah as the new head of WhatsApp, as the US tech giant seeks ways to monetise the messaging app's massive user base. The announcement, made Monday night, was accompanied by news that Meta would also lead…
What Banking Can Learn From Retail's First-Party Data Playbook
Jordan Glazier, Founder and CEO of Wildfire Systems. Banks see the swipe, but retail sees the basket. That gap is the difference between a relevant offer and a forgotten one. Retailers have spent the past decade refining how first-party…
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NPCI appoints Gaurav Kochhar as Chief of Business
NPCI BHIM Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has announced the appointment of Gaurav Kochhar as chief of business. At NBSL, Gaurav will lead initiatives to strengthen digital payments…
Scaling A Prop Firm: Three Technology Challenges No One Talks About
Justin Hertzberg is CEO of FPFX Tech, PropAccount and BullRush, leading prop firm technology and white-label solutions. Many proprietary trading firms that I've seen collapse, pause or falter in recent years did not fail due to a lack of…
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