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bloomberg.com - Paula Sambo - Fintech Plaid Nabs $8 Billion Valuation in Latest Funding Round
Fintech Plaid Nabs $8 Billion Valuation in Latest Funding Round
Bloomberg

Plaid Inc., one of the US's biggest financial technology firms, secured an $8 billion valuation in its latest funding round, according to people familiar with the matter. The company raised the funds to offer employees a way to get liquidity for…

independent.co.uk - Via AP news wire - Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI
The Independent

Shares in the financial technology company Block have soared more than 20% in after-hours trading after its CEO announced it was laying off more than 4,000 of its 10,000 some employees due to its use of artificial intelligence. “The core…

wral.com - ELAINE KURTENBACH — AP Business Writer - Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI
WRAL | News and Weather in Raleigh NC

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares in the financial technology company Block soared more than 20% in premarket trading Friday after its CEO announced it was laying off more than 4,000 of its 10,000 plus employees, reconfiguring to capitalize on its use…

winnipegfreepress.com - Elaine Kurtenbach, The Associated Press - Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI
Winnipeg Free Press

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yahoo.com - Laiba Immad - Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (JKHY) Added to Wells Fargo's 'Fab 5' Fintech Picks
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (JKHY) Added to Wells Fargo's 'Fab 5' Fintech Picks
Yahoo!

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY) is among the 20 Best Investments in 2026. Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY) is one of the best investments. TheFly reported on February 17 that Wells Fargo upgraded JKHY from Equal Weight to…

crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo - How This GV Investor Looks For The Next Stripe And Other 'Compounding' Startups In Fintech And AI
How This GV Investor Looks For The Next Stripe And Other 'Compounding' Startups In Fintech And AI
Crunchbase

A partner at GV (Google Ventures), Sakach has helped lead the firm's investments in high-profile startups such as Humans&, Ramp, Stripe, Tennr and Basis. Unsurprisingly, considering her involvement in so many significant fintech deals, Sakach…

cityam.com - City AM reporter - London Broncos signs deal with Australian fintech OFX
London Broncos signs deal with Australian fintech OFX
City AM

London Broncos have expanded their sponsorship portfolio, signing a deal with global financial operations company OFX. It comes as London Broncos, the only major English rugby league club south of the sport's northern heartlands, seek promotion to…

marketbeat.com - Fintech Stocks To Follow Now - February 26th
Fintech Stocks To Follow Now - February 26th
MarketBeat

3 Stocks Well Below 52-Week Highs Poised for a Q4 Rebound Rocket Companies, Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz, UP Fintech, IDT, DeFi Development, PPDAI Group, and Wealthfront are the seven Fintech stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock…

pehub.com - Iris Dorbian - Terminus invests in fintech firm Eventus
Terminus invests in fintech firm Eventus
PE Hub

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businessinsider.com - Dan DeFrancesco - Block's Jack Dorsey wants nimble and quick. He thinks AI will do the trick.
Block's Jack Dorsey wants nimble and quick. He thinks AI will do the trick.
Business Insider

Block be nimble/Block be quick/Jack thinks cutting nearly half his staff because of AI will do the trick. Block CEO Jack Dorsey announced he's cutting nearly half his staff, axing more than 4,000 of the company's 10,000 employees. It's a drastic…

forbes.com - Javier Bastardo - Jack Dorsey Bets Block's Future On AI, Cuts Nearly Half Its Workforce
Jack Dorsey Bets Block's Future On AI, Cuts Nearly Half Its Workforce
Forbes

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JUNE 04: Jack Dorsey creator, co-founder, and Chairman of Twitter and co-founder & CEO of Square speaks on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04…

bloomberg.com - Andrea Navarro - Billionaire Martinez Says $1.1 Billion AHMSA Auction Delayed
Billionaire Martinez Says $1.1 Billion AHMSA Auction Delayed
Bloomberg

Billionaire David Martinez tried to acquire troubled steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico SA in an auction declared deserted by a judge on Thursday. The bidding process for AHMSA, as the company is known, had a minimum ask of $1.1 billion, in which a…

marketwatch.com - Japan Industrial Production Rebounds on Pre-Holiday Demand
Japan Industrial Production Rebounds on Pre-Holiday Demand
MarketWatch

TOKYO--Japan's industrial production returned to growth in the first month of the year, recovering from the previous month's contraction on the back of pre-holiday demand. Industrial output rose 2.2% on month in January, following December's 0.1%…

newsweek.com - Sam Stevenson - Thousands of layoffs come with warning to American workers
Thousands of layoffs come with warning to American workers
Newsweek

A major financial technology (fintech) company has laid off thousands of employees, citing advances in artificial intelligence (AI) that it says are changing how businesses operate. The sweeping round of layoffs at Block, the company behind fintech…

pymnts.com - PYMNTS - Making Digital Payments Feel Human Is Next Competitive Edge
Making Digital Payments Feel Human Is Next Competitive Edge
PYMNTS.com | Breaking News, Trends and Analysis

The FinTech landscape has overindexed on innovation. But in an operational landscape defined by automation, predictive analytics, and invisible payments, the most important innovation in financial technology may ultimately be an attitudinal one.

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