Sprinque CEO: How we’re eliminating B2B payment pains
Juan Espinosa, CEO and co-founder of Sprinque, wants to make it easier for businesses to buy things. The fintech startup has just secured a €1.7m seed round to realise the...
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CEO interview: Scalapay secures $155m in Series A to take on Klarna
Scalapay is the Italian startup taking on Klarna, Afterpay and PayPal. The buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) fintech...
Apple v Epic ruling: It’s not game over for app store wars
A California judge on Friday handed down a ruling in the high-profile Epic Games v Apple trial. Apple won nine...
Monzo ex-CEO claims SoftBank investor picked feet and smoked in meetings
Monzo founder and ex-CEO Tom Blomfield has claimed that a SoftBank executive picked his feet and smoked during meetings while...
CTO Talk: Q&A with fintech startup Zilch’s Thomas K Matecki
Thomas K Matecki is the CTO of Zilch, the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) startup that's taking on Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm. As...
Marshmallow, a genuinely unusual tech unicorn, rides the insurtech boom
Marshmallow has become the latest insurtech startup to achieve unicorn status after securing a $85m Series B raise at a $1.25bn valuation. The cash injection comes amid an explosion of…
Alipay builds bridge between China and Macau
Alipay, one of China’s primary online payment platforms, has become the first digital wallet to provide cross-border remittances between Macau and the mainland. The latest development comes as Beijing pushes…
El Salvador’s bitcoin experiment has already gone wrong
El Salvador's experiment with bitcoin as legal tender is not off to a great start. Mere hours after the central American nation made the cryptocurrency its new official currency, it…
No more “infinity credits”: Klarna CEO announces Nordic shake-up
Klarna, the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) quadradecacorn, will shake up its business model in the Nordics by putting an end to revolving credits and unnecessary fees. But while the online shopping company…
“Textbook Ponzi scheme”: BitConnect sued by the SEC
At the end of 2017, BitConnect seemed unstoppable. Barely a year after its initial launch, the platform's own altcoin had become one of the leading 20 cryptocurrencies in the world.…
PayPal steals Robinhood’s thunder with stock trading feature
PayPal is reportedly looking to launch a stock trading feature to rival Robinhood and Square's similar services. While sources have noted the feature won't be launched anytime soon, the news…
