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This $91 Billion Fintech Startup Is Laying Off 10% of Workers Even Though the Business ‘Has Never Been Stronger’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-17 | by Sherin Shibu | get Fintech Startup Laying Off → | tags: robinhood, vlad tenev, fintech

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My Startup Hit a $120 Million Valuation — Everything Came Down to These 4 First-Year Decisions (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-15 | by Ksenia Yudina | get Startup Decision-Making Book → | tags: fintech, valuation, board control

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Why Black Banx Could Become One of the Most Watched Fintech IPOs of 2026 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-11 | by Logan Simmons | tags: banx, billion, black

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Ramp raises $750M at $44B valuation as investors hunger for fintechs with an AI story (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-04 | by Ram Iyer | get Ramp Business Credit Card → | tags: fintech, ramp, expense management

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Revolut rolls out services to thousands of users in India ahead of broader launch (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-01 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Revolut Premium Metal Card → | tags: revolut, india, upi

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Today is the last day to apply to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-29 | by Techcrunch Events | get TechCrunch Disrupt Speaker Badge → | tags: techcrunch, disrupt 2026, moscone west

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Why the Next Wave of European Crowdlending Looks Nothing Like the First (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-28 | by Logan Simmons | get European Crowdlending Guidebook → | tags: crowdlending, european commission, fintech

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This CEO Fired His Entire HR Department to Rescue His Failing Fintech Company: ‘Problems Disappeared When I Let Them Go’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-21 | by Jonathan Small | get Remote Work HR Toolkit → | tags: bolt, fintech, ryan breslow

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General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on India’s travel payments market (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-21 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Travel Payments Platform Kit → | tags: scapia, general catalyst, india

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Bolt CEO says firing his HR team made the company’s problems disappear (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-20 | get HR Management Software → | tags: bolt, fintech, slack

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Fintech firm Mercury hits $5.2 billion valuation after funding round, up 49% in 14 months (cnbc.com)

2026-05-20 | by Hugh Son | get Mercury Startup Tech Notebook → | tags: mercury, fintech, tcv

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Credit scores are flawed. FICO has a new model that adds cashflow data. It might just offer the boost you need (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-20 | get FICO Score Boost Kit → | tags: fico, plaid, credit scores

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When Rails-way does not work anymore? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-19 | tags: rails, 37signals, fintech

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Why Brokers Who Build AI Into Their Foundation Will Define the Next Decade of Trading (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-13 | by Logan Simmons | get AI Trading Bot Software → | tags: fintech, infrastructure, intelligence

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Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450M (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-12 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get Venture Capital Fund Book → | tags: backing, fintech, firm

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YC's Biggest Scandals (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-10 | tags: double finance, garry tan, wealthfront

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Have a Complaint? Klarna’s CMO Will Direct You to His AI Clone to Vent: ‘I Just Didn’t Want to Hear the Whining’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | by Sherin Shibu | get AI Customer Service Bot → | tags: klarna, ai clone, elevenlabs

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PayPal says it’s ‘becoming a technology company again’ — that means AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-05 | by Sarah Perez | get PayPal AI Developer Kit → | tags: paypal, cloud-native, enrique lores

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PayPal says it’s ‘becoming a technology company again.’ That means AI. (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-05 | by Sarah Perez | get AI Development Kit → | tags: paypal, cloud-native, enrique lores

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How SVB’s Collapse Forced Me to Rethink Fundraising — and Nearly Cost Me a $100M Deal (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-04 | by Ksenia Yudina | get Silicon Valley Bank Logo Mug → | tags: silicon valley bank, startup ecosystem, fundraising

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I Built a Fintech Company at 23. The Hardest Part Wasn’t the Product — It Was Trust (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-27 | by Serhii Zakharov | get Financial Privacy Screen Protector → | tags: fintech, payments infrastructure, api

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Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-24 | by Julie Bort | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: aspiration, fintech, joseph sanberg

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Revolut eyes valuation of up to $200B in eventual IPO (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-21 | by Ram Iyer | get Revolut Premium Metal Card → | tags: revolut, nik storonsky, fintech

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How Startups Can Outmaneuver Big Companies and Carve Their Own Market (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-20 | by Ksenia Yudina | get Startup Strategy Guidebook → | tags: fintech, financial institutions, regulatory compliance

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This Tech Investor Hasn’t Touched a Laptop or Desktop Computer Since 2010. Here’s Why. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-17 | by Sherin Shibu | get Ergonomic Wireless Keyboard → | tags: apple, jack dorsey, fintech

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Jack Dorsey wants to have 6,000 direct reports (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-14 | tags: block, jack dorsey, twitter

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OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-14 | by Julie Bort | get AI Personal Finance Book → | tags: openai, hiro, fintech

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People Google You Before They Buy — Are You Ready? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-09 | by Boris Dzhingarov | get Personal Branding Guidebook → | tags: google, fintech, fraud

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Collide Capital raises $95M fund to back fintech, future-of-work startups (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-09 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get Fintech Startup Investment Kit → | tags: fintech, future of work, collide capital

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Why human capital is the ultimate moat in AI-first finance (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-08 | get AI Financial Analysis Toolkit → | tags: human capital, brillianeer model, fintech