Geopolitical Drama Reportedly Stalls IPO Of SoftBank-Backed PayPay
PayPay IPO Delayed: Geopolitical Tensions Halt $10B Listing PayPay's highly anticipated U.S. IPO has been postponed due to escalating geopolitica…
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OpenAI Fires Employee For Using Confidential Info On Prediction Markets
OpenAI Insider Trading: Employee Fired for Prediction Market Use OpenAI has terminated an employee for allegedly using confidential company informati…
Plaid Valued At $8B In Employee Share Sale
Plaid Valuation Hits $8B in Employee Share Sale Plaid valuation has reached $8 billion following a recent employee share sale, the company confirmed …
PayPal Might Not Be Looking To Sell Itself: Report
Is PayPal up for sale? Recent conflicting reports have left investors and users wondering about the fintech giant's future. While speculation abo…
Stripe Is Reportedly Eyeing Deal To Buy Some Or All Of PayPal
Is Stripe buying PayPal right now? Is Stripe buying PayPal? Recent reports suggest the private payments giant is exploring a deal to acquire some or …
Stripe’s Valuation Soars 74% To $159 Billion
Stripe Valuation Soars to $159 Billion: What's Behind the Massive Jump? Stripe valuation now stands at $159 billion following a 74% increase in j…
Stripe, PayPal Ventures Bet On India’s Xflow To Fix Cross-Border B2B Payments
Why Cross-Border B2B Payments Still Frustrate Indian Exporters Indian exporters moving millions across borders still face a frustrating reality: slow…
InScope Nabs $14.5M To Solve The Pain Of Financial Reporting
Financial Reporting Breakthrough: InScope Secures $14.5M Financial reporting doesn't have to mean endless spreadsheets and manual errors. InScope…
Fintech Lending Giant Figure Confirms Data Breach
Figure Data Breach Exposes Customer Information A data breach at blockchain lending firm Figure Technology has exposed sensitive customer details inc…
Cash App Adds Payment Links So You Can Get Paid In A DM
You've been there: sliding into a friend's DMs to ask for your share of dinner, only to feel the conversation stiffen. Cash App's new pay…
MrBeast’s Company Buys Gen Z-Focused Fintech App Step
MrBeast Buys Step: Gen Z Banking App Acquisition Explained YouTube creator Jimmy Donaldson, known globally as MrBeast, has acquired Step, a banking a…
Sapiom Raises $15M To Help AI Agents Buy Their Own Tech Tools
Sapiom Raises $15M to Power AI Agent Payments What if your AI assistant could independently buy the tools it needs to get work done? San Francisco st…
Stripe Alumni Raise €30M Series A For Duna, Backed By Stripe And Adyen Execs
Duna Raises €30M to Build Business Identity Network Duna, a European startup founded by former Stripe executives, has secured €30 million in Series A…
YC Startups Can Now Receive Investment In Stablecoin
Stablecoin Funding Is Here—And It Changes Everything for Startup Founders Y Combinator now lets accepted startups receive their $500,000 seed investm…
PayPal Hires HP’s Enrique Lores As Its New CEO
PayPal CEO Shift: HP's Lores Steps In After Earnings Shock PayPal has named Enrique Lores—former HP chief and current board chair—as its new CEO …
Fintech CEO And Forbes 30 Under 30 Alum Has Been Charged For Alleged Fraud
Fintech CEO Fraud Charges: Kalder Founder Indicted Federal prosecutors have charged 26-year-old Gökçe Güven, founder and CEO of New York fintech star…
How Sequoia-Backed Ethos Reached The Public Market While Rivals Fell Short
Ethos IPO Signals New Era for Profitable Insurtech Ethos Technologies went public on January 29, 2026, raising $200 million in one of the year's …
Capital One Acquires Brex For A Steep Discount To Its Peak Valuation, But Early Believers Are Laughing All The Way To The Bank
Brex Acquisition: Why Early Investors Are Still Winning Big When Capital One announced it would acquire fintech unicorn Brex for $5.15 billion in cas…