🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵: Klarna is launching its credit card in the United States 🇺🇸, the Swedish FinTech giant told TechCrunch in an exclusive interview:

“It was one of our most asked for products,” said David Fock, Klarna’s chief product and design officer, “and will allow…

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵: Nubank announced that it will increase Nu Mexico’s 🇲🇽 equity capitalization by 𝗨𝗦$𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻, raising its investment in the country to over 𝗨𝗦$𝟭.𝟰 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀.

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The 2024 Bitcoin Halving is here. What does it mean? And why does it matter?

Here are the Key Facts you should know about:

The Bitcoin halving is an event that occurs roughly every four years after the mining of every 210,000th block.

It is programmed into the Bitcoin protocol…

🚨 Buy-now pay-later (BNPL) firm Laybuy has put itself up for sale and is hunting for potential buyers following a turbulent few years on the public markets, City A.M. revealed.

My top FinTech News Updates you don't want to miss today:

Is New York Threatening London’s ‘supremacy’ In FinTech?

1️⃣- Fire ravages Copenhagen’s historic stock exchange.

2️⃣- Report calls for more support for female founded FinTechs.

3️⃣- HSBC’s Zing has less than 20% of…

46 months in a row remittance volume in Mexico 🇲🇽 has grown.

The $63B that Mexicans abroad sent home last year is 70% more than pre-pandemic levels and almost 3x the amount they were sending ten years ago 🤯

Read more info on this topic in Latinometrics newsletter:…

Crypto comes to Dubai and the city can’t handle the liquidity...

Source: Conor Gilmore

Did you notice Klarna 's recent brand refresh? Which one looks best?

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My top 6 FinTech News Updates you don't want to miss today:

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1️⃣- Stripe Confirms $694.2 Million Funding Round & Revolut's New Valuation.

2️⃣- Zopa Bank eyes IPO after hitting FY profitability.

3️⃣- Monzo Bank boss…

🚨 Andreessen Horowitz closed $7.2 billion for its newest set of funds, Axios has learned.

The firm created a masterfund vehicle:

About half of the targeted capital was aimed for its growth fund.

Instead of dedicated seed or early-stage funds, it's splitting them in sectors,…

🚨 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁: Today, 🇧🇷 Brazilian Open Finance introduced several new functions, including smart transfers.

Defined by experts and executives in the finance sector as 'powerful,' this feature is expected to boost adherence to the data-sharing system among…

In Brazil 🇧🇷, Revolut began operations just over a year ago and has been aggressively promoting offers to attract new users.

Now it’s launching an interesting new campaign:

Last month, it offered cashback of up to R$100, and now it is launching a new campaign, promising to…

Schroders have just revised the value of their Revolut stake to £7.8m (🆚 £5.4m last year) - implying a 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 $𝟮𝟱.𝟳𝗯𝗻 (🆚$17.7 billion last year).

The Schroders fund said in its annual report that Revolut had made “solid progress” in…

Embedded Finance is predicted to reach a market size of $588 billion by 2032.

Let’s dive in:

The Contextual Finance Map (see picture below) provides a comprehensive overview of our perspective on the future of embedded finance.

The Viola Fintech team has reviewed hundreds of…

Stripe, which was valued at $65 billion in February, has raised $694.2 million via a stock sale, the FinTech giant said in a regulatory filing with the US SEC.

Stripe said on Friday it had raised $694.2 million in a stock sale first announced in February.

🚨 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎: Nubank is aiming to expand beyond banking services and plans to venture into the telecommunications sector by launching its own Mobile Phone Network Operator company.

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The 2023 Top 10 Merchant Acquirers in the US 🇺🇸

Together they processed $9.5 trillion in payment card volume 🤯

Collectively, the companies highlighted process over 95% of all card payment volume in the US.

Looking at the top-ranked companies, JPMorgan Chase & Co. ranks first…

Within the context of predicting what the 2030 European Mobile Payment landscape will look like, there are 3️⃣ possible scenarios according to Arkwright Consulting:

1️⃣ Single European solution:

The emergence of a dominant European mobile payment method likely led by the EPI,…

🚨 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂: Revolut India 🇮🇳 said it has received the PPI license from RBI and is planning to launch its app soon.

‘The app is live with its employees and is in the testing phase, in terms of compliance and customer experience, but once all bugs are cleared the…