Category: FinTech

  • Monzo, the UK challenger bank with 9 million customers, raises $430 million

    London-based fintech company Monzo raised a late-stage funding round of $430 million (£340 million), confirming a report from the Financial Times from a few weeks ago. Following this round, the company has reached a post-money valuation of $5 billion (£4 billion). Founded in 2015, Monzo provides U.K. current accounts, debit cards and several financial products…

  • 2-year-old LatAm fintech Yuno reaches $150M valuation with backing from DST, Tiger, a16z

    The company launched its payments orchestration product in 2022 and provides over 300 payment methods with fraud-detection capabilities, one-click checkout and advanced smart routing technology. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Dave posts first quarterly profit since going public

    For the first time since going public in 2022, digital bank Dave posted a profitable quarter.  Dave reported fourth-quarter adjusted EBIDTA of $10 million compared to a loss of $13 million in Q4 2022, according to the bank’s earnings release today.   The $391 million company’s growth is due to continued investment in advanced technology like…

  • The Willy Wonka World of AI

    Is AI a good or bad thing? As I write my daily blog, I’ve realised that it seems to ask a question almost every single day. By way of example, just checkout my blog index and read the titles of the entries. A few recent examples: Is technology making our lives better or worse? Is……

  • The Willy Wonka World of AI

    Is AI a good or bad thing? As I write my daily blog, I’ve realised that it seems to ask a question almost every single day. By way of example, just checkout my blog index and read the titles of the entries. A few recent examples: Is technology making our lives better or worse? Is……

  • The Willy Wonka World of AI

    Is AI a good or bad thing? As I write my daily blog, I’ve realised that it seems to ask a question almost every single day. By way of example, just checkout my blog index and read the titles of the entries. A few recent examples: Is technology making our lives better or worse? Is……

  • The Willy Wonka World of AI

    Is AI a good or bad thing? As I write my daily blog, I’ve realised that it seems to ask a question almost every single day. By way of example, just checkout my blog index and read the titles of the entries. A few recent examples: Is technology making our lives better or worse? Is……

  • The Willy Wonka World of AI

    Is AI a good or bad thing? As I write my daily blog, I’ve realised that it seems to ask a question almost every single day. By way of example, just checkout my blog index and read the titles of the entries. A few recent examples: Is technology making our lives better or worse? Is……

  • The Willy Wonka World of AI

    Is AI a good or bad thing? As I write my daily blog, I’ve realised that it seems to ask a question almost every single day. By way of example, just checkout my blog index and read the titles of the entries. A few recent examples: Is technology making our lives better or worse? Is……

  • The Willy Wonka World of AI

    Is AI a good or bad thing? As I write my daily blog, I’ve realised that it seems to ask a question almost every single day. By way of example, just checkout my blog index and read the titles of the entries. A few recent examples: Is technology making our lives better or worse? Is……