Tag: Amazon
Personal finance app Northstar secures its Series A on $7.3m
Northstar, which is enabling employers to offer their staff more financial wellness benefits, has scored $7.3m in its Series A round.
Marqeta to serve as Uber’s card issuing partner
Uber has taken another step into the FinTech space by entering into a card-issuing partnership with Marqeta.
French junior minister tells FinTechs to stand up to big tech
Companies like Amazon, Google and Facebook have taken steps into the financial industry, but now a French minister is urging FinTechs to stand their ground.
ECB warns that big tech entering the FinTech space could lead...
The European Central Bank has warned that Europe's failure to produce big tech companies of its own to compete with American ones could leave the EU exposed and reliant on foreign providers as big tech moves into the FinTech sector.
Four men arrested on claims of stealing $19m from Amazon through...
Four men have been arrested on charges of an invoice fraud scheme that allegedly enabled them to steal $19m from e-commerce giant Amazon.
Are smaller startups ready for big tech entering the FinTech space?
Big tech firms already control what people watch, buy and find online. Now, some of them are trying the waters of FinTech.
Could Backbase’s new banking platform really help incumbents compete with new...
Challenger banks and huge tech titans threaten to take traditional banks' share of the market. Now Backbase believes it might have a solution.
Amazon told users to uninstall Honey for security reasons just days...
In what can be interpreted as an unveiled attempt at throwing shade at PayPal’s latest acquisition, Amazon has warned its users against allowing Honey Science Corporation’s software to run on their devices.
New Financial Stability Board report warns that big tech stepping into...
Tech titans could end up dominating the FinTech space if left unchecked, a new report from the Financial Stability Board (FSB) warns.
EU antitrust regulators put Apple Pay in its crosshairs
Apple is about to face more scrutiny from European regulators about whether or not the tech titan asked online sales companies to use Apple...