Tag: PayPal
Top FinTech mergers & acquisitions in 2021
During a time of greater market consolidation, FinTech Global takes a look back at some of 2021’s most notable mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Why PayPal may be next to enter the stablecoin market
PayPal has confirmed it is looking into developing PayPal Coin, a dollar-backed stablecoin as it looks to expand its footprint in the cryptocurrency space.
PayPal to deposit $135m to tackle economic inequality in underserved communities
PayPal will deposit $135m into financial institutions and management funds to help underserved communities of colour fight economic inequality.
PayPal teams with Arkose to tackle fraud on its Honey platform
PayPal has entered a collaboration with online fraud and abuse prevention company Arkose Labs to tackle fraud and security threats on its Honey shopping platform.
PayPal, Google Cloud expand partnership to bolster transactional data scale
Payments juggernaut PayPal has strengthened its partnership with Google Cloud to help it process transactional data at a larger scale.
Stripe and Max Levchin back Balance’s $5.5m seed raise
B2B payments FinTech Balance has secured $5.5m in seed capital from Stripe, Tal Morgenstern of Lightspeed, and Max Levchin through his SciFi VC.
Elon Musk’s Tesla has bought $1.5bn in bitcoin, sending the cryptocurrency...
PayPal and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has revealed that his electric car company Tesla has bought $1.5bn worth of bitcoin, causing the value of the cryptocurrency to reach record heights.
Latin American success stories and celebrities among the 29 FinTech rounds...
Latin American ventures, Iron Man-backed enterprises and buy now pay later startups among the big winners of the 29 FinTech funding rounds reported on last week.
Tamara secures $6m in new investment round as buy now pay...
Saudi Arabia-based startup Tamara has secured $6m of seed capital on the back of increased activity in the buy now pay later sector.
Affirm’s stocks soar on first day of trading and pave way...
Affirm began trading on the Nasdaq on Wednesday with its shares jumping by more than 100% in the first day, laying the groundwork for huge growth in the buy now pay later space.