Fintech venture firm Nyca raises $210m for third fund
Nyca Partners has closed on $210 million for its third investment fund, a vehicle that will let it continue to...
Payments
Experts weigh in on Libra and digital currencies at Senate committee
Facebook's digital currency Libra continues to rile lawmakers. The U.S. Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, which held a...
Looking to beat Apple to the punch, digital competitors roll out cashback cards
The jury is still out whether the Apple Card will be the disruptive force that Apple has claimed it will...
Glint Pay launches gold-backed debit card in the U.S.
Glint Pay launched its gold trading and payment platform in the U.S. this week, part of the startup's international expansion...
Inside Marqeta, the payments engine behind the challenger banks
Card issuing and processing startup Marqeta may not have picked the sexiest part of the payments ecosystem to disrupt, but...
Three key takeaways from Facebook’s payments efforts
While Facebook's digital currency project Libra has been the focus of recent media attention, the social media giant is making...
PayPal: 15m Venmo users engaged in ‘monetizable transactions’
PayPal is continuing along its path to monetize Venmo's 40 million-strong user base. On Wednesday, the company said 15 million...
Zelle payment volumes jump by 57% year over year
While sending funds through Venmo is so common it's a verb, bank-backed peer-to-peer payments tool Zelle is quickly picking up...
Libra not a threat, ‘still playing out,’ Remitly CEO Oppenheimer says
Matt Oppenheimer co-founded Remitly eight years ago after working in Kenya and experiencing the pain of transferring money across borders...
EU payment providers grapple with two-factor authentication requirements
Digital payments in the European Union will soon require an extra step to verify the identity of the purchaser, and...
