US consumers reluctant to embrace contactless payments
While U.S. merchants and consumers believe in quick transactions at the point of sale, a Hanover Research survey commissioned by...
Payments
PayPal highlights Venmo profit strategy
PayPal reports that peer-to-peer payments tool Venmo is on a path to profitability. In a fourth-quarter earnings report Wednesday, PayPal...
University of Toronto launches fintech bootcamp to meet local labor demand
With nearly 200 startups, five major banks, 19 venture capital firms and representation from large tech companies like Google, Facebook,...
UK card startup Curve launches Apple Pay
U.K.-based card consolidation startup Curve this week launched with Apple Pay, allowing customers to connect their Curve cards to their...
Mastercard’s bet on fintech pays off with higher card spending
Mastercard Inc.’s new initiative to team up with more startups on credit cards is starting to pay off. The company...
Industry consortium on financial data sharing adds 25 new members
The Financial Data Exchange, an nonprofit industry consortium dedicated to unifying the financial industry around a common standard for secure...
Inside Joust’s subscription model for freelancers
Joust, a digital banking startup geared toward freelancers, is differentiating itself by offering faster access to earned income. Joust's banking...
SoFi taps Mastercard network for new payment products and rewards
Financial startup SoFi has changed its payment partner from Visa to Mastercard, allowing SoFi to ramp up its rewards program,...
Grasshopper Bank advances inclusion, stamps out ‘pattern matching’
New York City-based Grasshopper Bank is geared toward startups, with a focus on pain points for founders. Grasshopper opened in...
Weekly Wrap: Digit expands automation, Brex grows product suite
Welcome to the latest episode of our Weekly Wrap video series, for the week ending Friday, January 24, 2019. In...
