Top 5 Fintech: Silicon Valley Might Meets South Korean Finesse
Last week we observed an upsurge in collaborations between startups and financial institutions, but this week is all startup glory. ...
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Is online financing the death of the credit card?
Instant online financing at the point of sale could turn out to be big business for the small end of town, ...
Affirm Will Soon Help Customers Build Credit Histories
Fill that file with good things Affirm, the lending startup piloted by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, recently announced plans to report ...
Affirm’s Max Levchin Just Called the Fintech Bubble
Source: TechCrunch Affirm, the small business lending startup headed by Max Levchin, has raised $320 million to date. Apparently, even ...
Affirm Hiring Push Starts Not a Week After Raising $275 Million
Well, that didn't take long. Affirm is not a week from its $275 million round of fundraising, and already it ...
Mega Social Media Data for Financial Services Has Arrived
It wasn't too long ago that the suggestion that social media data could feed financial services underwriting and products was, well, ...
Affirm’s $275M Round Coincides with Climbing Traffic
Affirm Inc., the POS lender, closed a $275 million round today, which coincides with climbing traffic. The site is now ...
Primary Fintech Innovation Defined, and Why Klarna Fits the Bill
Primary innovation is doing something that has never been done before. Most primary innovation is ridiculous and fails without anybody ...
PayPal Has a Really Bad Monday
Everyone hates Mondays. But the folks at PayPal probably had a rougher Monday than you. First, it was reported that ...
Payments Startup Affirm Takes on Risk to Bring One-Click Shopping to Mobile
PayPal co-founder Max Levchin launched a new payments company called Affirm this week. Described as an online "charge card" along ...
