How credit startup Deserve aims to reach the ‘unscoreables’
When Kalpesh Kapadia moved to the U.S. from India as a student more than 20 years ago, access to credit ...
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Plaid integrates Quovo’s tech, adding investments to its data-gathering toolkit
Plaid, which allows third-party companies to securely fetch customers’ data from their bank accounts, has launched a new product focused ...
BBVA USA reels in 50k new customers with Open Platform
BBVA USA, through its Open Platform, a banking-as-a-service platform launched last October, has secured seven fintech clients, tens of thousands ...
Silicon Valley’s Plaid heads to the U.K., undeterred by Brexit
Fintech startup Plaid Inc. is expanding its footprint into the U.K., a region it believes could eventually match the U.S. ...
JPMorgan’s Clampdown on Data Puts Silicon Valley Apps on Alert
The app was quickly becoming a cult favorite among penny-pinching U.S. consumers – and also a bane for their banks. In ...
Banks Finding More Entry Points to Real Estate Tech
Two real estate tech players, Compass and OpenDoor, each rather quietly raised $400 million from SoftBank in 2018, a year ...
Plaid Team Multiplies as Sales Model Comes into Focus
Fintech Plaid is in massive-growth mode. By yearend, the company has plans to get to 600 employees from 300, Charley ...
Doors Opening for Open Banking, But Are U.S. Banks Ready to Enter?
More banks are opening up to open banking and the idea of sharing data, at least abroad. Lloyds Banking Group ...
Fewer Deals But More Dollars Flowed from VCs to Fintech Startups in 2018
Fewer but larger venture capital deals in 2018 translated into some big payoffs for fintechs. Fintech-related funding jumped 38% to ...
Where Does the Plaid-Quovo Deal Leave Startups?
Fintech startup Plaid, a quiet unicorn doing a lot of the heavy lifting in the API space, announced its first ...
