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Mucker Capital Joins Grow Credit’s $2M Seed Investment Round
Grow Credit, a minority-led startup financial inclusion platform, announced that Mucker Capital, a Santa Monica-based fund, has joined its seed funding round, bringing its total seed investment total to $2M. Read More:Â Simple Announces Launch of Tax Refund Feature to Automate Savings for Customers Grow Credit gets funding from Mucker Capital......
A Few Interesting Reads on Finance and FinTech
In view of the current Covid-19 pandemic, FinTech firms are enhancing their traditional methods and trying to adapt to modern needs by innovating in different segments, be it payments, digital banking, machine learning, gamification, and more. The importance of saving money or investing money has never felt more important, not......
PruPay Launches Touchless Payments for True Touch-Free Buying With Tipping, Optional Fees and a Feature to Pay It Forward
PruPay Touchless (Built with PayPal) is supporting small businesses by waiving all fees for easy text payments during the COVID-19 pandemic PruPay, a Denver-based payments technology company, is working with PayPal to develop and launch a simpler way for merchants to request one-time payments from consumers via text messaging. While paying......
Fintech Start-up Marqeta Lands USD 150 Million in New Funding Raising Its Valuation to $4.3 Billion
At a time when business continuity is top-of-mind for most leaders and valuations are constantly on the downfall, global card issuing platform Marqeta announced that it has raised an additional $150 million in new capital. FT Partners, a Fintech-focused investment bank is said to have advised Marqeta on the $150......
Philip Lerma Appointed Senior Vice President & Chief Risk Officer at Green Dot Corporation
Green Dot Corporation announced that payments industry executive, Philip Lerma, has been appointed Senior Vice President & Chief Risk Officer. In this role, Mr. Lerma will be responsible for setting the Company’s risk management priorities, policies, and procedures. He will report directly to Green Dot President and Chief Executive Officer,......
Æternity Blockchain Launches First Peer-to-Peer Decentralized Social Sharing Platform
May 21st 2020 was the official launch of the Superhero peer-to-peer social sharing project for tips, patronage and sponsoring, developed on the Æternity blockchain. Superhero enables users to gain exposure to their content and to receive tokens without sharing personal data with third parties or charging users for accessing and......
Brandon Thompson Joins Green Dot Corporation as Executive Vice President of Retail, Tax and PayCard Divisions
Fintech leader and bank holding company, Green Dot Corporation announced that Brandon Thompson has been appointed Executive Vice President of Retail, Tax and PayCard, effective June 8. Mr. Thompson will be a member of the executive management team and will report to Green Dot President and Chief Executive Officer, Dan......
The Rise of Contactless Payments
Contactless payments, often referred to as tap-and-go by some banks have been around for a while. Payment systems like credit cards, debit cards, smart payments cards have been in the market for a long time and do fall under this (still evolving) category. However, the number of businesses and individual......