How This New Fintech Billionaire Is Cashing In On Cross-Border Payments

Amid allegations of sharing customer data with China, Australian payments startup Airwallex, now valued at $11 billion, is gunning for Stripe and Ramp.

Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta to launch its own prediction market

Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wants Meta to have its own prediction market app.

4 days left to save up to $190 on TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026

Four days left to save up to $190 on your pass to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 – the ultimate founder bootcamp – before Early Bird rates end on June 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here.

Warren raises €10M to reshape retirement savings

Ghent-based fintech startup Warren hasraised €10 million in a seed funding round led by Motive Ventures, the venturearm of transatlantic investment fund Motive Partners. The round also included FCapit…

Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests

Anthropic’s popularity with business users is growing so well that the latest beef with the government might actually boost it, data from Ramp suggests.

Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple

African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave has hit a new valuation and landed blockchain company Ripple as investor and partner.

Robinhood’s note on 10% layoffs shows blaming AI isn’t cutting it

Unlike many of his tech industry peers who have cut thousands of jobs citing the need to restructure to make the most of AI, Robinhood’s CEO Vlad Tenev conspicuously made no mention of AI in his note about layoffs.

How SoFi Went From Fintech Darling To Wall Street Pariah

Former investment banker Anthony Noto built SoFi into a lending juggernaut, helping to push its valuation to nearly $40 billion. Now Wall Street is doubting its impressive results and its business model.

Pleo undertakes fresh round of job cuts, around 50 laid off

Pleo, the spend management fintech, has undergone a fresh round of job cuts, with around 50 staff understood to be laid off. The latest cuts follow Pleo laying off around 100 workers last year. The la…