By Andres Ricaurte, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Payments, Mphasis In the past few years, as fintechs have increasingly come into play on the...

San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave has raised a $35 million Series B round and announced a partnership with Worldpay FIS for payments in...

French startup Qonto has raised a $115 million Series C funding round led by Tencent and DST Global. Today’s news comes a few...

Nigerian digital payments startup Paga has acquired Apposit, a software development company based in Ethiopia, for an undisclosed amount. That’s just part of Paga’s...

The Catalyst Fund has gained $15 million in new support from JP Morgan and UK Aid and will back 30 fintech startups in...

Venmo will roll out its Holler sticker integration to all users by the end of the month. Image: Holler By Haidee Chu2020-01-21 16:25:11...

Hi everyone, my name is Eric Eldon and I’m the new writer of the Startups Weekly newsletter.  I’ll be picking my favorite explicitly...

I talked yesterday about how VCs are just tired these days. Too many deals, too little time per deal, and constant hyper-competition with...

When Visa bought Plaid this week for $5.3 billion, a figure that was twice its private valuation, it was a clear signal that...

One of the most valuable resources in the tech startup community is mentorship. Founders, tackling brand new challenges and adapting to a rapidly...

Consumers downloaded a record 204 billion apps in 2019, up 6% from 2018 and up 45% since 2016, and spent $120 billion on...

Any self-respecting business with claims on sustainability or ambition to win these days, is aware that we live in a #VUCA world and...