‘October Surprise’ Clears Way for Marijuana Banking
In an October Surprise for the ages, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation on Thursday, granting a sweeping, executive pardon for the offense of “simple
October 9, 2022
The Heavenly, ‘Unholy’ Union btw Debt & SaaS Startups
Heading home from my first in-person SaaStr event in the San Francisco Bay Area this week, I was struck by a trend that continues to
September 18, 2022
JPMorgan Considers Investment in London Fintech Startup Yapily
JPMorgan Chase is thinking about investing in Yapily, the open banking, fintech, and data aggregation platform. As its acquisition of finAPI, a German company that
September 10, 2022
Fintech & SaaS Company Focuses Its Sights on the Moving Industry
Sky Systemz, a fintech and SaaS company focused on digital payments and business management solutions, is concentrating on the transportation sector with a focus on
August 29, 2022
Pre-Paid ‘Binance Card’ to Be Used at Over 90M Mastercard Merchants Worldwide
Mastercard, the global payments giant and card network of “choice”, is collaborating with Binance, the cryptocurrency custodian and exchange, to launch a prepaid card called
August 26, 2022
I Love Debt
For the second week in a row, a new breed of specialty finance concern – that which originates loans/ debt to high growth, B2B SaaS
August 21, 2022
BNPL Fintech Kontempo Closes $30M Seed Round
Kontempo, the Mexico-based, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) fintech, recently raised over $30 million in a seed round led by Portage Ventures. It was funded with $25 million in
August 8, 2022
TrueLayer and WealthOS Partner To Enable Instant Bank Payments
TrueLayer, a global open banking platform, is partnering with WealthOS, the innovative SaaS platform that propels wealth managers’ use of digital adoption. Together, they are
August 5, 2022
US FinTech Startup CabbagePay Set to Redefine the Way Money Flows
CabbagePay, a fintech startup, has launched in major U.S. cities with the aim of redefining how money moves for all businesses, between companies, brick-and-mortar stores,
August 5, 2022