February 2, 2026 @ 5:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Varo, a federally chartered digital bank, has raised $123.9 million in a Series G funding round. The terms of the funding were not revealed. According to a release, new investor Coliseum Capital Management and existing investor Warburg Pincus led the round. Existing investors also participated… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, funding round, varo

February 2, 2026 @ 4:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

ThriveCart, a no-code sales and payments platform, this week announced the launch of ThrivePay Installments, a new payment method designed to combine pre-authorized credit card limits with short, medium, and long-term installment payments for customers seeking to finance their purchases. In the U.S. alone, consumers… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, georgios kartakis, Ismael Wrixen, ThriveCart, ThrivePay Installments

February 2, 2026 @ 11:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recent insights from DailyPay reveal that Gen Z hourly workers are far from the lazy or entitled stereotypes frequently assigned to them. Instead, they’re demonstrating considerable financial awareness, actively charting paths toward stability and success in an unpredictable economy. A new survey commissioned by DailyPay,… Read More

 Tagged dailypay, ewa, gen z, research

February 2, 2026 @ 11:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG Ireland has indicated that the final quarter of 2025 witnessed a notable uptick in global venture capital funding within the fintech sector, reflecting sustained momentum amid evolving economic landscapes. According to recent analyses shared by KPMG Ireland, worldwide VC inflows climbed to approximately $138… Read More

 Tagged insights, ireland, research, vc, venture capital

February 2, 2026 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Alternative inflation measure firm Truflation continues to challenge the establishment belief that inflation is too high. The US Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady at a meeting last week, with the main reason being that the economy was chugging along, and inflation remains… Read More

 Tagged inflation, truflation

February 2, 2026 @ 1:31 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

BitGo, (NYSE: BTGO) a digital asset infrastructure company, announced that it has become the first publicly traded, federally chartered digital asset infrastructure company, following its initial public offering and related listing on the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 22 and the receipt of final… Read More

 Tagged banking, bitgo, mike belshe, nyse, occ

February 2, 2026 @ 12:28 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Sokin, a global business payments company, has secured a $100 million long-term debt facility from specialty lender Oxford Finance. The facility will accelerate Sokin’s expansion across North America, Asia, the Middle East, and South America, and fast-track the acquisition of further regional licenses, banking partnerships,… Read More

 Tagged Austin Szafranski, online lending, Oxford Finance, sokin, Tom Steer, Vernon Modgill

February 1, 2026 @ 8:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new research study from Wakefield Research surveyed 100 CFOs at mid-market U.S. companies ($50M-$500M revenue). Between 60 and 77% already plan to adopt AI depending on the use case. But the findings reveal a massive trust gap blocking execution. Read the full report here:… Read More

 Tagged ai, cfo, Dominic Rand, Ramnandan Krishnamurthy, trust

February 1, 2026 @ 7:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) and Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) this week announced an expanded, multi-year partnership, making Affirm the exclusive provider of BNPL installment payment methods for lodging and packages across Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo. Affirm will also be available to Canadian travellers on select properties… Read More

 Tagged affirm, bnpl, expedia, Jing Yang, pat suh, Vrbo

February 1, 2026 @ 4:13 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Clip, a Mexican digital commerce platform, this week introduced its Tap to Pay technology solution for Android, which allows businesses to accept contactless payments with their cell phones with a single tap, without the need to invest in a physical terminal, to start transacting. Clip… Read More

 Tagged Adolfo Babatz, android, clip, Fernando Gómez Rayón, latam, mexico, pos, tap to pay