Author: Fioney Staff
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Revolut Partnering with Cross River to Offer Personal Loans
Fresh from a massive funding round, Cross River Bank is continuing its FinTech rise, announcing a new partnership with the neobanking app Revolut. As a result, the popular platform will be rolling out a new feature that will allow users to apply for personal loans. Revolut customers will be able to check current loan rates…
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SoFi Introduces 3% Back Credit Card Offer for Direct Deposit Customers
Oftentimes, when a credit card issuer wants to lure new cardholders, it will offer some sort of welcome bonus. Traditionally, these offers take the form of “Earn X points/dollars when you spend $X in your first three months.” However, in recent years, different companies have tried putting some new spins on this idea to varying…
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Survey: 90% of Self-Employed Gen Zers Unaware of Quarterly Taxes
Today — April 18th, 2022 — is known as Tax Day for most Americans. However, for small business owners and self-employed workers, taxes may be due multiple times a year thanks to quarterly estimated payments. Unfortunately, as a new survey of more than 1,000 Gen Zers shows, many young entrepreneurs and freelancers appear to be…
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Bread Financial Introduces Bread Cashback American Express
The “tech-forward financial services company” Bread Financial is expanding its offerings. In addition to its “buy now, pay later” platform Bread Pay and its high-yield saving product Bread Savings, the company is now rolling out a new rewards credit card. Now, customers can apply for the new The Bread Cashback card, which will operate on…
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Wagestream Announces $175 Million Investment Round
A FinTech platform aimed at helping workers improve their financial health has raised a significant investment for itself. This week, Wagestream announced it had raised a total of $175 million as part of its latest funding round. The Series C includes a $60 million equity component led by Smash Capital — a U.S.-based firm that…
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Square Debuts New Generation of Square Stand for Small Businesses
Over the past decade, Square has become a ubiquitous part of many small businesses. In addition to its popular attachments that turn phones into card readers, the company has continued to expand its offerings with new platforms, products, and more. Now, the firm has announced an update to one of its small business options that…
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Robinhood Adds Support for Four New Crypto Assets Including SHIB
At long last, Robinhood is bringing more cryptocurrency options to its platform. Today, the app announced that, for the first time in years, it was adding support for new crypto assets. Now, customers can buy and sell Compound (COMP), Polygon (MATIC), Solana (SOL), and Shiba Inu (SHIB). These assets join previously supported coins including Bitcoin,…
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FinTech Funding Hits $28.8 Billion in Q1 2022
Following a record-breaking 2021, FinTech has seemingly continued that hot streak into the new year. Now, that hunch is being backed up by new data that shows a blockbuster first quarter for the sector. According to the latest report from CB Insights, startups in the financial technologies sector closed a combined total of $28.8 billion…
