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TomoCredit Offering Proprietary TomoScore to Businesses

TomoCredit has announced that it will be bringing its unique creditworthiness model to more businesses. About TomoScore and the expansion: TomoScore is an underwriting model designed as an alternative to FICO or other traditional credit models. Among the factors Tomo's model looks at are cash flow as well as on-time payments for bills, regular income, monthly rent payments, and investments. By focusing on these elements, TomoScore allows those who are...
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Health Tech Startup Healthee Raises $32 Million

A health tech company focused on changing the way employees interact with their benefits has raised an impressive new round of funds. About the round: This week, Healthee announced that it had raised $32 million. The Series A was co-led by Fin Capital, Glilot Capital Partners, and Group 11. Additionally, strategic partner TriNet participated. To date, the company has now raised $55.5 million, including a $22 million seed round (led...
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"Robinhood Retirement For Independent Workers" Announced

Robinhood is bringing its Robinhood Retirement account to gig workers as part of a new program. About the program: This week, Robinhood announced the launch of Robinhood Retirement for Independent Workers. Under this program, gig workers and other independent contractors will not only be able to open an IRA with Robinhood but also receive financial counseling via GreenPath Financial Wellness. This includes unlimited access to a dedicated hotline, allowing workers...
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Greenlight Partners with Tropical Smoothie Cafe for App Rewards

The financial learning app Greenlight is introducing a new way to reward students, forming a partnership with Tropical Smoothie Cafe. About the partnership and program: Greenlight is adding a new rewards program to its Level Up financial literacy game. Now, users can earn a free smoothie from Tropical Smoothie Cafe by playing the game and completing levels. Specifically, when players finish 10 Level Up challenges in a learning quest, they'll...
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"Copy-Trading" Platform Dub Raises $17 Million

A FinTech brokerage platform that makes it easy to share and follow portfolio strategies has closed a new round of funding. About the round: Dub has announced that it's raised $17 million — including $15 in equity deals and a $2 million debt facility. The seed round was led by Tusk Ventures with several other venture firms as well as individuals participating. This list includes Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Apex...
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SoFi Named Official Banking Partner of the NBA

The FinTech-turned-bank SoFi has announced a new partnership with the National Basketball Association. About the partnership: SoFi is now the official banking partner of the NBA as well as the G League, NBA 2K League, and USA Basketball. Moreover, the company will be the title sponsor for what will now be the SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament (taking place April 16th to 19th). This includes a co-branded tournament logo featuring SoFi....
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Fraud Prevention FinTech Closinglock Raises $12 Million

A FinTech that looks to reduce fraud in real estate transactions has raised a new funding round. About the round: This week, Closinglock announced that it had raised $12 million round of funding. The Series A was led by Headline with participation from LiveOak Ventures, RWT Horizons, and GTMfund. With a seed round in 2022, the company has now raised a total of $16 million. According to Closinglock, the new...
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Climate Metrics FinTech Watershed Announces $100 Million Round

A climate-focused FinTech has just closed the latest "megaround." About the round: Watershed has announced a $100 million round that values the company at $1.8 billion. The Series C was led by Greenoak while Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil, Emerson Collective, Galvanize Climate Solutions, and Neo also participated. To date, the company has now raised a total of $239 million in funding including a Series B in 2022. With...
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2025 SoFi Checking and Savings Review

 Ever since I started taking an interest in the FinTech sector, one company whose name I’ve seen pop up over and over again is SoFi. That was later sent into overdrive as the company has not only become a household name thanks to its stadium naming rights deal but also because of the company’s continued product expansions. The most interesting development in my mind is SoFi’s acquisition of Golden Pacific...
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Best Western Debuts Two New Rewards Credit Cards

After pausing applications for their previous rewards card, the hotel chain Best Western has unveiled a new pair of rewards credit cards with a new issuer. About the Best Western cards: Best Western is partnering with First Bank & Trust and Mercury Financial to introduce two new co-branded credit cards. First up is the no-annual-fee Best Western Rewards Visa Signature Card. With this card, customers can 4x points on Best...
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Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card Launches Travel Contest

Chase and Marriott Bonoy have unveiled a special contest while continuing to offer its best-ever welcome bonus. About the welcome bonus and Bold Chat Court Contest: Marriott Bonvoy and Chase have launched a special opportunity called the Bold Chat Court contest. As part of this contest, 10 lucky travelers will be awarded 500,000 Marriott Bonvoy points (for a total of 5 million) as well as $5,000. For this contest, the...
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Bilt Adds 2 New Transfer Partners Including First 3:2 Transfer Rate

Bilt is once again expanding its travel transfer rewards program — and is even breaking the mold with one new partner. About the new additions to Bilt: This week, Bilt launched partnerships with two more travel brands: TAP Air Portugal and Accor. As a result, Bilt members will now be able to transfer their points to Miles&Go and ALL Reward, respectively. In total, Bilt now has 18 transfer partners including 13...
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PayPal Debit Card Review: Earn Stackable 5% Cash Back

In recent weeks, PayPal debuted an updated debit card product (perhaps you've seen the incessant Will Ferrell commercials for it during football games?). With the launch of this card, the company known for online payments is encouraging customers to pay with them anywhere. To encourage such behavior, the debit card allows cardholders to earn 5% cashback — although, as you can imagine, there are some important restrictions on that. So,...