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Viola Credit Closes $700 Million Fund That Will Lend to FinTech Startups
A global alternative credit asset manage firm just raised a lot of money in hopes of partnering with financial startups. Viola Credit announced the closing of a $700 million fund. The fund — known as Viola Credit Alternative Lending Income Fund II — will focus on offering asset-based lending capital solutions to FinTechs, including those in the PropTech (property tech) and Insurtech spaces. Specifically, Viola plans to partner with startups in...
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Crypto Tax Platform ZenLedger Raises $15 Million
For years, the tax situation regarding cryptocurrencies has been a bit of a hot topic. In particular, despite not always providing the best guidance, the IRS has repeatedly upped its enforcement of crypto tax rules — even moving a question about crypto to a very prominent spot on the agency's Form 1040. Now, a startup that specializes in crypto taxes has revealed a new round of funding that will help...
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Banking-as-a-Service Platform Unit Raises $100 Million
Put another tally mark on FinTech "megadeal" board for 2022. This week, Unit announced that it had closed a $100 million round. The Series C was led by Insight Partners. Existing investors such as Accel, Better Tomorrow Ventures, and Flourish Ventures also participated along with newcomers Moving Capital and Stepstone. Notably, the round valued the company at $1.2 billion, earning it "unicorn" status. To date, Unit has now raised a...
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Robinhood Announces Non-Custodial Web3 Crypto Wallet
After finally rolling out a crypto wallets feature in their trading app and recently listing four additional assets, Robinhood plans to double down on cryptocurrency once again. In a blog post, the company announced that it was developing a non-custodial, web3 wallet. Once launched, this wallet will give users greater total control of their crypto as well as provide access to other decentralized web features. Most notably, while this offering...
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Zilch Launches Its "BNPL 2.0" Platform in the United States Market
The "buy now, pay later" scene has a new entrant. This week, Zilch announced its arrival in the United States. According to the company, the app launched with 150,000 pre-registered customers and comes after the service gained two million U.K customers since its debut there 18 months ago. Elsewhere, Zilch has raised $400 million in debt and equity from Goldman Sachs among others and the company is valued at more...
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Crypto-Backed Card Wirex Celebrates Milestone in U.S. Registrations
It looks as though Wirex is taking a victory lap after a successful entry into the United States market. Today, the platform announced that 150,000 people have registered for the crypto app since it launched in the U.S. a mere six weeks ago. This figure adds to the more than 5 million users Wirex already has across Europe and Asia. Wirex's U.S. app allows users to trade and hold 37...
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