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FinTech News

Gemini Announces Details on Upcoming Crypto Credit Card

by Fioney Staff
Earlier this year, the cryptocurrency exchange platform Gemini opened the waitlist for its planned crypto rewards credit card. Since then, a reported 140,000 people have joined said list. In turn, Gemini has now revealed more details on the products, including the rewards multipliers and some clever elements that make it unique. In terms of rewards, the Gemini Credit Card will earn up to 3% back on dining as well as...
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FinTech News

Till Launches Family Financial Platform with $5 Million in Funding

by Fioney Staff
Another FinTech that seeks to help parents teach children about money is ready to welcome new users. This week, the family-centric banking platform Till announced that the platform was now available to all, while also revealing that they'd raised more than $5 million for the launch. Those who have contributed to Till's funding include Elysian Park Ventures, Pivotal Ventures, Afore Capital, Luge Capital, Alpine Meridian Ventures, The Gramercy Fund, SM...
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FinTech News

WeWork to Begin Accepting Cryptocurrencies for Payment

by Fioney Staff
After a relatively steady climb in recent months, the cryptocurrency market is back to its volatile ways. Between Dogecoin's rapid rises and Bitcoin's flash crashes, some investors may be reminded why they avoided the asset class in the first place. Nevertheless, the acceptance of crypto is continuing to grow, with WeWork now joining the list of companies that will allow customers to pay in Bitcoin and the like. According to...
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FinTech News

Mastercard to Acquire Ekata for $850 Million

by Fioney Staff
Just a few months after Mastercard completed its purchase of the FinTech firm Finicity, the company is looking to make another buy. This morning, Mastercard announced plans to acquire the identity verification platform Ekata for $850 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory review but is expected to close within the next six months. Additionally, despite the hefty price tag, Mastercard says it does not anticipate the purchase to be...
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FinTech News

American FinTech Council Now Has More Than 75 Members

by Fioney Staff
Last month, the Marketplace Lending Association and the Online Lending Policy Institute announced that they would be merging to form the American FinTech Council (AFC). In doing so, one of the stated goals of the group was to assemble an even larger coalition of banks and financial services companies. It seems as though that is indeed what's happening, with the AFC now reporting that it counts more than 75 members among...
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FinTech News

Coinbase Makes Its Nasdaq Debut as Crypto Surges

by Fioney Staff
As cryptocurrencies continue to make their way towards mainstream acceptance, one major crypto-centric company is making a splash on Wall Street. This afternoon, Coinbase successfully went public, with its stock now listing on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol $COIN. According to CNBC, the platform opened at $381 a share — well ahead of its $250 reference price — with share prices trading for as high as $429 for a...
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FinTech News

Automated Identity Verification Tool Veriff Raised $69 Million

by Fioney Staff
One of the major challenges inherent to the FinTech sector involves regulation. While many startups aim to offer an easy and seamless experience to users, there are still several important steps they need to take in order to onboard customers while remaining compliant. This includes verifying the identity of applicants in order to prevent fraud. That's where Veriff comes in, offering an intelligent and user-friendly solution for verification. In turn,...
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FinTech News

Plaid Raised $425 Million After Visa Deal Falls Through

by Fioney Staff
If you've used any number of financial apps over the past few years, there's a strong chance that you've encountered the name Plaid. The firm's API allows applications to securely connect to users' banking accounts and retrieve read-only data, enabling aggregation tools among others. This technology has allowed Plaid to grow into one of the largest and most notable FinTechs — and has now garnered them an investment mega-round. Today,...
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2025 SoFi Checking and Savings Review

by Kyle Burbank
 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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Credit Card News

Best Western Debuts Two New Rewards Credit Cards

by Kyle Burbank
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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Credit Card News

Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card Launches Travel Contest

by Kyle Burbank
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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Credit Card News

Bilt Adds 2 New Transfer Partners Including First 3:2 Transfer Rate

by Kyle Burbank
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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Checking Account Review

PayPal Debit Card Review: Earn Stackable 5% Cash Back

by Kyle Burbank
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,...