Apple
Square Brings Apple’s iPhone Tap to Pay to Its Sellers
The waning of the pandemic doesn’t seem to have slowed down the movement toward contactless payments. Now, point of sale player Square (now part of
buy now pay later
Evidence of BNPL Debt Bubble Grows
Block (née Square) may not yet regret acquiring Afterpay. But it appears to be paying at least a short-term price for the decision to acquire
earned wage access
DailyPay Lands $300M Credit Line to Expand Its On-Demand Pay Footprint
We’ve written in the past about earned wage access, also called on-demand pay. This is a growing branch of the fintech industry that gives workers
Fintech
Earned Wage Access Platform Payflow Raises $9.1 Million Series A
We’ve written previously about earned wage access (EWA). This branch of fintech allows employers to give employees an advance on their wages, often for a
Fintech
Checkout.com Raises $1 Billion, Eyes Web3 Future
UK-based fintech Checkout.com has raised an eye-popping $1 billion Series D round at a $40 billion valuation. The company plans to use the money to
Fintech
Jack Dorsey Leaves Twitter for His One True Love — Fintech
Today Twitter announced that its founder Jack Dorsey (@Jack) will step down as CEO. His replacement, interestingly, is the company’s current CTO, Parag Agrawal. We
buy now pay later
Video Vault: The Future of Payments
Fintech is revolutionizing the small business space. From “contactless everything” to small business lending to new purchase financing methodologies, fintech is making life better for
Fintech
Acquisition Helps Credit Card Processor Fiserv Move Beyond the Buy Button
If you’re a Milwaukee Bucks fan, you’ve probably heard of Fiserv. After all, it’s the company with the naming rights to the house that Giannis
eCommerce
Bolt Raises $339 Million to Further ‘Democratize’ Commerce
Bolt’s Founder and CEO Ryan Breslow is one of those young tech leaders who share their thinking on, well, everything, via long Twitter threads. So
buy now pay later
Aussie Company Raises $3M to Make eCommerce Refunds Instant
Refundid is an Australian startup that formed last year and launched its product in February. It promises to remove a significant friction point in eCommerce,
Acquisitions
Square Drops $29B to Snag BNPL Platform Afterpay
Square has taken notice of the explosion in the buy now, pay later space. And it has placed $29 billion of its chips on one
BNPL
Affirm Spinoff Resolve Bags $60M to Make BNPL More of a B2B Thing
Gary Vee would likely tell a small business owner, with withering confidence, that content is king. Most business owners would probably scoff and say, “Nope.
fint
Do Earned Wage Access Tools Make Workers More Productive?
We no longer buy disposable cameras when we go on vacation. Because we have smartphones. We no longer make our own playlists (or mixtapes for
banking
Hatch Has Designed a Bank for the Bootstrapping Micro Business
A new online banking startup called Hatch just announced it has raised $20 million from Kleiner Perkins, Foundation Capital, and others. What’s Hatch’s angle? The
Fintech
For Plaid, a Fresh $425M in the Bank Says ‘Who Needs Visa?’
Back in January, we wrote about. the fintech company Plaid‘s decision to cancel its deal to be acquired by Visa. The reason? The company was
accounting
Two New Acquisitions Bolster Xero’s Stack for SMBs
The cloud accounting platform Xero wants to become the engine by which small businesses aou0nd the globe digitize their back office. This month the New Zealand-based
Fintech
Fintechs Pushing for a Better SMB Credit Scoring Model
The notion of using technology to do a better and faster job of assessing the creditworthiness of small businesses is gaining steam for a variety
Benchmark Bytes
Benchmark Bytes: How Are SMBs Using GMB?
Benchmark Bytes is a series that examines Localogy’s original data on SMB tech deployment. Based on its recent Small Business Trends report, each installment drills down on a data excerpt and draws out meaning for Localogy Insider readers.
Fintech
SF-based Flutterwave Raises $170M C Round, Hits $1B Valuation
It’s unlikely many of you have heard of Flutterwave. Its headquarters are in San Francisco. It’s SMB focused. And it sits in the white-hot fintech
Benchmark Bytes
Benchmark Bytes: Will SMB eCommerce Inflections Sustain?
Benchmark Bytes is a series that examines Localogy’s original data on SMB tech deployment. Based on its recent Small Business Trends report, each installment drills down on a data excerpt and draws out meaning for Localogy Insider readers.