/startups
Djamo, a neobanking startup serving the underbanked market in Francophone West Africa, has raised $17 million.
03 April 2025
/payments
Shares in money transfer firm Wise jumped six percent in early morning trading as it posted preliminary figures ahead of its capital markets day event.
/crypto
Ripple has integrated its recently-launched stablecoin into its flagship cross-border payments system.
/ai
Monzo co-founder and Y Combinator partner Tom Blomfield has kicked up a stir by tolling the death knell of the humble software engineer, claiming that AI will soon be "provably and obviously better at basically every facet" of coding.
Visa has reportedly offered Apple roughly $100 million to take over the tech giant's credit card partnership from Mastercard.
02 April 2025
PayPal is launching its new advertising platform in the UK, tapping into its trove of customer data to help merchants better target their ads.
/retail
Halal vehicle finance fintech Ayan Capital has secured a significant £25 million in Shariah-compliant financing from institutional debt provider Partners for Growth (PFG).
Circle, the issuer of the world's second-largest stablecoin, USDC, has officially filed for an IPO.
A collection of UK and global trade bodies has written to the prime minister's office calling on the government to capture what they claim will be the economic and societal benefits of a new wave of digital asset and blockchain technology.
Amazon has unveiled an AI agent trained to independently perform actions, such as order and pay for things, within a web browser.
Monzo is muscling in on the home insurance market to offer contents insurance for unprotected renters and homeowners.
With the vast majority of people using its services through their banks, American person-to-person payments provider Zelle is shutting down its standalone app.
01 April 2025
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