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Cross-border fintech stands out in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort
TechCrunch via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoThe cross-border payments market is forecasted to reach over $250 trillion by 2027, according to the...
State of venture investments in India, according to Lightspeed
TechCrunch via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoThe two-day event aims to spark partnerships by enabling "in a short window, many views, ideas and...
Explainer-What next for Paytm's banking arm after India central bank clampdown?
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 6 months agoThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has ordered the payments bank subsidiary of Paytm to stop accepting...
Fintechs go shopping
TechCrunch via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoRecently on the Equity Podcast, Alex Wilhelm and I talked about how M&A activity this year really didn’t happen at the pace we expected. Well, I guess...
Finding business opportunity in startup failure
TechCrunch via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoWhile we would love for all startups to succeed, the reality is that the vast majority fail. From Kate Park comes a story about Firstcard raising $4.7...
UPDATE 1-Match, Indian startups call for antitrust probe of Google in-app billing fee
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 1 year agoTinder-owner Match Group and Indian startups have asked the country's competition body to investigate Alphabet's Google for alleged non-compliance with an antitrust directive by charging a high ...
Daily Crunch: Falling short of analysts' estimates, Warner Bros. Discovery posts $2.1B net loss for...
TechCrunch via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoBlack History Month continues! Fashion layoffs: Secondhand apparel marketplace Poshmark is now...
Google is piloting its own 'soundbox' in India for merchants to get audio-based payment alerts
TechCrunch via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoNow, to keep pushing ahead to build out its own payments business in the world's second-largest...
Dispatch from Bangalore, end of 2022 edition
TechCrunch via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoIn 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. At the...
Fintech giants face uphill battle
TechCrunch via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoOne of the biggest news stories last week was that Plaid laid off 260 employees, or about 20% of its workforce. Rumblings about Plaid laying off some 200...