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Jeff Kauflin

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Ryan Williams’ Next Act After Cadre: A Fintech Fix For Private Credit’s Data Mess

Ryan Williams’ Next Act After Cadre: A Fintech Fix For Private Credit’s Data Mess

Over a decade after founding real estate investing platform Cadre, Ryan Williams, 38, is back with another fintech startup. This time, he’s tackling...

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One Year Later, Capital One’s $51 Billion Discover Takeover Is Starting To Pay Off

One Year Later, Capital One’s $51 Billion Discover Takeover Is Starting To Pay Off

Capital One’s billionaire cofounder and CEO Rich Fairbank has a long history of asking investors to be patient while his biggest bets pay off. One...

22.07.2026 10

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The U.S. Bank Market Is A Fortress. Nubank’s Billionaire CEO Has An Invasion Plan.

The U.S. Bank Market Is A Fortress. Nubank’s Billionaire CEO Has An Invasion Plan.

For foreign banks and digital upstarts, the U.S. consumer banking market has come to look more like a trap than an opportunity. Spain’s...

21.07.2026 9

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Jack Dorsey’s Block To Pay $45 Million Fine As States Step In For Withering CFPB

Block has agreed to pay $45 million to 46 U.S. states over how it handled fraud on Cash App, its money-transfer and digital-banking app with 59...

08.07.2026 7

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How This New Fintech Billionaire Is Cashing In On Cross-Border Payments

It took Jack Zhang 10 startups to figure out what he truly wanted to do. His most recent one, Airwallex, turned him into a billionaire. Zhang launched...

25.06.2026 60

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How SoFi Went From Fintech Darling To Wall Street Pariah

In late December 2017, Anthony Noto slipped into a San Francisco law firm’s office for a confidential meeting. At the time, he was Twitter’s chief...

16.06.2026 10

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Class Action Claims Administrator Agrees To Stop Taking Vendor Rebates After Kickback Scrutiny

Last year, reports surfaced that class action claims administrators were secretly pocketing vendor rebates tied to consumer payouts. A new court...

29.05.2026 10

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For Bitcoin Holders, Aven’s New Credit Card Offers 7.99% Interest Rate

27.04.2026 20

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How A Credit Card Fintech Resurrected Itself By Targeting The Superrich

In April 2022, Patrick Mrozowski’s San Francisco debit-card startup Point seemed destined for failure. The three-year-old fintech, which offered...

14.04.2026 40

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Chime Offers Up To 5% Cash Back And Other Perks On Secured Credit Card

Leading U.S. digital bank Chime is increasingly turning to a conventional customer acquisition strategy in financial services: cash-back rewards....

02.04.2026 10

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TomoCredit Revamps Marketing Claims, Emphasizes Coaching Instead Of Boosting Credit

31.03.2026 20

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Why An Unsustainable Bubble Is Growing Inside Fintech

The financial technology industry has become a world of haves and have-nots. Take San Francisco payments company Stripe, which helps millions of...

17.03.2026 30

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This $1,000-A-Year Credit-Boosting Service Rarely Improves Scores—But Still Takes Your Money

06.02.2026 20

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Why Capital One’s $5 Billion Acquisition Of Fintech Brex Could Be Another Masterstroke For Billionaire Richard Fairbank

24.01.2026 40

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Why A Fintech Unicorn Is Donating Millions To Start A Credit Union

21.01.2026 30

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Why Debt Collectors Have Declared Open Season On Consumers

15.12.2025 40

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Fintech Robo-Advisor Wealthfront Gets A Tepid Wall Street Reception For Its IPO

13.12.2025 20

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30 Under 30 Finance 2026: From Fintech’s Top Founders To Wall Street’s Best Dealmakers

02.12.2025 30

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Fintech Wealthfront To Offer Lower-Rate Home Mortgages

19.11.2025 30

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Remitly’s 25% Stock Selloff Looks Like Trouble From Trump's Immigration Crackdown

07.11.2025 30

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Trump’s Gutting Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Is Leaving The Public Vulnerable To Abuses

03.11.2025 30

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The Forbes Fintech 50: Apply For Our 2026 List

20.10.2025 70

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Former NFT Specialist OpenSea Is Remaking Itself Into A Crypto Trading Aggregator

15.10.2025 20

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Baltimore City Lawsuit Accuses Fintech MoneyLion Of Preying On Borrowers

08.10.2025 30

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After 17 Years, Fintech Wealthfront Files For An IPO, Disclosing Fat Profits

30.09.2025 30

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Unprofitable Microlending Fintech Makes Big Bet On Global Expansion

25.09.2025 40

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Fintech Home Equity Lender Aven Doubles Valuation To $2.2 Billion

10.09.2025 30

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Leading Digital Bank Chime Rolls Out Cash-Back Secured Credit Card

09.09.2025 30

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Fintechs Consider Raising Prices Due To JPMorgan’s Looming Fees

29.08.2025 30

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Secret Fintech Payments Cloud $725 Million Facebook Class Action Settlement

23.08.2025 40

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This AI-Fueled Startup Is Helping Attorneys Find New Class Action Lawsuits

21.08.2025 30

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As Trump Rolls Back Federal Financial Regulation, Blue State Regulators Step Up

15.08.2025 20

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Why Chime’s Stock Is Down 13%, Even Though Its Earnings Beat Expectations

08.08.2025 30

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Everyone Hates Credit Card Disputes. This Fintech Is Using AI To Fix That.

07.08.2025 30

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Credit Card Giant Synchrony's Earnings Show U.S. Consumer “In Pretty Good Shape”–As Long As Inflation Doesn't Spike

23.07.2025 30

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Why JPMorgan Is Hitting Fintechs With Stunning New Fees For Data Access

21.07.2025 20

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Why The Stablecoin Hype Won't Reach Americans' Wallets Anytime Soon

03.07.2025 20

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Chime Stock Jumps 37% In IPO; CEO Says Payments Is Its Growth Play

13.06.2025 20

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Chime's IPO Poised To Pop, Even As It Faces Long-Term Challenges

11.06.2025 30

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Chime Aims For $11 Billion IPO Valuation

03.06.2025 20

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New Lawsuits Allege Companies Conspired To Secretly Pocket Class Action Payouts

31.05.2025 30

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How Private Equity-Owned Companies Quietly Pocket Class Action Payouts

21.05.2025 30

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Chime, Nation’s Largest Digital Bank, Finally Files To Go Public

14.05.2025 20

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Can Jack Dorsey Rescue Block’s Plunging Stock?

03.05.2025 30

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