Articles about fintech – Page 2 of 2

Copper, a banking app for teens with nearly 1M users, lands $29M to expand into investing

If Eddie Behringer asked his mother about using a technology app to store cash when he was a teenager, she… Read More

Another real estate tech startup comes calling in Seattle, as Knock offers its financing services

Knock has come knocking in the Seattle-area real estate market. The company, which helps homebuyers compete with cash to sweeten… Read More

Remitly reports $458M in 2021 revenue, up 78%, as remittance company suspends service in Russia

Shares of Remitly rose 9% in after-hours trading Wednesday following the release of the company’s fourth quarter earnings report. The… Read More

Mark Cuban, Robinhood CEO, Coinbase Ventures among investors in new Seattle fintech startup

The news: Seashell, a new Seattle fintech startup that says it can offer up to 10% interest to users, raised… Read More

Remitly revenue climbs 69% to $121M in first earnings report as public company

Seattle-based financial services company Remitly issued its first earnings report since its initial public offering, reporting revenue of $121.2 million… Read More

Amazon will offer ‘buy now, pay later’ option via partnership with Affirm

Customers shopping on Amazon.com will be able to buy more products in monthly payments thanks to a new partnership with… Read More

Seattle fintech startup Allio raises $5M for robo-advisor investment tool

Allio, a new Seattle startup building a robo-advisor investment tool for consumers, has raised $5 million. “We’re the first micro-savings… Read More

How a Seattle fintech entrepreneur built a network of support through multiple organizations

Seattle is home to a handful of fintech companies, notably money transfer startup Remitly, but it isn’t known as a… Read More

Washington state launches center to cater to — and potentially regulate — crypto and fintech companies

Facing explosive growth in NFTs and cryptocurrencies coupled with vague regulations for the wave of new financial technology and investment… Read More

Seattle-area fintech startup Secure reveals secret: Suze Orman is part of the founding team

Secure had a secret. And a “secret weapon.” The Seattle-area fintech startup announced recently that TV personality and best-selling author… Read More

This Seattle fintech startup just raised $11M on Zoom and shifted to a fully distributed workforce

Possible Finance was growing fast and ready to raise more venture capital. Then COVID-19 hit. “It immediately made fundraising much… Read More

The Right to Be Banked: How fintech entrepreneurs can benefit from a financial inclusion law

Guest Commentary: Fintech entrepreneurs in the US face many challenges when taking their products to market. They have to contend… Read More

Digital bank startup Copper raises $4.3M to help teens learn how to spend and save money

Can tech help teens spend money smarter? That’s the bet Copper and its investors are making. The Seattle-based digital bank… Read More

Founded in Seattle, fintech startup Routable raises $12M to streamline business payments

Routable, a fintech startup with Seattle roots, came out of stealth mode this week and announced a $12 million Series… Read More

Income verification startup The Closing Docs helps property managers during economic crisis

The pandemic is causing a lot of stress for both renters and landlords. The Closing Docs wants to help. The… Read More

Capital Markets Gateway raises $25M from Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, other banking giants

New York City fintech startup Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) raised a $25 million round to fuel growth of its tech… Read More

Ex-Docker CFO heads up new Seattle finance startup Stratify, with Concur founder as chairman

Former Docker executives Brian Camposano and Steve Singh are behind a stealthy new Seattle-based fintech startup called Stratify. The company… Read More

Rising Pacific Northwest startups show that financial technology is about more than payments

Seattle-area startups are building fintech offerings centered around communities like churches, schools and foreign workers. Church fundraising tech startup Subsplash… Read More

Seattle startup Tomorrow raises more cash to help people create free wills and trusts

Ask just about any financial advisor and they’ll tell you that you should have a will — but more than… Read More

Madrona leads $10M round for Tesorio, a fintech startup that automates cash flow analysis

Hope Cochran knows about managing cash flow. As the former chief financial officer at Candy Crush maker King Digital and… Read More

Remitly raises $135M and inks $85M credit line to grow remittance service, launch new products

TransferWise. WorldRemit. And now Remitly. Seattle-based Remitly announced a $220 million cash infusion late Tuesday, becoming the third mobile remittance… Read More

Can Seattle become a financial technology hub? Why some tech leaders are banking on it

Madrona Venture Group managing partner Tom Alberg has witnessed and participated in the rise of the aerospace, wireless and e-commerce… Read More

This startup wants to bring commercial real estate investing to the masses

Less than a year after selling his telecommunications startup, Flowroute founder Sean Hsieh has embarked on a new venture that… Read More

Remitly expands coverage for mobile remittance program to 40 countries, nears 1K employee mark

Remitly today announced a major expansion, expanding its mobile remittance service to 40 countries across the world. That’s up from… Read More

Univ. of Washington launches fintech incubator with BECU in Seattle, unveils initial startups

The University of Washington’s innovation arm is partnering with the state’s largest non-profit credit union to launch a new fintech… Read More

How this startup is helping borrowers escape payday lending pitfalls

Around 70 million Americans have bad credit scores, which makes it expensive and often even impossible for them to get… Read More

Fintech vet raises $2.5M for startup that gives you stock in a company for buying its products

Bumped wants kill two birds with one stone, helping companies build 1-to-1 relationships with customers while giving people an easier… Read More

Cryptocurrency startup Strix Leviathan raises $1.6M from Joe Montana, Doug Baldwin, VC firms

The world of cryptocurrency looks a lot like the wild west right now. In just the past week, Google announced… Read More

Working Geek: Why output, not effort, is Simple CMO Michelle Broderick’s top priority

As Chief Marketing Officer of Simple, Michelle Broderick’s job is to convince customers that the online banking service offers something… Read More

‘Internet-in-a-Box’ pioneers raise more cash for startup that updates online credit card info

Switch is raising more cash for its technology that helps people manage their credit card information online. The Seattle startup,… Read More