Fintech startups and tech companies

Apple Pay and Apple Card: Business model and strategy - credit card

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A collection of articles and videos looking at Apple and their business model/ strategy

• Article How Apple Card works – TechCrunch
• Podcast a16z Podcast: How Many Taps in the Apple (Plus) Tree? – 2019 - Andreessen Horowitz
• Article NYC subway riders will be able to swipe in with Apple Pay starting Friday – TechCrunch
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Fintech Startups

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tech startups in financial markets

• Article Amount raises $99M at a $1B+ valuation to help banks better compete with fintechs – TechCrunch
• Article Here’s How One Miami-Based FinTech Startup Survives the “Rollercoaster” Of Entrepreneurship | Free Enterprise
• Article Gates Foundation Launches Blockchain-based Mobile Payments Solution
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Fintech Startups - payments - PayPal, Stripe, Venmo, ApplePay and more

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Fintech Startups - PayPal, Venmo, more

• Article PayPal will let US users pay with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin starting today - The Verge
• Article Google Pay’s massive relaunch makes it an all-encompassing money app
• Article Apple Pay transaction volume growing 4x as fast as PayPal, Tim Cook says - 9to5Mac
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Fintech Startups - Ramp - expense management

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A collection of resources about Ramp, a leading fintech startup specializing in expense management. This compilation covers key features,...

• Article Expense management startup Ramp takes on rival Brex with European acquisition
• Website Ramp - Corporate Cards for Startups & New Businesses
• Podcast Velocity over everything: How Ramp became the fastest-growing SaaS startup of all time | Geoff Charles (VP of Product)
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Fintech Startups - Brex - corporate credit cards

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A collection of articles about Fintech Startups - Brex - corporate credit cards

• Article How Brex used Retool to scale 10x in three years
• Article Brex Has Amassed A Valuation Of $1.1 Billion In Under Two Years || Forbes
• Article Brex picks up $57M to build an easy credit card for startups – TechCrunch
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Fintech Startups - Pleo - corporate credit cards

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A collection of articles about Fintech Startups - Pleo- corporate credit cards

• Article Pleo, the multi-card business spending platform, closes $56M Series B – TechCrunch

Plaid - Fintech Startup

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Plaid - Fintech Startup

• Article Visa will not acquire Plaid after running into regulatory wall • TechCrunch
• Article Visa is acquiring Plaid for $5.3 billion, 2x its final private valuation – TechCrunch (2020)
• Article Why Every Company Will Become a Fintech Company | a16z Future
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Google Pay - Fintech, payments

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Google Pay - Fintech, payments

• Article  Citi Unveils Sneak Preview of The Citi Plex Account by Google Pay | Business Wire
• Article Google Pay’s massive relaunch makes it an all-encompassing money app
• Article Google Maps users can now pay for parking or their transit fare right from the app – TechCrunch

Robinhood - FinTech Company - Broker, Stocks, Blockchain

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Robinhood - FinTech Company - Broker, Stocks, Blockchain

• Article $363 Million: Robinhood Raises Big to Build 'Largest Crypto Platform' - CoinDesk
• Article Under the Hood of Clearing by Robinhood – Robinhood Engineering
• Article Robinhood Checking Moved Fast and Broke - Bloomberg
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Mapping the Startup Ecosystem - Leading Companies, Entrepreneurs

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Mapping the Startup Ecosystem - Leading Companies, Entrepreneurs

• Article Mapping the Creator Economy
• Article Mapping “The Future of Work” Startup & Investor ecosystem

Square - Fintech Startup

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Square - Fintech Startup

• Article Bitcoin briefly jumps more than 11% after news Square is testing the digital currency
• Article How Contrarians Think: The Early Days of Square, Yelp & PayPal with Keith Rabois
• Article Square to buy Weebly for $365 million
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AI agents and finance, payments, banking

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AI agents and finance, payments, banking

• Video Google Cloud's CTO on their agentic AI plans | TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
• Article Amazon launches AI agent to help sellers complete tasks and manage their businesses | TechCrunch
• Article Google launches new protocol for agent-driven purchases | TechCrunch
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Klarna - Fintech Startup

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Klarna - Fintech Startup

• Article Fintech giant Klarna raises $639M at a $45.6B valuation amid ‘massive momentum’ in the US – TechCrunch
• Podcast 20VC: Klarna Founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski on Scaling - The Twenty Minute VC
• Article Smooth shopping - Klarna, a Swedish payments unicorn, wants to conquer America

PayPal - fintech, payments

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PayPal - fintech, payments

• Article PayPal will let US users pay with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin starting today - The Verge
• Article PayPal to acquire shopping and rewards platform Honey for $4B – TechCrunch (2019)
• Article PayPal to enter China through GoPay acquisition – TechCrunch
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Fintech Startups - debit and credit cards for families, parents, kids

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Fintech Startups - debit and credit cards for families, parents, kids

• Article Teen-focused fintech app Copper raises $29M, grows to over 800,000 users in less than a year – TechCrunch
• Article Teen debit card Current now acts like a real bank account – TechCrunch
• Article Greenlight is a debit card for kids that parents manage from their phones – TechCrunch
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