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FinTech IPO Index Edges Up 1.7% as Katapult Earnings Lead Platforms Higher
Fintech Investments // May 17, 2024

Call it the week of the platform. Earnings reports from firms that focus on bringing supply and demand together — in lending, for example, or for modernizing payments between merchants and consumers — were dominant in the headlines. With stocks remaining volatile in the wake of those earnings...

Small Businesses, Air Transport Innovations Dominate This Week in B2B 
B2B Payments // April 11, 2024

There’s no business like a B2B business.  And successful business-to-business (B2B) strategies — and the companies deploying them — are characterized by agility, innovation, and a focus on delivering value to customers while embracing the power of technology and collaboration. After all, today’s technologies offer...

Capturing the $250 Trillion Cross-Border Payments Opportunity 
Cross-border Payments // April 09, 2024

With every innovation, the world gets a little bit smaller and interconnected.  And with the news Monday (April 8) that Kyriba and Onyx, a J.P. Morgan business unit, are collaborating to better streamline cross-border payments, global expansion and payments innovation are top of mind for businesses of all shapes, sizes and...

dLocal and Papaya Global Partner on Global Payroll Solution
Cross-border Payments // April 09, 2024

Cross-border payment platform dLocal is partnering with payroll and payments platform Papaya Global to drive global workforce payments. Through the partnership, the companies aim to enable global firms to pay employees worldwide in local currencies in a timely fashion, according to a Tuesday (April 9)...

Interviews & Exclusives
FinTech IPO Index Surges 3.8% as Lemonade, Affirm Lead the Pack

November 22, 2024
The FinTech IPO Index was 3.8% higher this past week, as Lemonade and Affirm were at the forefront of gainers, up a respective 58.5% and 23.6%. A broad-based rally in the overall markets Thursday — as tech stocks got a boost from Nvidia’s earnings – helped with momentum. As for Lemonade, the stock’s jump extended a […]

FinTech IPO Index Edges Up 1.7% as Katapult Earnings Lead Platforms Higher

May 17, 2024
Call it the week of the platform. Earnings reports from firms that focus on bringing supply and demand together — in lending, for example, or for modernizing payments between merchants...

FinTech IPO Index Up Slightly as nCino’s Gains Offset Huize’s Slide

March 29, 2024
Earning season’s set to begin in just a few weeks — but we’re still not quite done with, well, earnings season. The FinTech IPO Index was up 0.3% through the...

FinTech IPO Index Soars 5.2% as Lufax Is Up 73% Post-Earnings 

March 22, 2024
There were a few stunning surges this past week with the FinTech IPO Index, which added more than 5% through five sessions. And, as has been seen in the past...

Quick Reads
dLocal and Papaya Global Partner on Global Payroll Solution

April 09, 2024
Cross-border payment platform dLocal is partnering with payroll and payments platform Papaya Global to drive global workforce payments. Through the partnership, the companies aim to enable global firms to pay employees worldwide in local currencies in a timely fashion, according to a Tuesday (April 9) news release. The partnership is currently live in Latin America, […]

ACE and dLocal Team to Improve Remittances in APAC and EMEA

October 24, 2023
Payments service provider dLocal has launched a partnership with British remittances firm ACE Money Transfer. The companies say their collaboration, announced in a news release Tuesday (Oct. 24), is designed to improve payout services...

dLocal Sees Promise in Brazil as Payment Volumes Jump

August 16, 2023
For payments services provider dLocal, Brazil represents the past and the future. “As you know, Brazil is where we started, seven years ago,” Maria Oldham, the company’s senior vice president of corporate...

Payments Startup Dlocal Eyes Sale and Taps Ex-MercadoLibre CFO Arnt as Co-CEO

August 15, 2023
Uruguay-based payments services provider dLocal is reportedly seeking a buyer. The company has been working with a financial adviser about a potential sale, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Aug. 14), citing...