- July 27, 2023
The build vs. buy debate is a perennial one in technology, and in payments.
For neobank Upgrade, in the bid to extend its credit, mobile banking and payment products to more ...
- April 27, 2023
Sometimes change is a good thing, and sometimes entire business sectors find their level and stick with it. Until something changes.
Change isn’t in the cards for this edition of the ...
- March 20, 2023
When a Top 10 list only features eight brands you know they’re something special, and the Provider Ranking of Personal Loans Apps is exactly that.
The Top 5
MoneyLion roars at No. ...
- July 27, 2022
Challenger bank Upgrade is launching OneCard, a new product that provides users with a single card for daily expenses and making payments over time.
“When paying for everyday expenses, consumers historically ...
- June 13, 2022
There’s only one change of position in PYMNTS’ latest Provider Ranking of Personal Loan apps, but it’s a big one — there’s a new leader.
Last month’s leader and runner-up have ...
- May 18, 2022
Like the payments to be made on a personal loan, the competitors in PYMNTS’ latest Provider Ranking of Personal Loan Apps are predictable and evenly spaced out.
They’re predictable because the ...
- March 30, 2022
Today in the connected economy, financial super app Revolut expands into a host of new countries, while Experian and Black Opal team up to help immigrants gain better credit. Plus, ...
- March 30, 2022
FinTech Upgrade, Inc., unveiled the addition of Northwoods Credit Union as its 100th credit union (CU) partner on Wednesday (March 30), according to a joint press release.
Upgrade’s partnerships with CUs ...
- March 9, 2022
Never a lull at PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking Research Facility and Café, deep in a hidden mountain fortress the location of which cannot be disclosed at this time. Or at any ...
- February 2, 2022
In today’s FinTech news, acquisitions take the spotlight as Pine Labs eyes Setu in India and Northmill buys Moreflo to help merchants deliver a better user experience for shoppers online ...
- February 2, 2022
Today in retail, Google’s approach to retail is becoming increasingly diverse, while Curaleaf is updating its tech stack with a Repsly partnership. Plus, Wish becomes an invite-only portal for merchants ...
- February 2, 2022
FinTech Upgrade, offering consumer credit, mobile banking and payment products, is launching a new solution to help customers reduce the sting of inflation.
“Consumer prices rose 7% over the last year,” ...
- December 16, 2021
More digital banking services mean more of an opportunity for identity theft. In the AML/KYC Tracker, Tom Curran, chief risk and compliance officer at Upgrade, explains how using data combined ...
- December 15, 2021
Digital-first businesses were better equipped to take advantage of new market opportunities unleashed during the pandemic. In the past year, 92% of consumers made an online purchase, while 85% performed ...
- December 6, 2021
Whatever your plans for a loan, you want to make sure the lender is one that’s right for you and their app is one that can get the job done.
The PYMNTS Provider ...
- November 16, 2021
Credit and mobile banking platform Upgrade, Inc. on Tuesday (Nov. 16) announced it has raised $280 million in a Series F fundraising round led by Coatue Management and DST Global, ...
- October 1, 2021
FinTech digital banking startup Upgrade is jumping into the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space with a product that allows users to pay off their outstanding debt in four months ...
- August 11, 2021
Financial services platform Upgrade closed a $105 million Series E funding round Wednesday (Aug. 11) that puts the company at a valuation of $3.325 billion, according to a press release.
“We ...
- July 21, 2021
Bitcoin could be on the way back up after a period of decline, CNBC writes.
The biggest cryptocurrency was able to boost above $30,000 on Wednesday (July 21), the report says.
The ...
- January 14, 2021
There is no shortage of digital-only banks offering a smoother onboarding process, a slick mobile interface and fee waivers in an effort to tempt consumers to leave their traditional bank.
Which, ...
- November 27, 2020
The holiday shopping season — which normally would be “officially” kicking off as soon as the Thanksgiving dishes are cleared — is going to be quite a bit different than ...
- October 30, 2020
Maybe it’s a byproduct of that which shall not be named — by which we mean the pandemic — but PYMNTS’ Provider Rankings have been remarkably calm and unwavering throughout ...
- October 29, 2020
The pandemic has changed all kinds of things about consumers.
They’re more concerned for protecting their health, they’re working remotely, they’ve relocated most of their commerce lives online and on mobile ...
- October 10, 2019
Twelve years ago, LendingClub Founder Renaud Laplanche built a business to help consumers manage the $800 million in outstanding credit card debt. That product was an unsecured personal loan that ...
- April 30, 2019
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri rounded up some new features coming to Instagram at the Facebook F8 developer conference on Tuesday (April 30), according to reports.
Mosseri said Instagram is getting ...
- October 30, 2018
New data shows that Americans are waiting longer to upgrade their smartphones, with pricier models playing a key factor in the delay.
According to data for the third quarter from HYLA ...
- August 23, 2018
When Renaud Laplanche launched hist latest lending start up, Upgrade, the venture was both quite similar to and yet quite different from his previous endeavor, LendingClub, the platform that made ...
- August 23, 2018
When Renaud Laplanche founded LendingClub 12 years ago in 2006, the lending landscape was a very different place. Most consumer and business lending was done through traditional banks, and to ...
- July 18, 2017
F. Scott Fitzgerald is often quoted as the source behind the phrase, “there are no second acts in American life.” But as we all know and have witnessed, American lives are full of ...
- April 7, 2017
LendingClub’s former CEO, Renaud Laplanche, who stepped down in May, sending shockwaves throughout the online lending industry, is gearing up to launch a new lender online called Upgrade.
According to a ...
- November 2, 2016
Business Insider reported that Uber has unveiled a new, more streamlined version of its mobile app.
This version of the ridesharing app attempts to simplify the ride selection process. Instead of ...
- July 12, 2016
Here’s some good news for Apple: Lots of its customers are poised for an upgrade just as the iPhone 7 is expected to hit store shelves this fall.
Piper Jaffray Analyst ...
- April 25, 2014
The company made the update to enhance customer engagement and add features that would allow user to pick-up orders at local retail stores.
