FinTechs

Citi and Carlyle Group Partner on ‘Side-by-Side’ FinTech Fund

Citi and Carlyle Group Partner on ‘Side-by-Side’ FinTech Fund
Citi and Carlyle Group Partner on ‘Side-by-Side’ FinTech Fund
June 12, 2025  |  Fintech Investments

Citigroup and Carlyle Group have reportedly joined forces to fund FinTech companies. As Bloomberg News reported Thursday (June 12), the companies have signed an agreement...

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Neobanks Pressure-Test Gen Z Strategies With Traditional Banks to Win Crucial Market Share    
Neobanks Pressure-Test Gen Z Strategies With Traditional Banks to Win Crucial Market Share    
June 11, 2025  |  Banking

They account for 40% of consumers worldwide and will represent 31% of the workforce by 2030. With current purchasing power standing at $450 billion and...

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Walmart Takes Aim at Banks With OnePay Expansion
Walmart Takes Aim at Banks With OnePay Expansion
June 09, 2025  |  Retail

Each week, PYMNTS Intelligence details the competition between Walmart and Amazon, two behemoths of commerce, jockeying for share of wallet and hundreds of millions of...

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One-Tap Payment Switch Gives Banks the Edge in Account Primacy
One-Tap Payment Switch Gives Banks the Edge in Account Primacy
June 03, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

Paying bills and managing subscriptions are mainstays of financial life — even a daily task, for many consumers. However, updating payment methods has traditionally been...

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SemperVirens Launches Accelerator as FinTechs Scramble for Post-Seed Growth
SemperVirens Launches Accelerator as FinTechs Scramble for Post-Seed Growth
June 02, 2025  |  Investments

For fledgling FinTechs chasing their first paying customer, the toughest stretch often begins after the seed check clears. Because building a company is a long journey. From...

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Visa Launches A2A Payments With Guarantees
Visa Launches A2A Payments With Guarantees
June 02, 2025  |  Payment Methods

Visa A2A’s latest update, announced this morning (June 2), connects card-style buyer protections onto pay-by-bank transfers, promising U.K. consumers and merchants a safety net that...

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Buy Now Pay Later’s Business Models Evolve Beyond Pay in 4
Buy Now Pay Later’s Business Models Evolve Beyond Pay in 4
May 28, 2025  |  BNPL

Debit turns into credit as buy now pay later business models continue to evolve. As the new year dawned, PYMNTS Intelligence detailed that debit was the...

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Mercado Pago to Apply for Banking License in Argentina Amid Regional Expansion
Mercado Pago to Apply for Banking License in Argentina Amid Regional Expansion
May 28, 2025  |  News

Mercado Pago, the FinTech unit of Mercado Libre, plans to apply for a banking license in Argentina to expand the service offering of its digital model...

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