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Hey FinTech Fanatic! Here's one you don't see every day — a US FinTech choosing Tel Aviv over Nasdaq for its IPO. Lendbuzz, the auto-lending platform, had already filed its Nasdaq prospectus and completed a full investor roadshow before changing course. It's now preparing

Hey FinTech Fanatic! Crypto.com just landed its first-ever institutional funding round (and it's a big one!). Citadel Securities is putting $400M into the platform at a $20B valuation, taking a 2% stake. It's the first institutional investment in Crypto.com's decade-long

Hey FinTech Fanatic! For years, Pay by Bank has promised lower costs, faster settlement, and less reliance on card networks. But there has always been one practical problem. People don't think about funding their wallets before they pay. If the balance isn't there, the experience breaks

Hey FinTech Fanatic! Remember when Stripe was thinking about buying PayPal? It looks like thinking time is over. What started with Stripe's interest in PayPal, while PayPal insisted it wasn't looking to sell, has now evolved into a reported $53 billion bid from Stripe and Advent

Hey FinTech Fanatic! The digital euro has taken another meaningful step toward becoming reality. The European Central Bank has selected 36 payment service providers to take part in its digital euro pilot, bringing together banks, FinTechs, and payment companies from across Europe to test how the new payment infrastructure could

Hey FinTech Fanatic! If you've been reading my newsletter, you may remember that not long ago I covered Moneybox's latest annual results, where the company reported another year of strong growth across customers, assets under administration, and revenue. Today, the company is back in the headlines.