Deals
Chime IPO: The Neobank That Prints Money Without Being a Bank
Chime filed to go public with an S-1 that’s equal parts alphabet soup and fintech fever dream.
AI
WarrenAI Has Arrived, And So Has My Undeniable Path to Wealth
Investing.com has announced WarrenAI, a new “cutting-edge” AI-powered financial researcher that promises to do everything short of physically hold your trembling hand during market crashes.
Funding
Plaid's Half-Price Sale: Still Fetching Billions at a Discount
Plaid, the fintech darling once pegged at a dazzling $13.4 billion, has seen its valuation shrink to a modest $6.1 billion. But hey, who's counting?
Funding
Mercury Banks $300M to Disrupt Banking, Again, Still, Forever
Fintech startup Mercury just raised a cool $300 million, instantly tripling the number of VC group chats that will now start with “We should do something in fintech.”
Launch
Monzo Tackles the UK’s Most Taboo Topic: Asking for Your Money Back
British digital bank Monzo thinks you're too British to ask for your money back, so it built an app to do it for you.
Launch
Robinhood’s New Prediction Markets: Bet Your Way to Financial Freedom!
Robinhood, the company best known for turning stock trading into a casino for millennials and getting a light slap on the wrist for it, is launching a Prediction Markets Hub
Fintech
Klarna Files for IPO, Proving You Can Finance Anything—Even an Exit Strategy
Klarna, the global beacon of financial "empowerment" (also known as Buy Now, Panic Later), just had to file to go public.
AI
Rocket Companies Acquires Redfin to Make Homebuying "Magical"—Abracadabra, Your Savings Are Gone
Rocket Companies is swallowing up Redfin in an all-stock deal worth a cool $1.75 billion.
Funding
Ramp’s $13B Valuation: Another Fintech Victory Lap We Couldn’t Ignore
Ramp, the “leading financial operations platform” (as they humbly describe themselves), announced with great fanfare that their valuation has ballooned to $13 billion.