Y Combinator’s Winter 2027 startup priorities focus on AI, insurance, fintech, and robotics
Y Combinator has published 11 Requests for Startups for its Winter 2027 batch, outlining investment interests across artificial intelligence, robotics,…
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Angola’s CYTO secures Catalytic Africa funding to accelerate fintech expansion – Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business
CYTO, an Angola-based fintech startup focused on business process automation and financial management, has secured a significant funding boost through…
Indian Startup News on Instagram: “Walmart-owned fintech company PhonePe has rebranded its Android app marketplace, Indus Appstore, as PhonePe Appstore, and is expanding it from app downloads into a marketplace for digital goods such as gift cards and top-ups. It said the store is now present on more than 200 million devices, a reach built largely through partnerships with smartphone makers. Motorola and Alcatel are reportedly among those partners. The rebrand comes nine days after PhonePe renamed its stockbroking platform Share.Market as PhonePe Invest on 19 October, bringing its broking and wealth services under the PhonePe name. The company is also preparing for a stock market listing. PhonePe is also launching phonepeappstore.com, a webstore where people can find and buy digital goods through desktop and mobile browsers without downloading an app. #phonepe #digital #payments #digitalgoods #indianstartupnews”
Walmart-owned fintech company PhonePe has rebranded its Android app marketplace, Indus Appstore, as PhonePe Appstore, and is expanding it from…
Fintech Startups To Watch: Startups That Caught Our Eye In October
The question of when India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will finally be monetised has remained at the centre of the…
Samsung Financial Networks Selects 4 AI Fintech Startups, Supports CES Attendance – The Asia Business Daily
2026 Samsung Financial C-Lab Outside Final Presentation Held Samsung Financial Networks (Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Samsung…
Y Combinator Crypto Startup Guide Highlights Asset Tokenization, Stablecoins and AI Trading Agents – Binance
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Ilya Levin on Why Buyers Keep Mispricing Fintech Companies
Fintech dealmaking has picked up pace in 2026. Global fintech investment reached $103.1 billion in the first half of the…
Three trends to watch from the 2026 Québec FinTech Report | BetaKit
Station FinTech Montréal tracks the rise of agentic commerce and the forces reshaping fintech in Québec. Artificial intelligence is…
PayU India Startup Deep Dive: Business Model, Funding, Risks
PayU India is a Prosus-owned fintech company based in India that provides payment services and consumer credit for merchants and…
a16z Drops “Crypto” From Its Name: Is There Still Hope for Crypto VC and Startups?
TL;DR a16z Crypto has rebranded as a16z Frontier, broadening the new fund’s investment mandate. Chris Dixon described the move as…
Stripe brings agentic AI to startup treasury operations
Stripe has launched Stripe Treasury for agents, a service that allows startups to delegate financial operations to AI agents, including…
Former Hexure president Kevin Pohmer joins OH.io as chief business officer
Startups + VC The Columbus fintech founder behind Financial Guard and IXN Tech steps in as Ratmir Timashev’s venture platform…
Q&A: Koho’s Daniel Eberhard on unicorns, leadership, and striving to stay humble | BetaKit
Founder reflects on winning and losing on his own terms as his FinTech startup nears official bank status. Daniel…
Fintech: Europe’s 10 most-funded companies in H1 2026
European fintech funding in H1 2026 was characterised by several large financing transactions alongside investment across banking, payments, insurance technology,…
Startup funding plunges 96.9% in September, these 9 CEOs still attracted $11.3 million
Nine startups raised a combined $11.3 million in September 2026, as funding for Nigerian startups fell sharply from the $364.1…
UAE-led Gulf unicorn count rises from 7 to 9, with combined value of $45 billion
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries now have nine unicorns, up from seven last year, with a combined value of…
Second Seoul Fintech Lab Selects Two Promising Startups for 2027 Residency
The Second Seoul Fintech Lab has named promising fintech startups Custodify and Enboost top companies at a Demo Day co-hosted…
MobiKwik Startup Deep Dive: Business Model, Funding, Risks
MobiKwik is a listed fintech company based in Gurugram, India, that offers digital payments and lending products for consumers and…