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Jared Kaplan, CEO of fintech OppFi, told CNBC on Wednesday that he wanted to help ease Americans' emergency savings worries.OppFi's target customer is the "medium-sized US consumer," who earns approximately $ 50,000 annually and has a bank…

Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt who co-founded Robinhood.Mark newcomer | CNBCFintech shapes billionaires every month.The co-founders of Coinbase, together with the founders of Affirm and Marqeta, already rose to the ranks of billionaires this…

The wise founders Taavet Hinrikus, left, and Kristo Käärmann.wiseLONDON - The founders of the money transfer service Wise are now billionaires - at least on paper.The British fintech firm, formerly known as TransferWise, went direct on the…

The Pleo app on a smartphone next to one of the fintech company's corporate cards.PleoLONDON - There's a new fintech unicorn in town.Danish start-up Pleo, which sells business expense management software and linked “smart” payment cards,…

Maria ErdoesAdam Galica | CNBCJPMorgan Chase aims to take the sustainable investing trend to the next level.To do that, the largest U.S. bank by assets has agreed to buy OpenInvest, a San Francisco-based start-up backed by Andreessen…

Visa Inc. credit and debit cards will be arranged for a photo in Washington, DC, United States on Monday, April 22, 2019.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLONDON - Visa agreed on Thursday to acquire Swedish financial technology…

LONDON - Mollie was a relatively little known company prior to Covid-19. Today it is one of the largest fintechs in Europe.Amsterdam-based online payment processor finally became a more than $ 1 billion "unicorn" in September, more than a…

Antony Jenkins, founder of 10x Future Technologies and former CEO of Barclays.Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLONDON - Former Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins' financial technology company has raised £ 132.5 million ($ 186.6 million)…

An employee walks through the campus of the headquarters of Ant Group Co. in Hangzhou, China on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.Qilai Shen | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMonths after the sudden suspension of Ant Group's much-anticipated double…

Francesco Simoneschi, CEO and co-founder of the British fintech start-up TrueLayer.TrueLayerLONDON - UK financial technology start-up TrueLayer claims to have raised $ 70 million in new funding, underscoring investor appetite for…