Robinhood’s wallet app is now available to all iOS users
Robinhood announced Wednesday that its self-custodial crypto wallet app is now available for all users on iOS. The wallet debuted last September in beta with 10,000 users and no network charges for...
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European stock-trading app Lightyear arrives on the web
U.K.-based stock-trading startup Lightyear is finally expanding to the web, nearly two years after the company first emerged out of stealth. Founded out of London in 2020, Lightyear is one of a number...
View ArticleMastercard, PayPal and Robinhood dive deeper into crypto as industry shows...
As the crypto market works its way through a downturn, more incoming money and users could help it weather the storm. But right now, it’s sometimes challenging for the layperson to get into crypto....
View ArticleRobinhood acquires credit card startup X1 for $95M
Robinhood announced on Thursday that it was acquiring X1, a no-fee credit card startup, for $95 million in cash. X1, which offers an income-based credit card with rewards, raised a total of $62 million...
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Did this one feature entice Robinhood to acquire X1?
Welcome back to The Interchange! If you want this in your inbox, sign up here. We’re back after a brief hiatus, with lots of fintech news, including Robinhood’s latest acquisition, Plaid’s newest...
View ArticleAs Robinhood eyes global expansion, CEO says: ‘We’ve made a lot of progress’
Ten years ago, Robinhood was founded to “democratize” stock trading, or more simply, to make it more accessible for anyone to trade stocks. Over time, the now publicly traded company has broadened its...
View ArticleRobinhood brings its stock-trading platform to the UK, its first...
We knew it was coming, but stock-trading platform Robinhood is finally open for business in the U.K. — its first international market since debuting in the U.S. more than a decade ago. Robinhood is...
View ArticleFollowing UK expansion, Robinhood brings crypto trading to EU
Robinhood’s long-awaited international expansion is at full throttle. The consumer trading and investment app tailored to the younger generations is launching its crypto app to all eligible users in...
View ArticleFintech’s biggest hits and misses of 2023
As 2023 comes to a close, we’re here to look back at the biggest fintech stories of the year. Silicon Valley Bank’s implosion felt like a fintech story in that a number of startups (Brex, Arc and...
View ArticlePayPal Ventures’ first AI investment, a credit-based dating app and...
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! This week, we’re looking at a new finance-based dating app, Robinhood’s earnings results and the startup in which PayPal Ventures made its...
View ArticleRobinhood’s new credit card goes after Apple Card with ability to invest...
Eight months after acquiring credit card startup X1 for $95 million, Robinhood announced today the launch of its new Gold Card, with a list of features that could even give Apple Card users envy....
View ArticleTechCrunch Minute: Robinhood’s credit card has arrived to take on Apple and...
Robinhood’s new credit card was revealed Tuesday, and though it’s only available for Robinhood Gold members, the Gold Card does have a feature that’s spurring headlines: the ability to invest cash-back...
View ArticleRobinhood’s new Gold Card, BaaS challenges and the tiny startup that caught...
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! This week, we’re looking at Robinhood’s new Gold Card, challenges in the BaaS space and how a tiny startup caught Stripe’s eye. To get a...
View ArticleIVP’s Eric Liaw talks Klarna controversy, sticky successions, and why the...
When IVP recently announced the closing of its 18th fund, I called Eric Liaw, a longtime general partner with the growth-stage firm, to ask a few questions. For starters, wringing $1.6 billion in...
View ArticleRobinhood acquires global crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200M
Stock-trading app Robinhood is diving deeper into the cryptocurrency realm with the acquisition of crypto exchange Bitstamp. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleDropbox hearts AI, the creator-platform wars and why we’re bullish on fake booze
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Mary Ann and Alex are back, and once again they tapped the...
View ArticleRobinhood is on a quest to dive deeper into crypto
The platform might not be as highly technical as one that’s crypto-focused, but Robinhood is doing research to understand what customers want and are missing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved....
View ArticleRobinhood’s crypto bet, AI-powered healthcare, and Fisker’s fall
As always, there was a lot happening in startup land this week, and the Equity team had so much fun breaking it down for you. On today’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Mary Ann and Rebecca...
View ArticleRobinhood snaps up Pluto to add AI tools to its investing app
Investment app Robinhood is adding more AI features for investors with its acquisition of AI-powered research platform Pluto Capital, Inc. Announced on Monday, the company says that Pluto will allow...
View ArticleUprise wants to help small businesses make better financial decisions
Small business creation has been on the rise in the U.S. since the pandemic. There are a lot of tech tools designed to help these companies with things like payroll or setting up retirement benefits —...
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