In this edition, Fontinalis partner Chris Stallman describes his life-long passion for finance and his favorite 2022 FreightTech themes.
B2B e-commerce is exploding, but payments processes are not keeping up, turning what should be a seamless experience into a frustrating process for many.
PayPal customers will now be able to use their Venmo accounts to make purchases on Amazon.
Square posted a 45% increase in revenue, but lower-than-expected bitcoin revenue dampened analysts’ enthusiasm for the Q3 results.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller describes the current and future opportunities in supply chain technology.
The fintech company is tapping into a nationwide payments system infrastructure to get gig workers paid within seconds.
FreightWaves examines 5 deals and partnerships that highlight how fintech can improve FreightTech offerings.
Square will acquire buy-now, pay-later firm Afterpay in a $29 billion stock transaction.
Available in late 2021, the company’s card will allow drivers to facilitate transactions anywhere Visa is accepted.
Circle, which offers cryptocurrency-based payments for internet transactions, raised $440 million and is eyeing a potential SPAC deal.
PayPal reported its “strongest first-quarter results” in company history on Wednesday, posting $6.03 billion in revenue and a 46% increase in total payment volume.
Former PayPal executive John Lunn has returned to payments with Gr4vy, which has landed an $11.1 million Series A funding round.
Global payments technology provider Stripe has raised $600 million in a new funding round at a $95 billion valuation, making it the most expensive startup in the U.S.
Insight Partners’ investment will allow PayCargo to build new online freight payment services and tools for shippers, 3PLs and transportation providers.
PayCargo has become a force in the online payment of freight transportation bills and now offers coronavirus-impacted shippers and forwarders credit lines to smooth their cash flow.
Charley Dehoney spoke with the founder of BasicBlock, a blockchain startup based in Nebraska. Here is the story of the company’s success to-date.
The total amount of investment during the first quarter – $1.6 billion – is more than half of the $2.9 billion in venture capital invested for the full year 2018.
The financial tech and freight tech sectors both have a huge addressable market, and both have been traditionally resistant to change. Will the disruption continue, and what should we expect after similar patterns of explosive growth?
iLabX will be run in collaboration with L Marks, a corporate innovation specialist. The program will accept entries in four categories related to tech and transport.
Ever since Bitcoin gatecrashed into the financial market scenes in late 2009, the technology underlying the virtual currency has had people talking. Blockchain, a ledger of records arranged in data blocks, uses cryptographic validation to link themselves together, resembling an unending chain, and it is disrupting the way FinTech market works.
