Jeff Kauflin

Deserve, a credit card software company valued at $500 million in 2021, has faced a series of challenges–including having its largest customer, crypto lender BlockFi, go bankrupt.

As he looks towards a possible 2025 IPO, CEO Chris Britt opens up about his own history and Chime’s current business and future. Could Washington stomp on his plans?

Chime, the largest digital bank in America, was fined $3.25 million by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for long delays in getting customers their refun...

It took 14 years, but Wealthfront has finally become profitable—thanks to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Here’s how it intends to stay in the black.

With its stock down 80% from its pandemic high and its share of online payments slipping, the fintech pioneer and new CEO Alex Chriss need a win.

Ahead of a planned initial public offering in 2025, the San Francisco digital bank is expanding into the market for workplace rewards and financial wellness products.

Aven has hit a $1 billion valuation and is backed by big-name investors. But is it a good idea?

After being valued at $13.4 billion in 2021, fintech’s data plumber saw growth slow dramatically. Now CEO Zach Perret is moving aggressively into three new lines of business.

Former startup CEO Sima Gandhi, a lawyer and former Department of Treasury official, has organized the effort for voluntary guidelines.

Startups like TomoCredit and Albert, last valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, are the target of hundreds of consumer complaints.

Tomo’s CEO said it had received $100 million in loan commitments to fund its credit card, but it repeatedly missed payments and was hit with a lawsuit from Silicon Valley Bank.

Apply for our tenth annual Fintech 50 list, where we highlight the most promising private businesses reinventing finance through technology.

The big credit bureaus’ moves undercut Tomo’s claim that it reports to the bureaus and means its credit-boosting service can’t work as it says it does.

The fintech startup has raised $355 million in new debt financing. It offers consumer loans at brick-and-mortar merchants where other buy-now, pay-later lenders often have little or no presence.

The results of the presidential and congressional elections will have far-reaching effects on the fintech industry.

From banking charters and bank-fintech partnerships to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, here’s how Trump’s win will likely affect the fintech industry.

With a new administration and GOP-controlled Congress, a wild swing in regulatory policy is coming to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, whose budget could be at risk.

These entrepreneurs, traders and investors are making an outsized impact in fintech, crypto and traditional financial services.

Despite having amassed more than $10 trillion in capital, private equity and private credit firms suffer from Byzantine, legacy accounting infrastructure. Fintech startup Maybern makes software that automates tens of thousands of complex calculations, ensuring that partners’ paychecks are accurate and on time.

A new lawsuit against credit-building company TomoCredit is claiming trademark infringement and unfair competition. The fintech has also been scrubbing its website of some of its bona fides.