Tuesday, October 29, 2024
|
|
|
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week we’re looking at a company making a rare entrance into India’s significant — but locked-down — banking market and a new lawsuit facing SoLo Funds.
|
|
|
Indian fintech Slice seals bank merger
Slice has completed its merger with North East Small Finance Bank, marking a rare instance of a startup successfully entering India’s tightly regulated banking sector. The merger transforms Slice into a banking entity following months of regulatory scrutiny — and gives the startup access to capital at lower cost and direct control over its lending operations.
According to an email sent to customers, Slice will maintain its existing digital payment and lending services as well as expand into traditional banking with offerings like savings accounts and investment products.
|
|
|
Image Credits: TechCrunch
|
|
|
Finix raised $75 million for its biggest push yet against competitor Stripe. CEO and founder Richie Serna told TechCrunch that becoming a payment processor was “hugely transformational” for the business, and a main driver of the fundraise. Serna says Finix has quadrupled its revenue in the last year, but there’s still a long way to go to compete with Stripe’s customer base.
Upflow is a startup that originally focused on managing outstanding invoices. But the company is now announcing a shift in its strategy to become a B2B payment platform with its own payment gateway to complement its accounts receivable automation solution.
Remote, an HR platform for managing geographically distributed teams, is doubling down on its focus on managing equity compensation with a new product: Remote Equity. Thanks to a new partnership, companies using Carta to manage their cap table can now draft and issue option grants in Carta and include international employees.
SoLo Funds is facing a new class action lawsuit. The suit, first reported by Bloomberg, accuses SoLo Funds of misleading consumers by advertising zero-interest fees on loans yet encouraging “tip fees” and “donation fees” to obtain said loans. The complaint alleges these are hidden fees that are hard to opt out of, making the company’s loans more expensive than borrowers expected.
|
|
|
Featured jobs from Crunchboard
|
|
|
Senior Data Warehouse SQL Developer, Washington Dept. of Natural Resources (Olympia, WA)
Pharmacy Epic Application Analyst, OFFSITE (Toppenish, WA)
Chief Technology Officer, Mary McDowell Friends School (Brooklyn, NY)
Senior Software Engineer, Dyna Robotics (San Francisco, CA)
IT Technology Analyst, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Middletown, PA)
|
|
|
Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter.
|
|
|
Update your preferences here at any time
|
|
Copyright © 2024 TechCrunch, All rights reserved.Yahoo Inc. 110 5th St,San Francisco,CA
|
|
|
|
|
