SA fintech firms fail to profit from ‘high risk’ BNPL models
While the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) payment offering has seen tremendous growth in South Africa, most online retailers and BNPL providers have not been able to reap significant...
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Why Stripe slashed its intrinsic value to $63 billion
Is a lower valuation bad news?Photo: Brendan McDermid (Reuters) The payment company Stripe is constantly trimming the value. In its most recent revision, Stripe cut the...
Fintech stocks are lagging the rest of the market — should you buy or sell?
| Getty Images Important takeaways Fintech stocks have underperformed financial and technology companies over the past year as spending habits change due to inflationary pressures. As...
The Scam Exploiting Bitcoin and PayPal Invoice
PayPal Invoice is a service from the well-known payment gateway that allows people to create and send proforma invoices directly from their account: this time it...
How blockchain’s influence in cryptography could be a game changer
It seems that cryptographers are looking for the technology that will help the growth of studies, cryptography, to the next level, and blockchain is believed to...
How blockchain’s influence in cryptography could be a game changer
It seems that cryptographers are looking for the technology that will help the growth of studies, cryptography, to the next level, and blockchain is believed to...
Peter Thiel-backed “anti-woke” fintech startup GloriFi shuts down
Putting his money where his conservative ideas are.Photo: Marco Bello (Getty Images) GloriFi’s failure is proof of that ethos does not replace business acumen. The “anti-woke”...
It’s the ‘Real Answer’ – Kanye West, JPMorgan and PayPal Reveal ‘The Case for Bitcoin’
Banking giant JPMorgan has cut ties with billionaire rap mogul and former US presidential hopeful Kanye West, sparking criticism from the bitcoin and crypto community. Subscribe...
Why Bitcoin Is Not Like PayPal or Venmo – Bitcoin Magazine
This is an opinion editorial by Mark Maraia, an entrepreneur, author of “Rainmaking Made Simple” and a Bitcoiner. Bitcoin is not like PayPal or Venmo. This...
PayPal to conquer the crypto world
Almost simultaneously, PayPal and Western Union officially open to crypto services by registering a series of trademarks. As reflected in Chainalysis’ annual report on the prevalence...