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Marqeta rolls out instant card-tokenization service

Payments Source

The Oakland, Calif.-based based startup’s Marqeta Tokenization-as-a-Service enables banks or fintechs to instantly add credit, debit or prepaid cards to a digital wallet by directly managing tokens instead of going through a third party, Marqeta announced on Tuesday.

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Goldman Sachs To Acquire Credit Card Company Final

Bank Innovation

Goldman Sachs has agreed to purchase fintech startup firm Final, as a part of its efforts to expand in retail-banking products. Oakland-based Final is a credit card service, which announced that it would close its card portfolio back in December. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Marqeta Sees Opportunity in Europe Thanks to $45 Million in Funding

Bank Innovation

Card-issuing platform Marqeta sees a lot of potential in working with challenger banks across Europe, and to fuel this opportunity, the Oakland, Calif.-based based company took in $45 million in funding, Jason Gardner, founder and CEO, told Bank Innovation. The new round, announced today, […].

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Marqeta acquires Power Finance for $275M

BankInovation

Payments fintech Marqeta announced today it will acquire credit card management platform Power Finance in an all-cash transaction to help supplement its credit offerings. The Oakland, Calif.-based based fintech (NASDAQ: […]

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How A Bank And A FinTechs Are Jointly Cracking The Code On Financial Inclusion

PYMNTS

The favored narrative about banks and FinTech startups is generally not a love story. Whereas FinTechs are undoubtedly newer and faster – risen from the digital age to put banks out of business – they aren’t always able to take deposits or keep some of those associated warranties. Usually, it is more of an all-out war story.

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Fintech Startup of the Week: Challenger Jiko Buys a $100M U.S. Bank

Fintech Labs Insights

At one time or another, every consumer fintech company wonders if they should buy a bank. But most fintech startups want to buy a ticket to the financial rails, not a large customer base. But we haven’t seen a pre-revenue, basically a stealth fintech startup, buy a bank. The 18 Fintech Startups in the 2020 INC 500.

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First Look: The 56 Fintech Companies in YC’s Latest Batch (W21)

Fintech Labs Insights

Early on, fintech startups were a small part of its class, although Stripe (S09) and Coinbase (S12) were notable (and extremely profitable) exceptions. When I looked at YCvalums in mid-2014 , there had been just 40 fintech grads in its first 10 years. Oakland, CA. Debit rewards card for gamers. Cards #Rewards.