Stripe’s valuation soars 74% to $159 billion

Stripe has conducted another tender offer, where employees sell shares. Investors include Thrive Capital, Coatue, a16z, and Stripe itself

Allica Bank to become UK’s latest fintech unicorn, following $155M funding round, according to report

UK challenger business bank Allica Bank is to become the latest UK fintech unicorn, following a $155m (£111m) Series D funding round, according to a report. Allica is expected to announce tomorrow t…

Final 4 days to save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass

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The Unified Future Of Finance: Three Trends To Watch In 2026

Forget clicking through menus, this year natural language UX and agentic AI will replace buttons and do the deep thinking for you.

Checkout.com says 2025 full-year profitable, ups headcount

London-headquartered payments fintech Checkout.com today said it upped headcount by double digits last year to 2,000 staff, and pointed to the diversity of its merchant partners to indicate the robust…

Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow to fix cross-border B2B payments

Stripe and PayPal Ventures have participated in Xflow’s $16.6 million round that gives it a post-money valuation of $85 million.

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Super Early Bird pricing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ends February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. That means you have just 6 days left to secure up to $680 of ticket savings.

This Fintech Is Winning With Hispanic Immigrants. Now It Has To Survive Trump.

Común allows immigrants to open a free checking account online with a foreign ID and to send money to relatives back home at a reasonable cost.

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