According to Ravi Venkatesan, CEO of Cantaloupe, the CHEQ acquisition aligns squarely with Cantaloupe’s mission. “We want to move as much commerce as possible to self-service commerce, and we want to be the technology that powers that self-service commerce,” he said. “It's really that simple.”
Read MoreMaybe above all else, ask yourself this: If you’re not pining for a $3,499 isolationist “iPad for your face,” then why would others?
Read MoreIn a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Fluent Ventures’s Alex Lazarow looks back at his time at Omidyar Network and sets the record straight on the effects and ethics of impact investing.
Read MoreTaking a look at publicly listed tech companies’ payments-focused strategies suggest that payments will remain a cash cow and focus of investment this year across fundraising fora—not just VCs and private markets.
Read MoreIntroverts or not, consumers continue to approach in-person commerce as a productive, social, and non-fungible practice.
Read MoreTo Dave Baxter, CEO of Solutions by Text, the expansion into embedded payments is a logical next step for SBT that ultimately benefits consumers. “Bill pay isn’t going away,” Baxter said, citing its place as 30% of consumer spend.
Read MoreIn a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Fluent Ventures’s Alex Lazarow looks at the trends and debates shaping fintech in the coming year.
Read MoreOnsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with Corinna Stukan, VP of Product at Stellar Elements.
Read MoreOnsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with Raj Sundaresan, CEO of Altimetrik.
Read MoreOnsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with sat down with Tracy Monson, Chief Product Officer at Onbe, discussing check fraud, security-focused product development, and the future of payouts solutions as new technologies emerge.
Read MoreOnsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with sat down with Ricardo Amper, CEO & Founder of Incode, discussing the identity stalwart’s plans for expansion, and diving into the relationship between public trust and Incode’s growth strategy.
Read MoreOnsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with Bradford Giles, SVP of Marketing and Sales Enablement at Ingenico, discussing how a range of technological developments in the payments space are upending merchant-consumer interactions.
Read MoreIn a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Fluent Ventures’s Alex Lazarow looks at the misconceptions surrounding down-rounds—and fundraising writ large.
Read MoreWhat “responsible growth” at Binance specifically entails is not fully known—but some details are beginning to emerge in the wake of the DOJ’s settlement.
Read MoreOnsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with Emma Kisby, CEO of Cogo EMEA, discussing the state of green fintech—and the major institutional hurdles that remain in the path to decarbonization.
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