Just in: Walmart is creating a fintech startup with Ribbit Capital, one of the investment firms behind Robinhood. It will develop financial services and products for Walmart customers and employees. $WMT cnbc.com/2021/01/11/wal…

Mega-rounds are expected to continue in 2021 as millennial-friendly brokerages like Robinhood expand to become full-fledged financial services firms, according to Anisha Kothapa CB Insights investmentnews.com/wealthtech-fun… via InvestmentNews

This is hands down Steve McLaughlin FT team’s best work. There’s enough momentum to make this a quarterly report. For sourcing, hope they add a nomination form. ftpartners.docsend.com/view/mszp2ubbe…

BANG. BANG.

Reporting by @rebeccaayers234 and insights from Anisha Kothapa CB Insights

Stripe is now the most valuable private U.S. company (topping SpaceX) at $95 billion 💸 Comes after massive growth in online economy during pandemic... x3 last valuation. Investors: Allianz, Fidelity, Sequoia Capital, Baillie Gifford AND the sovereign wealth fund of Ireland 🇮🇪

Check out the brief I wrote on Big Tech in Lending! #amazon #facebook #google #apple #bigtech #fintech #cbinsights The Big Tech In Lending Report: How Amazon, Facebook, Google, & Apple Are Battling For The $3T+ Market cbinsights.com/research/repor… via CB Insights

My colleague, Elif Yayla, and I just published the very first CB Insights State of Wealth Tech Report! Check it out here! #fintech #wealthtech #cbinsights cbinsights.com/research/repor… via CB Insights

Modern Card Issuer Marqeta is going public! Take a look at the brief I wrote analyzing Marqeta's recent S-1 filing. #payments #fintech #cbinsights #marqeta cbinsights.com/research/marqe… via CB Insights

I created a market map on 50+ companies pushing buy now, pay later across the globe. Check it out here! #fintech #cbinsights #bnpl #buynowpaylater cbinsights.com/research/buy-n…

The B2B payments fintech market is heating up as these companies transform aspects of the payments value chain — from point-of-sale systems to API integrations to crypto. Check out the market map here! #fintech #payments #B2B #cbinsights cbinsights.com/research/b2b-p… via CB Insights

Afterpay + Square! squareup.com/us/en/press/sq…

1/ Why is “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) an early threat to trillions of dollars of market cap - Visa (almost $500B), MasterCard ($350B), card issuing banks, acquiring banks/services (Fiserv, FIS, Global Payments, etc)?

Buy now, pay later: interest has surged (just check out its earning calls mentions) along with adoption, as more and more players move into the space. But how big will #BNPL really get? Our very own senior #fintech analyst Anisha Kothapa has some insights. #CBIFutureFintech

Anisha Kothapa 1) BNPL is cheaper, more efficient, and reaches more people 🧑‍💻 2) BNPL is embedded in the checkout experience (e.g. you see Affirm’s logo in the buying process on a retail website) 🛒 3) Credit cards charge hidden fees & interest rates, BNPL is transparent 💸 #CBIFutureFintech

It was a record year for global & US fintech funding, mega-rounds, unicorns, M&A exits, and more. Check out our State of Fintech report now for more insights! #fintech #banking #payments #lending #wealthtech #insurtech #capitalmarkets cbinsights.com/research/repor… via CB Insights

Are you a Payments Leader? Do you want to know what the top payments tech markets are? Check out this report I wrote where I evaluated 12 tech markets that payments leaders should monitor, vet, and prioritize! #payments #fintech cbinsights.com/research/repor… via CB Insights

2021 was a record year for global payments funding, deals, & mega-rounds. Check out our State of Payments 2021 report to learn more! #fintech #payments #funding #investment #cbinsights cbinsights.com/research/repor… via CB Insights

1/ “BigCo X offers installment payments on existing payment rails” is not really competition to a wide set of use cases that Buy Now, Pay Later enables, because without allowing the merchant or manufacturer to lower the interest rate or extend the term, it doesn’t change behavior