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Revisiting Jumia’s JForce scandal and Citron’s short-sell claims

In advance of Jumia’s November financial reporting, it’s worth revisiting the company’s second-quarter results, the downside of which included some negative news beyond losses. The A

Apple rolls out Apple Card Preview to select users

Apple Card is getting its first group of public test users today. A limited amount of customers that signed up to be notified about the release of Apple Card are getting the ability to apply for the c

Flybits nabs $35M to build consumer recommendation engines for the financial sector

Financial service companies like banks have seen some of their business cannibalised over the years with the rise of digital-based alternatives — often in the form of apps — that provide l

The rise of the new crypto “mafias”

Ash Egan Contributor Ash Egan leads crypto investing at Accomplice. He formerly was a VC at ConsenSys Ventures and Converge. In the early 2000s, journalists popularized the term “PayPal mafia&#8

Symphony, a messaging app that’s been a hit with Wall Street, raises $165M at a $1.4B valuation

Slack’s rapid rise and upcoming IPO are clear signs of the ripe opportunity to be had in the field of enterprise messaging. Today, a startup that’s built a messaging product specifically f

India’s largest mobile wallet company Paytm now offers a credit card

Paytm, India’s largest mobile wallet app, has branched out to several businesses in recent years as threat from Google and Facebook grows. On Tuesday, it added another category to the list: credit c

The robot-recruiter is coming — VCV’s AI will read your face in a job interview

With remote working becoming more of a norm than ever before, remote interviews have, in turn, become a necessity. But how can you truly assess someone from these? In addition, it’s easy to miss gre

Meet the startups in the latest Alchemist class

Alchemist is the Valley’s premiere enterprise accelerator and every season they feature a group of promising startups. They are also trying something new this year: they’re putting a reser

Facebook taps banks, but for chatbots not purchase data like Google

Backlash swelled this morning after Facebook’s aspirations in financial services were blown out of proportion by a Wall Street Journal report that neglected how the social network already works

Jirnexu pulls in $11M for its financial comparison service in Southeast Asia

It’s been a busy week for startup funding in Southeast Asia. Following big deals for Carro and Carousell, financial comparison startup Jirnexu is the latest to announce new capital after it clos

Butterfly nabs $2.4M seed round to improve managers with targeted tips

One of life's puzzles that eludes me most is how a person could enjoy corporate trainings enough to spend their time designing and running them. Perhaps only with disdain for the status quo can a star

Citibank Is Working On Its Own Digital Currency, Citicoin

In a move that should be of no surprise to anyone familiar with the space, Citibank has admitted to running a test platform for digital currencies and is pondering its own solution, CitiCoin. Accordin

Whoops: NFC Partner Spoils Google's Surprise Tomorrow. ViVOtech One Partner. Citibank Too?

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Terra-Gen Power Closes $1.2B in Financing to Build Nation's Largest Wind Farm

<img src='http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/terra-gen-logo.jpg' class="snap_nopreview shot2" alt="Terra-Gen Logo" /><a href="http://http://www.crunchbase.com/company/terra-gen-power">Ter

In Wake Of Fabulis Debacle, Citibank Makes Changes To Internet Business Policy

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/fabulis.jpg" class="shot2" />Last week, Citibank found itself in the eye of an Internet storm after it was revealed that the bank had <a href=

Does Citibank Suffer From Homophobia Or Just A General Dislike For Startups?

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/fabulis.jpg" class="shot2" />I just finished reading a very unsettling blog post by serial entrepreneur <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/per

Hooray, my credit/debit card now has RFID!

Guess who’s credit/debit card now has RFID? Yup, apparently I used my old card at a highly insecure location within the past few days, so much so that Citibank had to rush me a new card. And luc

3G iPhone within six months says subprime-ravaged Citibank

[photopress:citiphone.jpg,full,center] Given the bank’s top notch performance during that whole subprime thing, would you trust Citibank’s opinion on anything these days? One of its fancy