In a blockbuster deal that rocks the fintech world, Square announced today that it is acquiring Australian buy now, pay later giant Afterpay in a $29 billion all-stock deal. The purchase price is base
Today’s children and teens want more power and control over their spending. And while there are a number of financial services and apps out there aimed at helping this demographic save and invest mo
With the proliferation of subscription services, combined with our lives becoming almost 100% digital, there’s a rising need to be able to manage these services. But most banks don’t have much of
Venmo this morning announced it will begin to offer a new check-cashing service, “Cash a Check,” in the Venmo mobile app. The feature, which is being rolled out to select users starting to
JoomPay, a startup with a similar product to PayPal-owned Venmo in the U.S., is set to launch in Europe shortly after being granted a Luxembourg Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license. The app all
Google is launching a major redesign of its Google Pay app on both Android and iOS today. Like similar phone-based contactless payment services, Google Pay — or Android Pay as it was known then
Venmo’s first credit card is here, a former Amazon employee is arrested for fraud and we review the Nest Audio smart speaker. This is your Daily Crunch for October 5, 2020. The big story: Venmo
Daybridge, a productivity and time management app by former Monzo engineer Kieran McHugh, has picked by £750,000 in a seed round led by early Monzo backer, Passion Capital. Also participating is a nu
Amie, a new productivity app from ex-N26 product manager Dennis Müller, has picked up $1.3 million in pre-seed funding to “kickstart” development and hiring. Backing 23-year-old Müller i
If you had plans to tuck a Jawbone UP3 under the tree for someone this year, it's probably time to start thinking about something else.
When Jawbone first told us about its plans to release a new f
Jawbone's <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/04/jawbone-up3/">new UP3</a> might be the company's priciest fitness tracker yet — but that doesn't mean it's not interested in the entry-level.
Jawbone has shown one of the more interesting ways data gathered on its platform might be used for large-scale population studies: The fitness tracker company looked at its cumulative UP data to find
Device makers are increasingly looking for ways to move the health tracking market forward, and a new patent filing from device maker Jawbone offers a clue to what might come next. Jawbone had a paten
While Jawbone’s UP fitness tracking wristband has always seemed to be relatively popular (at least around these parts), it’s done so despite one obvious quirk: in a world full of wirelessly-syncin
Jawbone <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sys-con.com/node/2585634">announced</a> today that its app for <a target="_blank" href="https://jawbone.com/up">UP</a>, the company's movement-tracking wris
I've had most of the week to wear the $129 Jawbone UP and I thought I'd offer a few impressions for those unsure which model pedometer to buy. I'm a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/Fitbit">Fitbit<
The Jawbone UP was the quantified human's favorite device. The pedometer/silent alarm/sleep sensor was a rubber bracelet that just sat there - you didn't have to do much except charge it every few wee
If you are lucky enough to own one of the <a href="http://jawbone.com/up/product">Jawbone UP bracelets</a> that doesn't <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5863822/jawbone-up-review-a-potentially-wonderful-th
All of the dudes in our office (okay, only <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/rahul-nihalani">Rahul</a>) want one of these <a href="http://jawbone.com/up">UP</a> bracelet things. Apparently the
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/upmovie.jpg" />(Note: this is a really sad post, so just skip it if you'd prefer to avoid that type of thing.) Everyone should now add Pi
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