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  Cryptocurrency

  Stablecoins’ trillion-dollar rise meets the friction of traditional finance

  October 17, 2025

  As stablecoin transaction volumes soar, startups must overcome costly currency conversions and other bottlenecks to fulfill their promise.

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  Cryptocurrency

  VCs circle stablecoin-linked startups as supply hits $239B

  May 29, 2025

  The interest in stablecoins comes as top issuer Circle preps its anticipated IPO this year.

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  Regulation

  Crypto VCs ‘cautiously optimistic’ on Trump’s pick for SEC chair

  December 5, 2024

  Though liquid cryptocurrencies continued their 2024 climb on the news, the impact on crypto VC will take longer to play out.

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  Venture Capital

  Klarna files for long-awaited US IPO

  November 13, 2024

  Swedish buy-now, pay-later company has filed for a New York IPO that could give it a valuation of up to $20 billion

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  Corporate VC

  Fintech & Payments Public Comp Sheet and Valuation Guide

  October 8, 2023

  Our Fintech & Payments Public Comp Sheet and Valuation Guide tracks stock performance, revenue forecasts, and market caps of key publicly traded fintech & payments companies.

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  Fintech

  Market Map: Fintech payment startups hold their own in uncertain times

  August 15, 2022

  The payments segment has seen rapid change in recent years, leading to the rise of startups selling corporate credit cards, payroll software and checkout services.

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  Fintech

  Stripe bags $35B valuation as B2B payments sector matures

  September 18, 2019

  Online payments company Stripe has secured a $250 million round at a $35 billion pre-money valuation. Here’s a look at other key players and the most active investors in the B2B payments space.

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  Payments

  Mastercard moves on Nets units in its biggest acquisition

  August 5, 2019

  Mastercard has agreed to buy the majority of payment provider Nets’ corporate services businesses for €2.85 billion (around $3.19 billion).

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  M&A Report

  How legacy payments companies lean on M&A to compete with startups

  May 19, 2019

  M&A in the payments sector has ballooned since 2015, reaching $73.7 billion in deal value in the first quarter of 2019. What does that massive increase mean when it comes to the future of the industry?

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  M&A

  M&A Report

  April 30, 2019

  PitchBook’s M&A Report provides an overview of key factors shaping mergers and acquisitions each quarter and what will prove most impactful in the quarters to come.

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  M&A

  PitchBook Analyst Note: Payments Mega-Deals and the Dripping Disruption of Incumbents

  March 24, 2019

  This analyst note discusses recent payment mega-deals that underscore the gradual disruption of incumbent payment service providers.

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  Payments

  FIS, Worldpay line up $34B payments combination

  March 17, 2019

  Fidelity National Information Services has agreed to acquire Worldpay for around $34 billion in the payments sector’s latest mega-merger.

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  Fintech

  Snoop Dogg aims for another VC hit with Klarna deal

  January 16, 2019

  The US rapper is showing no sign of slowing down his VC activity, adding the Swedish payments unicorn to an already-impressive portfolio of investments.

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  Venture Capital

  This robot’s creator wants you to love it as much as a Disney character

  January 8, 2018

  On day 2, a former Disney tech consultant shows off his robot, industry experts discuss what digital payments will look like in five years, and it rains in the desert.

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  M&A

  Payments frenzy continues as TransferWise nears $1.5B valuation

  August 20, 2017

  IVP is reportedly near a deal to invest in the online payments specialist.

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