FinTech
Apple is turning your iPhone into fintech service taking on PayPal, Affirm and more
Apple Pay Later Courtesy: Apple Inc. Apple is turning into a fintech company. The company announced several new features for the iPhone’s Wallet app at its developers conference Monday that directly compete with products from other fintech companies like Affirm and PayPal. The big one: a buy now, pay later service called Apple Pay Later. […]
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OnlyFans says it’s not seeing a Netflix-like slowdown in subscribers despite rising inflation
In this photo illustration, the OnlyFans logo is displayed on a smartphone. Sheldon Cooper | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images AMSTERDAM — OnlyFans is not experiencing a slowdown in subscribers like Netflix even as people grapple with rising prices, executives at the company said Tuesday. “We’re not experiencing that slowdown,” Keily Blair, OnlyFans’ […]
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$40 billion payments giant Checkout.com starts accepting stablecoins in major crypto push
The logo for payments start-up Checkout.com. Checkout.com AMSTERDAM — Online payments company Checkout.com says it will settle payments for its merchants round-the-clock using stablecoins, making it the last major financial services firm taking the plunge into crypto. The start-up, which competes with the likes of PayPal and Stripe, said Tuesday it is launching a feature […]
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Lawmaker who wrote New York crypto mining bill explains: ‘It’s not a ban’
Bitcoin offices in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 11, 2022. Umit Turhan Coskun/NurPhoto via Getty Images New York State Assemblymember Anna Kelles is tired of all the fear-mongering about the bill she wrote — and sponsored — to place a two-year moratorium on certain types of new cryptocurrency mines in the state. The fate of the […]
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More than 46,000 people have lost more than $1 billion to crypto scams since 2021, says FTC
The crypto market can be volatile, but it’s still attractive to young people who have “higher risk appetites,” said Chris Adam of SharpRank. Insta_photos | Istock | Getty Images More than 46,000 people say they lost over $1 billion in crypto to scams since the start of 2021, according to a report released by the […]
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New York just passed a bitcoin mining ban — here’s everything that’s in it
Following an early morning vote in Albany on Friday, lawmakers in New York passed a bill to ban new bitcoin mining operations. The measure now heads to the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul, who could sign it into law or veto it. If Hochul signs the bill, it would make New York the first state […]
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Coinbase extends hiring pause for ‘foreseeable future’ and plans to rescind some offers
Brian Armstrong, cofounder and CEO of Coinbase speaks onstage during ‘Tales from the Crypto: What the Currency of the Future Means for You’ at Vanity Fair’s 6th Annual New Establishment Summit at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on October 23, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images Two weeks after […]
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Wall Street and the problem of “way too many publicly traded fintechs”
In this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 years later. A decade ago, the idea that an investment industry customer preferred to never speak with a human being seemed questionable. But it was among the soundbites from the robo-advisory firm Wealthfront, which came to market […]
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Winklevoss twins’ Gemini cutting 10% of its staff, saying ‘crypto winter’ is here
Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss (L-R), creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co. on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Billionaire bitcoiners Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are laying off 10% of the […]
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Do Kwon is unlikely to face prison time for $60 billion UST crypto wipeout — fines and lawsuits are more likely
Do Kwon, co-founder and chief executive officer of Terraform Labs, leaves the company’s office in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Woohae Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Do Kwon, the 30-year-old South Korean founder of a $60 billion stablecoin project that imploded last month, has a knack for convincing people to buy […]
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