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35 New Jobs. 4 New Exclusive Roles

Plus can't miss roles at Greenlight, Cash App, Mercury, Upgrade, Wealthfront, and more...

Apr 23, 2025

Beyond the Forecast: Capital One's Strong Q1 Surprise

Carlos interviews Colin Gardiner about the impact of AI on marketplaces, particularly those used by fintech lenders like Credit Karma and NerdWallet. And much more....

Apr 17, 2025

Intuit Buys Deserve. Discloses Little. We Speculate Why...

Fintech frenzy: Major acquisitions, banks bet big on affiliates, PayPal hires Will Ferrell, late fee caps fall, Bolt launches a superapp challenger with debit rewards, and more...

Apr 11, 2025

25 New Jobs. Spotlight Role at Charlie (reader submitted)

Plus can't miss roles at Narmi, Credit Karma, Beyond Finance, Ethos, Rocket Money, PayPal, Upstart, Step, and more...

Apr 09, 2025

News for Fintech Marketers - Week of 4/9/25

What you need to know from: Jamie Dimon's Annual Letter, Tariffs, Navy Federal Credit Union, Citizens Bank, and more...

Apr 04, 2025

31 Jobs. Spotlight Role at Cardless (reader submitted)

Plus can't miss roles at Ouro, Affirm, Sunbit, Wealthfront, AffiniPay, Chime, and more...

Apr 02, 2025

The Free Toaster Credit Card - Apply Now!

Cleo AI Gets Caught With Deceptive Marketing, Affirm signs Stride Bank, Grasshopper grows, Instant expands, and credit card rewards face trouble.

Mar 28, 2025

36 Jobs. New Exclusive: SVP, Head of Growth

Plus can't miss roles at Capital One, BILT Rewards, Possible Finance, Nova Credit, and more

Mar 26, 2025

Chime Launches Instant Loans

Podcast: Launch Lending Products Faster with Tim Li (LendAPI), plus news from Capital One + Discover, United + Chase, Affirm + Experian, EarnIn, and Cross River

Mar 21, 2025

32 New Jobs. New Exclusive Role: Credit Analytics Consultant

Plus can't miss roles at Chime, EarnIn, Beyond Finance, Stripe, Wealthfront, Capital One, and more...

Mar 19, 2025

Klarna IPO Breakdown: It’s More Than a BNPL Company!

[New] Podcast with CEO of Fairnow.ai, Block approval for Cash App loans, Cash App’s bold "Cash In" marketing campaign, Augie’s game-changing credit card, Bolt’s super app dreams OakNorth’s U.S. expansion with Community Unity Bank

Mar 18, 2025

F1 Breakdown - With 93 million users and profitable, Klarna's IPO might redefine fintech valuations.

Klarna's hybrid payment model, powered by a proprietary payment network and AI-driven underwriting, targets a $450B market, driving $105B GMV, 93M active users, and profitability ahead of its IPO.