Financial Services

It’s testing a virtual card tool that would remove online checkout friction and make transactions more secure

The debt and equity raise highlights the heightened demand for earned wage access amid a shaky economic environment

These self-aware young customers know that their mental health drives their financial behavior. They need help making better saving and spending decisions.

Google can access the UPI’s more than 300 million users by helping travelers make transactions abroad and send remittances with the UPI

It’s trying to catch up to Apple Pay, which added support for Venmo cards in October

On today's podcast episode, our contestants compete in The Great Behind the Numbers Take Off, 2024 health trends edition, where they will try and cook up the most interesting predictions for the coming year. They'll discuss why healthcare is going to be a hyper-partisan issue in the 2024 US election campaigns; how that will affect how people think about and deal with their own healthcare going forward; and why the coming year will create unprecedented challenges for patients when it comes to affording care and treatment, leading them to explore other options for accessing and paying for care. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Rajiv Leventhal and Lisa Phillips.

Profits dropped when big banks got the bill for last year’s banking crisis—along with some other expenses.

It’s successfully built out services to engage users, but it faces growing competition from other remittance players

And they’re willing to change where they shop and what they buy based on product-specific discounts and rewards

Nu Mexico users can request remittances through WhatsApp, which could prove popular given the messaging platform’s large user base