California-based founder Harshdeep Rapal questioned why Shah chose to leave his profitable startup CRED for a Silicon Valley job.

Here’s why layoffs happened anyway, despite business being strong.

Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services, has filed for bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down.

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Kurt Schlosser on Jul 23, 2025 at 8:00 am July 23, 2025 at 11:56 am Participants in the ...

GIFT City invites applications for its second fintech cohort, offering six months of mentorship and support for early-stage start-ups.

From fintech giant Stripe to six-year-old startup Justt, which helps companies recover revenue lost to illegitimate chargebacks, seven payment companies made our eleventh annual Fintech 50 list. After a heady year of growth in 2024, payments companies had ...

Aven, a startup aimed at homeowners who want to tap their equity without the hassle of a traditional loan, has secured some fresh funds of its own. The San Francisco-based fintech raised $110 million in a Series E round that values the company at $2.2 ...

A fintech company known for offering corporate credit cards and banking services tailored to e-commerce businesses has filed for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Parker Group, Inc., which emerged from the Y Combinator Winter 2019 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how fintech is disrupting the financial industry. Asia used to be the hottest region in the world for fintech funding, but that is no longer the case. In fact, funding fell ...

The fintech ecosystem is expanding at an unprecedented pace, driven by digital payments, neobanking, and embedded finance. Yet behind the growth headlines lies a stark truth: most fintech startups never reach sustainable scale. The primary reason isn’t ...