Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Exclusive: Pinegap Raises $8 Million Series A to Build Out AI Agents for Wall Street Analysts

Aug 5, 2026

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Exclusive: Pinegap Raises $8 Million Series A to Build Out AI Agents for Wall Street Analysts

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Exclusive: From Self-Driving Cars to Self-Driving Money: Inside Rivo's Bet on Idle Cash

Aug 4, 2026

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4 min read

Exclusive: From Self-Driving Cars to Self-Driving Money: Inside Rivo's Bet on Idle Cash

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

What Capital One Learned from Taxi Medallions

Jul 16, 2026

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7 min read

What Capital One Learned from Taxi Medallions

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Exclusive: GrailPay Secures $10.5M Series A to Build the Trust Layer for Instant B2B Payments

Jun 25, 2026

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Exclusive: GrailPay Secures $10.5M Series A to Build the Trust Layer for Instant B2B Payments

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Exclusive: Ex-Goldman Tech Chief, Investor Taking On ‘Fragmented’ Wall Street Wealth Model With AI-Native Platform

Jun 22, 2026

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Exclusive: Ex-Goldman Tech Chief, Investor Taking On ‘Fragmented’ Wall Street Wealth Model With AI-Native Platform

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Exclusive: Meet Coverd, an A16z-Backed Fintech Startup That Wants to Gamify Your Coffee Run

Jun 18, 2026

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4 min read

Exclusive: Meet Coverd, an A16z-Backed Fintech Startup That Wants to Gamify Your Coffee Run

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Plaid Launches New AI Data Tools, Guaranteed Payments to Overhaul ACH

May 21, 2026

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4 min read

Plaid Launches New AI Data Tools, Guaranteed Payments to Overhaul ACH

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Exclusive: Tala Alumni Nab $3M in Coinbase-Led Round to Fix Southeast Asia’s SME Credit Crunch

May 21, 2026

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4 min read

Exclusive: Tala Alumni Nab $3M in Coinbase-Led Round to Fix Southeast Asia’s SME Credit Crunch

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Can You Trust a Bot with a Credit Card? J.P. Morgan’s Mike Lozanoff on Agentic Risk

May 7, 2026

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4 min read

Can You Trust a Bot with a Credit Card? J.P. Morgan’s Mike Lozanoff on Agentic Risk

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

The Future of Agentic Commerce: A Conversation with Amex's Global Head of Innovation

Apr 30, 2026

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4 min read

The Future of Agentic Commerce: A Conversation with Amex's Global Head of Innovation

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Facebook taps Stripe to enable one-click checkout with agentic commerce

Mar 24, 2026

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5 min read

Facebook taps Stripe to enable one-click checkout with agentic commerce

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Exclusive: Travel Platform Engine Expands Into Fintech With Launch of Corporate Card

Mar 10, 2026

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5 min read

Exclusive: Travel Platform Engine Expands Into Fintech With Launch of Corporate Card

Mary Ann Azevedo

Exclusive: Plaid CTO Talks AI Strategy, New Foundational Model to Power Next Phase of ‘Intelligent Finance’

Feb 19, 2026

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5 min read

Exclusive: Plaid CTO Talks AI Strategy, New Foundational Model to Power Next Phase of ‘Intelligent Finance’

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

Y Combinator Says That Startups Will Now Be Able to Receive Their Funding in Stablecoins

Feb 3, 2026

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4 min read

Y Combinator Says That Startups Will Now Be Able to Receive Their Funding in Stablecoins

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

Breaking

Slice Raises $25M Series A Led By Insight Partners For AI-Powered Global Equity Compliance

Jan 28, 2026

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4 min read

Slice Raises $25M Series A Led By Insight Partners For AI-Powered Global Equity Compliance

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

Breaking

Exclusive: Gusto launching payroll inside ChatGPT

Jan 20, 2026

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6 min read

Exclusive: Gusto launching payroll inside ChatGPT

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

Breaking

A look back, and a look ahead, at fintech IPOs

Jan 20, 2026

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8 min read

A look back, and a look ahead, at fintech IPOs

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

Breaking

Exclusive: MagicCube Raises $10M to Expand Beyond Tap-to- Phone, Adds Verifone as Investor

Jan 9, 2026

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4 min read

Exclusive: MagicCube Raises $10M to Expand Beyond Tap-to- Phone, Adds Verifone as Investor

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

Wealthfront shares closed up just 1% in IPO debut

Dec 12, 2025

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3 min read

Wealthfront shares closed up just 1% in IPO debut

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

Dec 3, 2025

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3 min read

Stripe Acquires Usage-Based Billing Software Startup Metronome For Reported $1B

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

Exclusive: Asseta AI Raises $4.2M To Build Accounting Software for Family Offices

Nov 18, 2025

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3 min read

Exclusive: Asseta AI Raises $4.2M To Build Accounting Software for Family Offices

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

Exclusive: District Cover Raises $6M To Help Urban Businesses Access Insurance

Nov 12, 2025

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3 min read

Exclusive: District Cover Raises $6M To Help Urban Businesses Access Insurance

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

UK & Europe

Stablecon Lands $750K Strategic Investment from Events Venture Group To Take Conference Global

Nov 3, 2025

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3 min read

Stablecon Lands $750K Strategic Investment from Events Venture Group To Take Conference Global

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

OneAM Lands $4.7M Seed Round Led by TTV To Grow 'Early Pay' Platform

Oct 23, 2025

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3 min read

OneAM Lands $4.7M Seed Round Led by TTV To Grow 'Early Pay' Platform

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1

Oct 15, 2025

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3 min read

Campfire Raises $65M in Series B Co-Led by Accel, Ribbit Just Months After Last Raise

Mary Ann Azevedo, +1