Mary Ann Azevedo

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Is That Invoice Legit? Iridium Credit Raises $3M to Help Lenders Find Out

Oct 7, 2026

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Is That Invoice Legit? Iridium Credit Raises $3M to Help Lenders Find Out

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Exclusive: Beltic Raises $7.3M to Help Businesses Keep AI Agents in Check

Sep 30, 2026

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Exclusive: Beltic Raises $7.3M to Help Businesses Keep AI Agents in Check

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Exclusive: To Build Its Mortgage AI, Elio Bought a Brokerage First

Sep 29, 2026

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Exclusive: To Build Its Mortgage AI, Elio Bought a Brokerage First

Mary Ann Azevedo

Exclusive: Aqua Raises $15M To Build Infrastructure for a Growing Alternative Investment Market

Sep 9, 2026

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4 min read

Exclusive: Aqua Raises $15M To Build Infrastructure for a Growing Alternative Investment Market

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Stripe Expands its Startup Toolkit with Clerky Acquisition

Aug 27, 2026

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Stripe Expands its Startup Toolkit with Clerky Acquisition

Mary Ann Azevedo

Breaking

Boom raises $15M Series A to bring fintech-style underwriting to rental housing

Aug 18, 2026

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4 min read

Boom raises $15M Series A to bring fintech-style underwriting to rental housing

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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4 min read

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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3 min read

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