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TikTok is building a super app, and most of its users have not noticed yet

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TikTok is no longer just a video app. The platform has spent the past year adding hotel bookings, in-app commerce, sports hubs, casual games, microdramas, and a fintech licence application, building out the infrastructure of what the industry calls a “super app,” a single destination that handles tasks users currently spread across a dozen different […]

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Airwallex raises $320m at an $11bn valuation, betting on agentic finance

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A 38% jump in valuation over six months is the kind of figure that tells you where investor appetite has gone. Airwallex, the global payments company, has raised $320m in a Series H round that values it at $11bn, up from $8bn in December 2025. The raise is being directed squarely at the part of […]

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Hackers stole three million dollars from Polymarket users through a compromised third-party vendor

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Polymarket confirmed on Thursday that hackers stole funds from users after a third-party vendor was compromised, allowing malicious code to be injected into the prediction market’s website. Blockchain monitoring firm PeckShield estimated the losses at roughly three million dollars worth of cryptocurrency, drained from more than 11 victims. The company said in a post on […]

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Taktile raises $110M to automate banking’s riskiest calls

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Taktile has raised $110m in a Series C led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The startup wants banks and insurers to hand their riskiest decisions to AI agents, the calls that cost millions when they go wrong. Banks and insurers spend billions on people to screen risky transactions, process claims and vet new customers. Get one […]

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Airwallex raises $320M at an $11bn valuation

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Airwallex has raised $320M at an $11bn valuation, up from $8bn in December. The payments company is now pivoting to “autonomous finance” and AI agents that transact on your behalf. Airwallex, the global payments platform, has raised $320m in a Series H round. The deal values the company at $11bn, up from $8bn in December […]

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Alan raises €480M led by Prosus at a €5.5bn valuation

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French insurtech Alan has raised €480M led by Prosus at a €5.5bn valuation, just months after its last round. The Paris company is betting that AI-driven prevention can reshape health insurance. Alan, the French health insurance company, has raised €480m ($550m). The deal values the Paris firm at €5.5bn ($6.3bn). Dutch investor Prosus led the […]

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Meta’s new prediction market app Arena could bring betting to 3 billion users

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Mark Zuckerberg has directed a small team at Meta to build a smartphone app that would compete with prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The app, internally called Arena, would operate independently from Facebook and Instagram. Meta declined to comment. Arena would initially use a video-game-style points system […]

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Robinhood is raising $2 billion in zero-coupon convertible bonds to buy back stock

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Robinhood Markets is raising two billion dollars through a sale of convertible senior notes due October 2029, joining a surge of zero-coupon convertible issuance from technology companies betting that investors will accept no interest in exchange for equity upside. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are leading the offering, according to Bloomberg, with a greenshoe option that […]

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Meta buys a fifth of Cred, and a new WhatsApp boss

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Meta is paying $900mn for a fifth of Cred, an Indian fintech. The bigger prize is its founder, Kunal Shah, who will now run WhatsApp. Meta has found its next WhatsApp boss the way it now likes to find people: by writing a cheque. On Monday, the company said it would invest $900mn in Cred. […]

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Warren raises €10M to fix Belgium’s broken workplace pensions

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The typical Belgian works for about 40 years and retires with a workplace pension worth less than a second-hand car. Warren, a Ghent-based fintech, wants to fix that. The company has raised €10mn in a seed round led by Motive Ventures, the venture arm of transatlantic investor Motive Partners. F Capital joined, alongside returning backers […]

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