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New: Credit card startup Imprint is growing fast–it hit $70 million in revenue in 2024 (and burned $35 million), up from $15 million in 2023. Does it have a shot against giant branded-card issuers like Synchrony and Capital One? Our story: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Digital bank Aspiration attracted celebrity investors and a $2.3 billion valuation before the fintech bust. Now cofounder Joseph Sanberg is charged with committing fraud to borrow on its inflated stock: forbes.com/sites/stephenp…. By Stephen Pastis.

The CFPB is on pause -- should fintechs take advantage? Our latest story here: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Plaid raised $575 million in funding at a $6.1 billion valuation, down more than 50% from the $13.4 billion it reached in 2021. Most of the new fundraise will go toward an upcoming tax bill and to let employees cash out: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Fintech lenders’ stocks have fallen more than 20% since last Wednesday, about twice the drop of the S&P 500. Our story on what’s going on and how fintech startups are reacting so far: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

NEW: Fintech's latest trend is AI agents for investment research. Companies ranging from Robinhood to 10-person NYC startups are offering them: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

NEW: In ‘07, Cristina Etcheberry’s dad launched the first company to challenge Chile’s payment processing monopoly. Now for her fintech Toku, she has secured the largest ever Series A fundraise for a female-founded Latin American tech startup: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Trump appointees are meeting privately with/a Peter Thiel-backed fintech firm, eying it for work on the government's massive $700 billion charge card program. Insiders & experts told me & Chris Bing the whole process has been highly irregular. propublica.org/article/trump-…

Block’s stock fell by 20% after its Q1 earnings and is off 25% vs. five years ago. Now Jack Dorsey is trying everything from traditional sales reps to bitcoin mining chips to revive growth: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Rippling says its valuation reached $16.8 billion in a new fundraise and tender offer:

Chime finally filed to go public. Its SEC filing confirms Forbes’ prior reporting on Chime’s strong growth in 2024: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

NEW: Our deep investigation into how private equity-owned companies are quietly pocketing class action payouts: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Chime is aiming to go public at an $11 billion valuation: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…. Interesting fact: Chime’s debit card was first publicly announced on the Dr. Phil show in 2014. Today, Jay McGraw, Dr. Phil’s son and a TV producer, owns 5.5 million shares of Chime, which will be