Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank with more than 4 million customers, has confirmed it has closed £60 million in top up funding. Backing the round are existing investors Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Accel, Stripe, Goodwater, Orange, Thrive, Passion Capital, along with new investors Reference Capital, and Vanderbilt University. One of fintech’s worst kept secrets, the
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Two former Pinterest employees who left the image-sharing company in late May publicly alleged in tweets on Monday that they had experienced racial discrimination in the workplace. Ifeoma Ozoma, who was Pinterest’s public policy and social impact manager, called the company’s recent solidarity with the anti-racism Black Lives Matter movement “a joke.” Companies have rushed
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Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service rolled out a system across Brazil on Monday that will allow users to send money to individuals or local businesses within a chat, attaching payment as they would a photo or video. WhatsApp tested the payment system in India beginning in 2018. The Brazil launch will be the first nationwide rollout and
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WhatsApp is adding support for in-app payments, Apple is upgrading the MacBook Pro and Mac Pro desktop and we argue about the future of startup hubs. Here’s your Daily Crunch for June 15, 2020. 1. WhatsApp finally launches payments, starting in Brazil After months of talks and trials, WhatsApp has finally pulled the trigger on
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Facebook is everywhere: on your PC, on your phone, and on your tablet. However, these days, just leaving a status update isn’t enough. Facebook has another way for you to communicate with your friends, family, and beyond… your camera. Advertisement Regardless of which device(s) you use to access Facebook, if there is a camera attached
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Indian oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Reliance Industries said on Sunday that the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) will buy 1.16 percent of its digital unit Jio Platforms for Rs. 5,683.50 crores rupees ($752 million). ADIA’s investment in Jio Platforms, which comprises Reliance’s telecoms arm Jio Infocomm and its music and video streaming apps, gives the unit an
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The OnePlus 8 Pro finally gets IP-certified waterproofing and wireless charging, after the company stubbornly ignored these trends for years. It’s like a dream come true for OnePlus fans. Other component improvements are a given, but by adding these two features, we finally get a OnePlus flagship smartphone, seemingly, free of compromises. It gets better.
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One of several features missing from Instagram is the ability to share links in captions. However, there are ways to bypass this problem so that you can add links to Instagram posts. Advertisement Although you can’t directly put a hyperlinked URL in your Instagram post, there are inventive ways to get around it, mainly by
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