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Cash management — tracking who needs to pay an invoice and whether it’s been done — can make or break a business. Now, a startup building SaaS software to help finance departments manage this more intelligently is announcing some funding to expand after seeing strong demand. Growfin, a Singapore- and San Francisco–based fintech startup that […]

Growfin’s AI-based cash collection SaaS expands further to US and Asia by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

The Ethereum layer-2 space is continuing to see strong demand as one of its largest scaling solutions, Arbitrum, is seeing renewed growth

Arbitrum co-founders see opportunity for continued layer-2 growth through DeFi, gaming by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

SiriusXM, the satellite radio company and Pandora owner, disclosed today it’s laying off 475 employees, representing 8% of its workforce. In an email sent to employees, CEO Jennifer Witz said the cuts would impact “nearly every department” across the company, and follow a review of SiriusXM’s operations announced in November that aimed to identify areas […]

SiriusXM announces layoffs of 475 people, or 8% of its total workforce by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is Alex and we are here to do our Monday show, a kickoff for the week that covers startup news, tech news, and a little bit of the money that powers both. Sound […]

We’d give an arm and a leg for an ARM IPO filing by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

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Only 5 days left to save $1,000 on Disrupt passes by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

After a slow start in the UK and Europe, open banking is catching on with fintechs, who are using APIs to access banking data and rails and using them as an alternative to traditional credit networks to build products. Now, a UK-based consumer lending service called Abound is doubling down on its ambitions in the […]

Open banking startup Abound nabs $601M to supercharge its AI-based consumer lending platform by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch