No SSN, no problem, says Maza, a fintech startup aimed at undocumented immigrants
Want more fintech news in your inbox? Sign up here. While there are a multitude of fintech companies offering digital banking services to a variety of demographics, there has been one segment of the population that historically has been underserved even more than others: the undocumented immigrant. Because undocumented immigrants
Read morePayPal launches support for tap to pay on Android for merchants using Venmo and Zettle in the U.S.
PayPal announced today that the company is launching a tap-to-pay feature for merchants with an Android phone through the Venmo and Zettle apps in the U.S. As a reminder, PayPal owns both Venmo and Zettle. Last November, the company launched similar functionality for businesses to accept payments by tapping cards
Read moreWorkflow automation startup Parabola raises $24M
Parabola, a San Francisco-based startup that uses AI to help expedite back-office processes, particularly in the logistics and ecommerce sectors, today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series B funding round led by OpenView with participation from strategic investor Flexport alongside Matrix, Thrive, Flexport, Good Friends, Webflow, Otherwise
Read moreMemphis.dev looks to simplify event streaming with open source and SaaS products
Startups have been looking for ways to disrupt event streaming, popularized in the last decade by Kafka, the open source event streaming platform. Just this week we looked at Redpanda getting a $100 million Series C for its event streaming platform, and today Memphis.dev, an earlier stage startup announced a
Read moreAsk Sophie: How do we relocate Ukrainian and Russian team members to the U.S.?
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by
Read moreProton launches its password manager Proton Pass
A couple of months after unveiling Proton Pass, Proton — the company behind end-to-end encrypted email service Proton Mail — is officially launching its password manager to everyone. As a reminder, Proton Pass is an end-to-end encrypted password manager for individuals and (soon) families. Everybody should use a password manager
Read moreChina’s AI firms might further lose chip access in new US ban
The U.S. is weighing additional restrictions on AI chip export to China amid rising concerns over the use of advanced semiconductors for military modernization. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Commerce could prohibit shipments of chips from manufacturers including Nvidia to customers in China as
Read moreBluu Seafood reels in $17.5M to bring cultivated fish products to market
Bluu Seafood, a German company creating cultivated (i.e. “lab-grown”) fish products, today announced it has raised €16 million ($17.5 million) in a Series A round of funding. Founded out of Berlin in 2020 originally as Bluu Biosciences, Bluu Seafood starts with a “one-time” fish biopsy — which, it says, doesn’t
Read moreHow to Use CSS background-size and background-position
Learn how to set the size of a background image with the CSS background-size property, and how to position it with background-position. Continue reading How to Use CSS background-size and background-position on SitePoint.
Read moreFlowie wants to make invoices flow freely
Meet Flowie, a new French startup that wants to facilitate money movements between companies. The company centralizes everything related to accounts receivable and accounts payable so that everyone in the company can see relevant information when it comes to getting paid by clients and receiving money from suppliers. Flowie was
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