In addition to OpenAI’s new $ 6.6 billion megaround of funding at a post-money valuation of $ 157 billion, the outfit has secured a $ 4 billion revolving line of credit, it disclosed in a post Thursday night. The arrangement gives it “access to over $ 10 billion in liquidity, which gives us the flexibility […]
Google taps India’s love for gold to boost its credit play
Google is leveraging India’s deep-rooted affinity for gold to expand its reach in the lending market of the world’s most populous nation. The company said on Thursday that Google Pay has partnered with Muthoot Finance, India’s largest gold-backed loans provider, to offer secured loans to users across the country. Google said the move aims to […]
UK’s privacy watchdog takes credit for rise of ‘consent or pay’
The UK’s data protection watchdog claims a crack down on websites that don’t ask for consent from visitors to track and profile their activity for ad targeting is bearing fruit. However it’s admitted some of the changes driven by the intervention have seen sites adopting a controversial type of paywall that demands users pay a […]
Score, the dating app for people with good to excellent credit, quietly shuts down
Score, the dating app for people with good to excellent credit, shut down in early August, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Score was only supposed to be a pop-up app, as TechCrunch previously reported, and was only supposed to be around for 90 days. This was back in February. But it received so much user […]
Kudos lands $10M for an AI smart wallet that picks the best credit card for purchases
From our days clipping coupons out of the newspaper to doing a search for a coupon code online, consumers are all about finding benefits and perks when shopping. Kudos is one of those companies helping us do that. It has created an AI-powered smart wallet that recommends the right credit card to maximize rewards and […]