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Venmo application is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone in an arranged photograph taken in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 23, 2018. Venmo said it processed more than $40 billion of payments in the last 12 months and grew 50 percent in the first quarter.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Square Earnings Beat Estimates With Focus on Growth in Cash App]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-26/square-earnings-beat-estimates-with-focus-on-growth-in-cash-app</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-26/square-earnings-beat-estimates-with-focus-on-growth-in-cash-app</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Verhage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:47:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqeVP8z.ylSc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqeVP8z.ylSc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A merchant uses a Square Inc. payment device in San Francisco. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peloton Could See Bump From At-Home Workouts on Virus Concerns]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-26/peloton-could-see-bump-from-at-home-workouts-on-virus-concerns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-26/peloton-could-see-bump-from-at-home-workouts-on-virus-concerns</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Verhage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:14:20 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGoIE4IvFyvI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGoIE4IvFyvI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Peloton Interactive Inc. stationary bicycles sit on display at the company&apos;s showroom on Madison Avenue in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. The stakes are high for Peloton as it heads into its first holiday season as a publicly traded company. Peloton projected sales of $410 million to $420 million for the quarter ending Dec. 31, up about 60% from the same quarter a year earlier. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Credit Karma Founder to Get Billion-Dollar Windfall From Sale]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-25/it-s-karma-once-struggling-startup-unlocks-fintech-riches</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-25/it-s-karma-once-struggling-startup-unlocks-fintech-riches</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Metcalf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 14:05:20 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irIfcsiZfJe0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irIfcsiZfJe0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ken Lin</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuit Buys Credit Karma for $7.1 Billion in Cash, Stock]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-24/intuit-buys-credit-karma-for-7-1-billion-in-cash-stock</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-24/intuit-buys-credit-karma-for-7-1-billion-in-cash-stock</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Verhage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 21:09:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqlwNZL.PNww/v254/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqlwNZL.PNww/v254/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chime Gives Users Paychecks Early. It Wants Their Savings, Too]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fintech is hiking its interest rate on savings accounts to 1.6% in a bid to steal even more customers from big banks. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-19/chime-gives-users-paychecks-early-it-wants-their-savings-too</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-19/chime-gives-users-paychecks-early-it-wants-their-savings-too</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Verhage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:00:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7Sxo9pdfetE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7Sxo9pdfetE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Chime app</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goldman Partner Ditches Pursuit of Quants for Marijuana Startup]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-14/goldman-partner-ditches-pursuit-of-quants-for-marijuana-startup</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-14/goldman-partner-ditches-pursuit-of-quants-for-marijuana-startup</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sridhar Natarajan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 13:04:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7jTiFvm1io4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7jTiFvm1io4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An employee holds PharmaCannis products at a store. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flywire Becomes a Unicorn With New Investment From Goldman]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-13/goldman-bets-on-payments-startup-flywire-makes-it-a-unicorn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-13/goldman-bets-on-payments-startup-flywire-makes-it-a-unicorn</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Surane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 21:11:53 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3cGuU9xzL2s/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3cGuU9xzL2s/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Goldman Sachs Group Inc. headquarters stands in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 12, 2018. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on April 17. Photographer: Christopher Lee/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rise of the TikTok Trader]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2020-02-11/the-rise-of-the-tiktok-trader</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2020-02-11/the-rise-of-the-tiktok-trader</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Verhage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:45:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peloton’s Miss on Quarterly Sales Outlook Overshadows Its Growth]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-05/peloton-revenue-miss-overshadows-strong-annual-outlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-05/peloton-revenue-miss-overshadows-strong-annual-outlook</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Verhage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 21:28:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVEWsRCXGwH4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVEWsRCXGwH4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Peloton Interactive Inc. stationary bicycles sit on display at the company&apos;s showroom on Madison Avenue in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. The stakes are high for Peloton as it heads into its first holiday season as a publicly traded company. Peloton projected sales of $410 million to $420 million for the quarter ending Dec. 31, up about 60% from the same quarter a year earlier.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[PayPal Forecast Disappoints as Acquisitions Weigh on Profit]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-29/paypal-forecast-disappoints-as-acquisitions-weigh-on-profit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-29/paypal-forecast-disappoints-as-acquisitions-weigh-on-profit</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Verhage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 21:56:24 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9XTxDXaj0UI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9XTxDXaj0UI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>PayPal Holdings Inc. signage is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone in an arranged photograph taken in Little Falls, New Jersey, U.S., on Saturday, July 20, 2019. Paypal Holdings Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 24. 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Chinese bettors withdrawing money from some ATMs in Macau need to do more than punch in their PIN code. They also have to stare into a camera for six seconds so facial-recognition software can verify their identity and help monitor transactions. Photographer: Billy H.C. Kwok/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thiel-Backed Fintech AvidXchange Leaps to $2 Billion Valuation]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-17/thiel-backed-fintech-avidxchange-leaps-to-2-billion-valuation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-17/thiel-backed-fintech-avidxchange-leaps-to-2-billion-valuation</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Verhage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:44:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visa's Plaid Takeover Signals Wave of Fintech Dealmaking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts predict more financial industry consolidation. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-15/visa-plaid-acquisition-may-be-a-harbinger-of-fintech-s-future</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-15/visa-plaid-acquisition-may-be-a-harbinger-of-fintech-s-future</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Verhage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:00:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4iQsZANEG3o/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4iQsZANEG3o/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Visa Inc. credit card is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Visa and Mastercard agreed to pay as much as $6.2 billion to end a long-running price-fixing case brought by merchants over card fees, the largest-ever class action settlement of an antitrust case. 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