2025 Roundup

🗞️ Anthropic Secures $2.5B Credit | Acorns Buys EarlyBird | Citi Backs CrediLinq | Lloyds Taps Moneyhub | Stash Raises $146M

🗞️ Murati's AI Startup Eyes $2B | Revolut Valued at $48B | Google Launches Agent Kit | Affirm x Shopify | Hawk Raises $56M to Combat Financial Crime

🗞️ OpenAI Raises $40B | Klarna Pauses IPO | Trump Tariffs Rattle Markets | Chime Launches Instant Loans | Djamo Expands in Africa

🗞️ xAI Acquires X | Google Unveils Gemini 2.5 | SC Debuts SC GPT | Shopify, Pipe17 Team Up | ECB Expands DLT Settlement

🗞️ Perplexity Targets $18B | Chime Adds Instant Loans | Tink Surges in Pay by Bank | Hugging Face Pushes Open AI | Javice Trial Unfolds

🗞️ Klarna Files $1B IPO | Finbourne Raises $70M for AI Finance | Rocket Buys Redfin | Google Unveils Gemma 3 | BlackRock Expands Alternatives

🗞️ OpenAI’s $20K AI Agents | Revolut & Visa Challenge Fees | HSBC Expands B2B | UniCredit Concludes Aion & Vodeno Deal | Plaid Eyes Commercial Data

The Biggest Fintech Deals of Q1 2025 – What They Tell Us About VC Trends

Special Edition

🗞️ Microsoft Ends Skype | Nvidia Eyes 50% Surge | PayPal 2.0 Goes AI | Europe Tightens AI Ethics | UK Regulators Boost Competition

🗞️ Mastercard Drops Card Numbers | Gov.UK Pay Adopts Open Banking | OpenAI Eyes $11B | Citi CEO Pay $34.5M | Varo Raises $29M, New CEO