In the news:
Finix raises $75 million to take on Stripe as a payment processor / Payments giant Stripe puts boots on the ground in NZ, expands its local services / Stripe, Wise founders want a 'tech renaissance' in Europe to help region rival Silicon Valley / Fintech giant Stripe keeps on buying / Fintech Fragment eases ledger problems, nabs $9M from Stripe, Jack Altman, BoxGroup, others / Rainforest lands $20M to challenge Stripe with embedded payments for SaaS providers / Stripe goes 'invite-only' in India / Stripe's big changes, Brazil's newest fintech unicorn and the tale of a startup shutdown / After 6-year hiatus, Stripe to start taking crypto payments, starting with USDC stablecoin / Robinhood's new Gold Card, BaaS challenges and the tiny startup that caught Stripe's eye