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This week, we're looking at Stripe's big product announcements, a bump in valuation for a Brazilian fintech startup and much more.

We look at Ramp's big raise and valuation jump, Mercury's move into personal banking, Klarna's card launch, global funding rounds and more! %

This week, we’re looking at just how many fintech companies made it into Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort, how much funding slid in the first quarter, and more! Y Combinator held demo days for its Winter Cohort this week. Of the 260 companies in the latest cohort, nearly 30 of them, or 8%, were classified as fintech.

This week, we’re looking at Robinhood’s new Gold Card, challenges in the BaaS space and how a tiny startup caught Stripe’s eye. Robinhood took the wraps off its new Gold Card last week to much fanfare. It has a long list of impressive features, including 3% cash back and the ability to invest that cash back via the company’s brokerage account.

We look at hot African fintech startups, how Mint's closure is Copilot's gain and why VCs doubled down on this expense management startup.