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| 11.12.2024 | LendingClub Founding CEO and Current Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche Comments on 10 Year Anniversary of Iconic Fintech IPO | LendingClub (NYSE:LC) became a public firm in an IPO held on December 11, 2014 – ten years ago today. At that time, the transition of the high-profile Fintech from a private firm to a publicly traded company was heralded as a coming-of-age ... |
| 03.04.2024 | Apple Card Savings account drops interest rate to 4.40% APY | Personal Finance Apple Card Savings account drops interest rate to 4.40% APY
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| 18.09.2023 | [Buy Now, Pay Later] in the Spotlight at Finovate Fall 2023 | Share
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The Fintech sector has been capturing the imagination of every financial startup, bank, credit union and service providers. The Finovate conference in New York City that took place this week was truly impressiv... |
| 28.07.2023 | Upgrade Buys Uplift, for $100M | Upgrade, a San Francisco, CA-based fintech company that offers affordable and responsible credit, mobile banking and payment products to mainstream consumers, acquired Uplift, a Menlo Park, California-based provider of Buy Now Pay Later (BN... |
| 11.05.2023 | Launch Announces Its First HealthTech Event in Romania | Launch is a Romanian industry-agnostic platform for supporting the local startup ecosystem This May, they organize their first healthtech event The event will consist of startup presentations, as well as keynote speeches and panel discussio... |
| 05.05.2023 | Upgrade Card Reviews 2023 | JUMP TO Section
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| 16.02.2023 | Best Online Loans of February 2023 | JUMP TO Section
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Can Cryptocurrency Replace Loyalty Points? | The worlds of cryptocurrency and loyalty reward systems are merging at a rapid pace, with individuals adopting credit card rewards in the form of bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), stablecoins and other cryptocurrency tokens over airline miles or ... |
| 16.11.2021 | Fintech startup Upgrade raises $280 million in funding, nearly doubling its valuation to $6.28 billion | Upgrade, a neobank that offers credit to mainstream consumers through cards and personal loans, announced Tuesday it has raised $280 million in a funding round is a Series F round valuing the fintech startup at a $6 billion pre-money valuat... |
| 16.11.2021 | Credit-focused company Upgrade raises $280 million at $6 billion valuation | Fintech company Upgrade has raised a Series F round just four months after raising its previous round. Today, the company is announcing $280 million in new funding at a $6 billion pre-money valuation.
In August, the company announced its Se... |
| 16.11.2021 | Daily Crunch: 6 months after launch, Indian DTC startup Mensa Brands exceeds $1B valuation | To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here.
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| 16.11.2021 | Casper turns painful even for some of its earliest startup investors | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 28.09.2021 | Upgrade Identified as Fastest Growing Card in US, Founder Renaud Laplanche Comments on Evolving Fintech Ecosystem | Upgrade has announced that it has been recognized as the fastest-growing credit card in the US by the Nilson Report. Upgrade noted that it is the first Fintech to be listed in the top 50 U.S. Visa/Mastercard Credit Card Issuers with a repor... |
| 12.08.2021 | Upgrade Closes $105 Million Series E Round at $3.325 Billion Valuation
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| 12.08.2021 | Upgrade Closes $105 Million Series E Round At $3.325 Billion Valuation | Company will use proceeds to fuel next phase of financial innovation that benefits consumers
Upgrade, Inc., a fintech company that offers affordable and responsible credit to mainstream consumers, announced that it closed a $105 million Ser... |
| 11.08.2021 | The rise of startups…for startups | Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Finance reporter Anne Sraders here again, filling in for Lucinda while she’s on vacation.
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| 11.08.2021 | Upgrade Closes $105 Million Series E Round at $3.325 Billion Valuation | |
| 21.07.2021 | Upgrade launches a credit card with bitcoin rewards | Fintech startup Upgrade is launching a new credit card today. The Upgrade Bitcoin Rewards Card is a classic Visa credit card that works across the Visa network. But you get 1.5% in bitcoin rewards when you make payments.
Upgrade isn’t the f... |
| 21.07.2021 | The new Upgrade Bitcoin Rewards Card pays 1.5% back in bitcoin with no annual fee, and anyone can apply | Insider's experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed... |
| 14.01.2021 | Upgrade Launches Unique Rewards Checking Account | |
| 14.01.2021 | Upgrade launches checking accounts and debit cards | Fintech startup Upgrade has been positioning itself as a neobank. And yet, the company has mostly been focused on personal loans and more recently credit cards. You couldn’t just replace your bank account with Upgrade. Upgrade is adding two... |
| 29.10.2020 | Upgrade Card Launches a Cash Back Program That Rewards Consumers For Doing What's Good For Them | |
| 29.10.2020 | Upgrade adds rewards program to its credit card | Fintech startup Upgrade has been quite successful with its two flagship products — a low-cost credit card and personal loans. The company is making its credit card more attractive by adding rewards.
Upgrade Card consumers will earn 1.5% cas... |
| 13.08.2020 | A Quick Update On Hiring | Back in May we published this post on how COVID was impacting hiring across the portfolio. On its worst day, our job board had only 750 jobs available, down over 50% from earlier in the year. With open jobs in the portfolio now climbing abo... |
| 18.06.2020 | Santander Innoventures lidera una ronda de $40M en el prestamista alternativo estadounidense Upgrade | 18/06/2020
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SANTANDER INNOVENTURES LIDERA UNA RONDA DE $40 MILLONES EN EL PRESTAMISTA ALTERNATIVO ESTADOUNIDENSE UPGRADE.
Santander InnoVentures, la firma de capital riesgo (venture capital) de Grupo Santander, ha anunciado... |
| 17.06.2020 | Credit-focused fintech startup Upgrade raises $40M after reaching $100M run rate | This morning Upgrade, a credit-focused fintech startup, announced that it has raised a $40 million Series D round that the company says gives it a $1 billion valuation. The Upgrade round slots neatly into a few trends TechCrunch has noted i... |
| 17.06.2020 | Upgrade Raises $40M in Series D Funding | Upgrade, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based neobank that offers credit to mainstream consumers, raised $40m as part of its Series D funding round.
The round, which brought total funding since inception to $200m, was led by Santander InnoVentur... |
| 16.06.2020 | Что важнее — идея или команда, и от чего зависят решения инвесторов: опыт сооснователя фондов Scale-Up Алекса Лазовского Статьи редакции... | Под управлением его команды $200 млн, партнёры инвестируют в основном в стартапы, чей бизнес построен на работе с большими данными, а основатели переехали в США.
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| 10.10.2019 | Upgrade, the newest company by Renaud Laplanche, has a new credit card that it swears is good for you | Three years ago, the founder of LendingClub, Renaud Laplanche, took the wraps off his second act, a consumer lending venture called Upgrade that now employs 350 people, has lent roughly $2 billion to 200,000 people and has raised $142 milli... |
| 01.10.2018 | After much drama, LendingClub founder Renaud Laplanche gets a slap on the wrist by the SEC | In May of 2016, LendingClub CEO Renaud Laplanche faced the most embarrassing outcome imaginable for a founder. He was forced to resign from the peer-to-peer lending company he had created, just 18 months after taking it public in a splashy ... |
| 22.09.2018 | Understanding Renaud Laplanche’s next Upgraded act | Renaud Laplanche spent ten years building LendingClub. In the process, he created an industry from scratch. Circumventing conventional banking channels for consumer credit began in 1996 when Chris Larsen started E-LOAN, which ultimately led... |
| 24.08.2018 | Term Sheet — Friday, August 24 | THE BIG EVENT
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| 23.08.2018 | Upgrade, the newest lending startup of Lending Club founder Renaud Laplanche, has raised $62 million in Series C funding | Upgrade, a two-year-old, San Francisco-based consumer lending venture founded by Renaud Laplanche, has raised $62 million in Series C funding led by CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund. The company’s earlier investors also joined the round, ... |
| 23.08.2018 | Term Sheet — Thursday, August 23 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER
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| 23.08.2018 | Upgrade Closes $62M Series C Funding Round | Upgrade, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based consumer credit platform, closed a $62m Series C round of financing.
The round, which includes the conversion of all previously issued convertible notes, was led by CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund... |
| 03.06.2018 | Стартапы дня год спустя: сервис кредитов Upgrade, замена 911 от RapidSOS, дилер подержанных машин Carvana и другие | Директор по стратегии и анализу Mail.Ru Group Александр Горный о судьбе проектов из рубрики «Стартап дня».
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| 12.04.2017 | Upgrade Closes $60M Series A Financing | Upgrade, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based consumer credit platform, closed a $60m Series A equity and convertible note financing.
Backers included Apoletto, Credit Ease, FirstMark Capital, Noah Holdings, Ribbit Capital, Sands Capital Venture... |
| 12.04.2017 | Upgrade Raises $60M from Union Square Ventures | Upgrade, Inc. (http://www.upgrade.com) today announced the launch of a new consumer credit platform that combines a marketplace lending approach with tools that help consumers understand and monitor their credit.
“We are excited to introduc... |
| 12.04.2017 | Upgrade Raises $60M from Union Square Ventures | Upgrade, Inc. (http://www.upgrade.com) today announced the launch of a new consumer credit platform that combines a marketplace lending approach with tools that help consumers understand and monitor their credit.
“We are excited to introduc... |
| 07.04.2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, April 7 | ALL IPO EVERYTHING
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| 06.04.2017 | Lending Club founder Renaud Laplanche is back with a new startup and $60 million in funding | Renaud Laplanche had a terrible no good very bad 2016. But the founder and longtime CEO of Lending Club is back with a new lending startup called Upgrade, along with the support of investors who’ve provided the company with $60 million in f... |
| 06.04.2017 | Upgrade | In July 2011, we were fortunate to lead the Series D financing round in Lending Club, founded in 2006 by Renaud Laplanche. Along with Zopa (UK company) and Prosper, Lending Club was a pioneer of the now-familiar marketplace lending model, w... |
| - | Apple and fintechs like Robinhood chase yield-hungry depositors as Fed rate hikes continue | With interest rates rising and regional banks suffering, a number of new entrants have entered the market for high-yield savings accounts.
Apple jumped into the market last month, with a savings account that yields more than 4%, while finte... |
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| - | Fintech firm Upgrade offers top U.S. savings rate of 3.5% as competition for deposits heats up | The fintech startup's Premier Savings account is being launched Thursday with a 3.5% annual percentage yield, according to CEO Renaud Laplanche. That is higher than any account currently tracked by Bankrate.com, senior analyst Ted Rossman s... |
| - | Credit card start-up Upgrade jumps 83% in valuation in just four months to $6.28 billion | Upgrade, the fintech start-up that turns credit card balances into installment loans, has closed a fundraising round that values the company at $6.28 billion, CNBC has learned.
The company raised $280 million in its Series F round led by ne... |
| - | Upgrade Raises $280 Million at $6 Billion Valuation
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| - | Какими будут следующие 50 стартапов-единорогов — обзор CB Insights | Какими будут следующие 50 стартапов-единорогов — обзор CB Insights
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