Tagged: marqeta

February 18, 2021 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Marqeta, a fintech unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card issuing platform, announced on Thursday its expansion into the consumer credit card market to support businesses that want to launch modern credit card programs.  Marqeta revealed its credit card issuing platform… Read More

January 14, 2021 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Top Fintech Marqeta has partnered up with digital bank Marcus to offer digital checking accounts expected to be available to users later this year. Marcus is the retail digital bank created by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS). Initially launched as an online lending platform, Marcus has emerged… Read More

January 4, 2021 @ 9:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

2020 was a pretty good year for initial public offerings (IPOs). According to a tally put together by Renaissance Capital, 216 IPOs booked $78.1 billion during the year of COVID-19. Additionally, IPOs gained, on average, a whopping 75% – said to be the biggest post… Read More

December 31, 2020 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

2020 was a challenging year for the entire world. The ongoing health crisis surprised everyone as the world dove into a pandemic, pummeling the global economy and impacting everyone. In many respects, Fintech emerged as a beneficiary of COVID-19. Digital transformation of financial services were… Read More

November 28, 2020 @ 5:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta, a Fintech Unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card-issuing platform, is reportedly working with many startups that are now using Marqeta’s payment card issuance technology. Marqeta is also working closely with Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. as the… Read More

November 18, 2020 @ 2:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marqeta, a fintech unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card issuing platform, announced on Tuesday it has formed a global card issuing partnership with Uber. Marqeta reported that the partnership is considered a critical financial infrastructure for its global expansion. The company… Read More

October 9, 2020 @ 9:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marqeta, a fintech unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card issuing platform, and Mastercard announced on Thursday they have extended global partnership to expand into new geographies, open access to new products, and launch additional card programs together. The duo reported they… Read More

July 28, 2020 @ 3:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marqeta, a fintech unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card issuing platform, announced on Tuesday that  J.P. Morgan will be using its card tokenization capabilities for the financial giant’s virtual card program. According to Marqeta, the new functionality, which is anticipated to… Read More

July 11, 2020 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based Marqeta Inc, a major payment card issuing Fintech firm whose investors include giant Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs, is reportedly planning to work with various investment banks in order to potentially launch an initial public offering (IPO). As reported by Reuters, which cited… Read More

May 28, 2020 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Advised by Fintech investment bank FT Partners, Marqeta has raised $150 million at a valuation of $4.3 billion vaulting the company higher in the ranks of both global and US Fintech unicorns. The investment was led by one of the world’s largest asset managers coming… Read More

April 23, 2020 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, Crowdfund Insider wrote about the challenges some Fintech lenders are encountering due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Online lenders in the SME, consumer, and real estate sector are seeing a shift in business as borrowers and investors back away in a market… Read More

March 10, 2020 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marqeta, a fintech unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card issuing platform, announced on Tuesday it has begun transacting in Australia. The company reported it will also be supporting two of its major global customers, Klarna and Doordash with their own expansions… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 12:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marqeta, a fintech unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card issuing platform, announced on Tuesday it is set to issue its 140 millionth card in 2019, ending a calendar year filled with major growth milestones as its open API payments issuing and… Read More

December 16, 2019 @ 12:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marqeta, a fintech unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card issuing platform, recently announced it formed a new partnership with Mambu, a cloud banking services provider. Marqeta reported that through the partnership Mambu’s customers will be given access to Marqeta’s card processing… Read More

December 15, 2019 @ 3:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marqeta is one of those Fintech unicorns that is killing it but not getting a whole lot of coverage because it is not consumer facing. Marqeta provides the digital rails to enable businesses to create innovative payment programs and cards allowing companies to customize their… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 5:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marqeta has announced a new “Reserve Financing Product.” Marqeta Reserve Financing is tailored to the needs of companies struggling with the logistical, practical and administrative burdens of funding a reserve account to launch new payment card programs and keep it actively replenished with funds. Marqeta… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Visa (NYSE:V), the ubiquitous credit card and payments rails, and Marqeta, the modern card issuing platform, have announced a new partnership designed to “ease global expansion for multinational card programs.” The project is said to provide a streamlined developer-friendly path for Visa issuers to launch… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marqeta, a U.S.-based fintech valued at over $2 billion, announced earlier this week it has appointed Vidya Peters as its first Chief Marketing Officer. According to Marqeta, Peters recently served as Chief Marketing Officer of MuleSoft and will be responsible for Marqeta’s global marketing efforts… Read More

August 28, 2019 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Marqeta, an Oakland, California based Fintech valued at over $2 billion, reports that the company has experienced “exponential revenue growth.” Following a Series E funding round that raised a whopping $260 million, Marqeta says it will hire 175 new employees during this year as it… Read More

July 10, 2019 @ 12:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marqeta, a successful card issuing platform that provides an advanced infrastructure for building highly configurable payment cards, is out with a note saying more dramatic change is coming for the banking industry. Citing results from an in-house survey, Marqeta says customers preferences have shifted from… Read More