https://t.co/CFwxpCVXc9 has raised a $65 million Series D from TPG at a $1.2 billion valuation.
Why are investors backing it? The company is using discounted travel to acquire customers, then introducing them to banking, credit-building, cash advances and other financial services.
Is discounted travel a strong enough entry point to build a financial super app?
@DrewBailer explains the strategy.
#Fintech
@ChainsOnLou I don't get the outrage, Eurovision already does it when they announce the overall winner and it's a format that is used in so many other awards broadcasts, The Oscars being one that comes to mind.
@_SC00T@NFLResearch@49ers@NFL@kurt13warner How about being one of only two QBs since 1950 to throw for multiple TDs with a 100+ passer rating in each of his first three career starts?
The other? Dan Marino.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “Later at the lunch, maybe you might wanna watch, I’m gonna be reading a poem written by Bono about Ukraine, which you might find interesting."
@dresserman Also this video was actually released back in 2017 as part of an activation at SXSW. It’s already 4 years out of date, we’re in the “future” that they’re talking about and I don’t see much pick-up. https://t.co/7mvWq2DZ4n
Also this week on @Money2020's The MoneyPot, we came up with some incredibly tenuous analogies (my favourite thing to do) for how to merge banks through baking cakes, with the help of @TruistNews, @Paymentalist & @toughbunny1
https://t.co/Ps4AnzT8CP
Feel like I ought to be promoting some of the things I'm making, so first up this week we've got @WGSN's Create Tomorrow Podcast with a chat between @BethanRyder, @sarahchousley & author @carladiana_ on robot rights, robot gender, robot ethics & more.
https://t.co/sPasFwQVuz