Payment card startup Marqeta confirms $260M round at close to $2B valuation

Payment card startup Marqeta confirms $260M round at close to $2B valuation

Startups that are disrupting and unlocking the lucrative world of financial services continue to unlock big fund funding rounds for themselves. Today, Marqeta — which helps third parties like Square, Affirm, DoorDash, Kabbage and Instacart build and offer card …
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PRECIOUS-Gold drops to more than two-week low as dollar, equities gain

… * Dip below $1,266 could trigger further gold decline -analyst. * Fed minutes due on Wednesday. * Dollar index near one-month high (Updates prices). By Brijesh Patel. May 21 (Reuters) – Gold prices slipped to a more than two-week low on Tuesday, as the …
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Holidaymakers hit as pound slides

The pound has fallen to its lowest level for five months just as many UK holidaymakers get ready to head off for the late-May half-term break. Against the US dollar, the pound fell below $1.27 for the first time since January on Tuesday. It also fell early in the …
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Trade disputes are damaging growth and must be tackled 'at a multilateral level,' OECD says

Global trade tensions that are hitting growth and investment need to be dealt with at a multilateral level, the OECD’s chief economist told CNBC Tuesday. “It’s trade tensions and disputes that have derailed global growth,” Laurence Boone said. “It wasn’t only …
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Array Bio Combo Helps Some Colon Cancer Patients Live Longer

A triple combination therapy from Array BioPharma Inc. helped colon cancer patients live longer, potentially the first chemotherapy-free regimen targeting a genetic mutation for patients with advanced disease. An interim analysis of more than 600 patients …
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