Just a few weeks after announcing stock and crypto trading, French fintech startup Lydia is announcing that it has raised a $100 million Series C round. With this funding round, the startup has reached a unicorn valuation, which means that it is currently valued at more than $1 billion. Dragoneer and Echo Street are investing […]
TrueLayer nabs $130M at a $1B+ valuation as open banking rises as a viable option to card networks
Open banking — a disruptive technology that seeks to bypass the dominance of card networks and other traditional financial rails by letting banks open their systems directly to developers (and new services) by way of APIs — continues to gain ground in the world of financial services. As a mark of that traction, a startup […]
エピックゲームズとの手数料訴訟で、アップルの「壁に囲まれた庭園」に入った“大きな亀裂”の意味
人気ゲーム「フォートナイト」の開発元であるエピックゲームズが、アプリ配信の手数料に関連してアップルを反トラスト法（独占禁止法）違反で訴えた裁判で、このほど一審の判決が下った。注目すべきは「App Store」においてアップル以外の決済手段を利用できるようにすべきという判断で、これにより壁に囲まれたアップルの“庭園”にまたひとつ亀裂が入ったことになる。
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