Fintech

SoFi is promoting its Smart Money Social Club, an initiative that moves from basic financial education toward encouraging smart risk-taking with money. The program positions the fintech company as a hub for people looking to build confidence in investing, saving and managing personal finances. Interest in the campaign is high, with audiences engaging heavily with SoFi's messaging about taking calculated financial risks.

Jack Wallen argues that the finance industry demands higher standards of reliability, security and performance from its operating systems, and explains how openEuler, the open-source Linux distribution, meets those requirements. The piece is being shared among enterprise IT and fintech audiences.

Fintech startup Ramp has raised $1.85 billion in a new funding round, valuing the company at $60 billion. The corporate spending and expense management firm is one of the most valuable private fintechs, and the round underlines continued strong investor appetite for financial technology companies despite a tougher funding climate in recent years.

Fission, a startup backed by crypto investment firm Pantera Capital, has raised $10 million to build faster redemption options for investors in tokenized funds. The company aims to let investors cash out of tokenized fund positions more quickly than current processes allow. The raise reflects growing investor interest in infrastructure for tokenized traditional assets, a sector Pantera has been actively backing.