The Ledger

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Assertion Contradicted
Orloff: LendUp built the only direct Visa and MasterCard mobile integration
“We rebuilt the entire experience for credit card, and we're the only direct connection to Visa and MasterCard directly to your mobile phone.”
Sasha Orloff Jun 17, 2016 ▶ 16:58 20VC: Raising $150m, Meeting Yuri Milner & Revolutionising Mobile Finance with Sasha Orloff @ LendUp
Assertion Partly supported
Franceschi: Brex built its complete financial plumbing in-house without vendors
“We spent so much time in the early years building our whole financial infrastructure from the ground up, like down to the way we talk to MasterCard, down to the way we move money on ACH, down to the way we do, you know, global money movements, settlements, eff…”
Pedro Franceschi Jul 17, 2024 ▶ 42:25 Pedro Franceschi: What Brex Needs to do to be a Public Company | E1178 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Tencent's investment in Airwallex brought in Sequoia and Mastercard
“So we got the investment the day after that. And then obviously you know, Sequoia and then Mastercard also came in with the, with Tencent.”
Jack Zhang May 26, 2025 ▶ 47:01 Airwallex CEO & Co-Founder, Jack Zhang: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Kiip Launched Its Loyalty Platform With MasterCard as Its Lead Client
“We released our loyalty platform a few months ago with MasterCard as our lead client, and we've got a bunch more announcements in the coming month.”
Brian Wong Oct 23, 2015 ▶ 28:46 20 VC FF 018: Brian Wong, Founder @ Kiip on Raising $30m in VC Funding by 24
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