Digital payments giant Stripe said Sunday that it's raised $600 million in new funding at a $95 billion valuation.
Why it matters: This makes Stripe the most highly-valued U.S. "unicorn," topping SpaceX. It's also a massive increase over the $36 billion valuation Stripe secured last April.
The IRS has updated its "Get My Payment" tool to let people track when they will receive the $1,400 direct payments from the government's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, according to USA Today.
Driving the news: Some people have received the money via a direct deposit, and some banks have already started processing the checks, Fox Business reports.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby knew he needed to prepare for a global pandemic after watching how quickly the coronavirus spread in Italy — even as he was told he was overreacting.
Why it matters: In an interview Sunday with Axios Re:Cap, Kirby remembers how last March he started writing personal letters to the families of employees who died from the virus and trying "to put myself as much as possible in the shoes of the people" receiving the notes.
2020 was literally off the charts. Data journalists saw changes that typically take months instead happening in weeks — numbers that will be breaking the y-axis for years to come.
An occasional adviser who has known Andrew Cuomo for nearly 40 years tells me that the New York governor — after a career of playing hardball, including over-the-line threats — has "no net of good will" to catch him.
The state of play: After a cascade of harassment accusations, his resignation is being demanded by both of the state's U.S. senators (Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand), almost the whole 29-member congressional delegation, and a majority of Democrats in the state legislature.
Transportation Security Administration officers screened 1,357,111 people at airports across the U.S. on Friday, a new record since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.
Why it matters: Domestic air travel is 55% below pre-pandemic levels, while international travel is down 71%. Experts believe growing vaccination rates and an improving economy are increasing pent-up demand for travel, Axios' Joann Muller reports.
