2020 PayTech Awards hosted online by Zoe Lyons
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Financial Inclusion
Commonwealth collaborates with JP Morgan on emerging tech
The initiative will focus on helping lower- and moderate-income people’s financial lives.
The social-savvy wave of entrepreneurs
They will push traditional banks to pivot their offerings once again.
US Bank commits $1.15m to Black-led partners to “close racial gaps”
Some 15 partners will receive grants from $50,000 to $100,000.
US challenger Purple to tap America’s disabled community
The fintech allows users to receive disability benefits up to two days early.
Responsible subprime auto lending through AI
This math is at the root of a very basic truth: opportunity is not distributed equally in America.
Financial comparison marketplace Crediverso to launch in US for Latinos
Currently in beta, the 2019-founded start-up is yet to go live.
US remittance start-up Remitly lands $85m
The remittance market is set to suffer from the pandemic.
True Link lands $35m in Series B investment
The fintech’s valuation sits at around $115 million.
Can behavioural banking drive financial literacy and inclusion?
How are banks prepared to promote financial literacy for millennials and especially Gen Z?
Stock trading apps are booming, but what about the education gap?
Are fintechs just “paying lip service” to education?
Bond bags $32m from Coatue, Goldman Sachs and Mastercard
Bond’s offering is based on “developer-focused” applications.
Banking Technology July/August 2020 issue out now
Unlocking the benefits of open banking.
Be Money looks to tap America’s 11m LGBT+ community
The start-up is planning to set up shop in Los Angeles.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 now open for entries!
The awards are open to banks, financial institutions, technology and service providers, teams and individuals.
Locked out of Europe: fintechs holding the key to financial inclusion of refugees
Fintechs could, in principle, fill the void left by the large incumbents.
What kind of workplace ally are you?
Allyship means valuing people with different experiences from your own.
Streamlining remittance, empowering migrant workers & driving inclusion worldwide
The ability to send money home is critical, but not always easy for migrant workers.
Lifetise launches app to assist self-employed with finance support amid COVID-19
It quickly determines the government support options available to them.
How to shift gender balance in fintech
More than a third of fintechs in our sample did not have a single woman on their board.
PayTech Awards deadline extended! Submit your entry by 30 April
We have received more requests for extensions than ever before, so we are extending the entry deadline again until the end of April.
Visa pours $210m into the coronavirus effort to help SMEs
Visa will split the money between NGOs and investment partners.
Banking Technology April 2020 issue out now
All things equal: Closing the gender gap in fintech.
PayTech Awards deadline extended! Submit your entry by 10 April
Premier awards for banks, financial, payment & e-commerce institutions, paytech vendors, individuals & teams!
Canadian financial planner Finally to launch in May
“People don’t want to tell strangers how bad they’re doing with their finances,” says founder.
Remaking traditions to reinvent industries
Innovation and the need for diversity.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 20 March 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Video: Hot-seat with Steven Marshall, CCO of Crown Agents Bank
He reveals how a legacy institution can stay relevant and adapt in this digital wave.
Finovate Podcast: Episodes 21-30
The Finovate Podcast is a short, interview-based podcast featuring conversations from fintech’s elite innovators and influencers. For more than a decade, the global event series has brought together tens of thousands of people from across the fintech spectrum to see cutting-edge technologies. Now you can find out what goes on behind the scenes, as key influencers and […]
Challenger bank Copper latest to tap America’s teens
Copper is yet to reveal its launch date but has opened a waiting list to teens.
The global unbanked shoppers
The gap between the population of the banked and unbanked is continuing to broaden.
“Pale, male and stale” tag still dogs financial services industry
Three steps to break the cycle and achieve genuine diversity and inclusion.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 14 February 2020
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Varo Money enters final stage of becoming nationwide bank
Mobile banking firm Varo Money has gained approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Digital bank Stori raises $10m in Series A2 funding
Mexican challenger bank has also launched its credit card.
Goldman won’t take companies public without at least one “diverse” board member
GS itself has four women on its board of directors, out of 11 total members.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 24 January 2020
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 17 January 2020
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
When it comes to supporting the underbanked, the best solution might be a little old school
Community banks and the underbanked need one another.
Three ways fintech can address the gender pay gap
Define inclusion and diversity as two very different things.
