True Link lands $35m in Series B investment
The fintech’s valuation sits at around $115 million.
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Venture capital firm Ribbit plans $600m fintech Spac
Bow Capital Management is also aiming to raise $350m for a tech focused Spac.
Lessons for my younger self
Careers and lives barely work to plan. Even if you have one.
What the Fintech? Episode 10 | Diversity & inclusion: AI bias
Theodora Lau, founder of Unconventional Ventures provides her take on artificial intelligence.
Sezzle signs partnership deal with Plaid
Buy now, pay later fintech joins Plaid network.
Stock trading apps are booming, but what about the education gap?
Are fintechs just “paying lip service” to education?
Talk like an Egyptian: a brief history of data encryption
Can today’s PKI encryption techniques fill the promise of inherently secure data?
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 24 July 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Carta faces gender discrimination lawsuit
Paying her less than her male peers and subjecting her to other forms of gender discrimination.
Max Levchin’s Affirm lands Shopify buy now, pay later deal
Affirm will power instalment payments for ‘Shop Pay’.
Webinar: Empowering your SME customers for the new digital normal with APIs and microservices
Real-life examples from Tide and THIS of how APIs and microservices have fuelled business transformation.
Deposit grower Mantl raises $19m in extended Series A
The fresh capital adds to an extended $11 million Series A raise.
White paper: Crypto-of-things for securing identity
The latest in key security innovation and the possibilities for enterprises looking to go passwordless hassle-free.
Morgan Stanley publishes greenhouse gas emissions on loans & investments
The bank is joining the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials.
Almost soup
Optimism might get you out of your chair and striving for a better tomorrow, but it isn’t optimism that gets you there.
CCAF, World Bank and World Economic Forum call on industry to take part in COVID-19 fintech study
Working in fintech? Take part in the survey and share your views!
Robinhood scraps UK expansion plans
The fintech landed its licence last August.
A search for calmer waters
Businesses across all industry sectors will face three stages over the coming months.
The roaring 20s: when the asset manager becomes a data manager
Failure to adapt won’t just impact your existing client base’s investments.
MoneyLion launches RoarMoney with MetaBank & Mastercard
RoarMoney is priced at $1.00 a month.
Finsie to launch US price comparison service
The fintech launched its beta in July.
Disposable card issuer Privacy.com lands $10.2m
The start-up has issued around five million virtual card numbers.
How fintech is transforming financial management capabilities for small businesses
Most business-facing fintech tools have adopted usability conventions from consumer-facing apps.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 17 July 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
COVID-19 analytics: the lesson for those involved in policy management
Modern data-enabled systems and processes are the key to staying competitive.
Webinar: The bottom line – simplifying digital evolution in financial services
Learn how to be be competitive, fast and secure – and the technologies to underpin the digital journey.
nCino prices IPO above price range at $31 a share
The company sold 8.06 million shares to raise $249.86 million on 13 July.
Bond bags $32m from Coatue, Goldman Sachs and Mastercard
Bond’s offering is based on “developer-focused” applications.
Twitter shares slide 4% in wake of unprecedented bitcoin promo hack
The hacked accounts have tens of millions of users.
The LIBOR transition: why financial organisations need to work smarter and not harder
This LIBOR solution replaces an army of paralegals with technology able to extract information from a 200-page document and over 140 various data points.
Webinar: Streamlining manual processes amid COVID-19
Experts from Banco Santander, Foxit Software and Xendoo discuss digitising paperwork during the coronavirus crisis.
Your LP is your customer, that’s important to understand
Customers want fund managers to do the work for them.
The stress of being stressed
This is the time to handle the pressure, not indulge in the stress.
White paper: Rearchitecting and simplifying post-trade operations
How cloud and innovative tech adoption can help overcome challenges in post-trade operations.
Robinhood lands $320m bumping valuation to $8.6bn
Its Series F stands at $600 million.
Nymbus signs partnership with Payrailz
The two firms will work to enhance Nymbus’s product ecosystem.
Why there’s no slowdown in SaaS
How SaaS reconciliation tech can help banks to properly process and control mission-critical transactional, operational and reference data.
What the Fintech? Episode 9 | Open banking: entering the mainstream
Coconut CEO, Sam O’Connor, shares his insight on the Plaid and Finicity acquisitions.
LA neobank Aspiration plants 1m trees in three months
The scheme launched in mid-April.
LemonTree Software aims to disrupt back and middle-office systems
Its CCO speaks to FinTech Futures about the firm’s one-platform and auto-code approach.
