Santander’s profits down 35%, but Botín bets on vaccine for 2021
“Vaccination is the most important economic policy for 2021,” says Botín.
“Vaccination is the most important economic policy for 2021,” says Botín.
First Horizon to deploy Finxact in its subsidiary brand VirtualBank
Rates of up to 7.4% annual percentage yield (APY) will apply.
The fintech has been the subject of much IPO talk.
Sarah Howell joins as chief alliance officer, while Larry McClanahan is chief product officer.
Featuring Jumio’s Dean Nicolls, Fintrail’s Robert Evans, and banking consultant Neil O’Brien.
Allegations allege Robinhood succumbed to pressure from big-paying hedge fund clients.
Clarity Money is due to close on 5 March.
Ripple has maintained that XRP is not a security and has vowed to fight the SEC charges.
Barclays’ 2021 cohort includes four data-focused fintechs.
Partners already include AFEX and MoneyCorp.
Featuring Albert’s $100 million Series C funding round and Crux Informatics’ $36 million convertible note.
Featuring Robinhood, Nubank, Melio Payments, Albert and Rhino.
Check says it already works with 100,000 small businesses in the US
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Lending start-up plans extra growth after round led by QED Investors.
US-based insurtech believes the industry is set for “explosive growth”.
The SEC is “actively monitoring” the “ongoing market volatility”.
Two-year-old Fast has enjoyed exponential growth in the last year.
Atlanta-based de novo bank deploys SilverLake in the cloud.
“We see that there is definitely an appetite for what we’re doing,” says co-founder, Ryan Glover.
The Spac is eyeing up fintech, wealth management and gaming sectors.
The fintech calls it “an interactive graphical user interface (GUI)”.
Featuring special guest Jack Baldwin, CEO at financial software provider BHMI, and everyone’s favourite Fintech Jail.
The funding is a combination of equity and debt financing.
US fintechs have enjoyed a wealth of VC interest since the Plaid-Visa deal hit headlines.
In 2020, Modern Treasury customers reconciled $1 billion using its platform.
It will double the engineering and product teams and expand the “self-service” element of the platform.
Featuring PPRO, iSTOX, Indy, Mercado Bitcoin, and Brigit.
Former Finra execs Anthony Cavallaro and Josh Drobnyk join the fold.
President Biden’s reshuffle of regulatory top jobs continues.
The incubator is looking to accept just three-to-five start-ups.
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Innovation in commercial lending with special guest, Dean Snyder, EVP at AFS.
Brigit’s CEO is a former Deutsche Bank and Infosys executive.
Account verification needs a boost under new Nacha rules.
Consumer protection fines against financial corporates have declined under Trump.
Marcus plans to launch its new accounts later this year.
Some $16 billion in reportable transactions passed through the bank’s platform.
Featuring Checkout.com, MX, Blend, Creditas, and Enfusion.