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SoFi partners Pagaya to boost access to financial services
SoFi plans to extend its credit lending services to a broader audience.
Inclusive investment start-up Wealth8 partners WealthKernel to launch new app
Wealth8 to launch a new mobile investment app for black and multi-ethnic communities.
The law of unintended consequences
I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about programmable money. And this stuff scares me.
Embedded finance platform Alviere lands $70m in funding
New York-based fintech start-up raised the cash across two funding rounds.
GPS secures $300m investment to boost product development and global expansion
New financing follows an undisclosed investment from Visa last year.
2022: What’s on the cards for London’s fintech scene?
What lies ahead for the UK fintech sector in the new year and beyond?
Fintech start-up Tala secures $145m Series E funding
California-based firm will look to expand its product offering and grow its team.
French fintech Swile lands $200m investment to drive Latin American expansion
Start-up also plans to release two new digital-led products.
Standard Chartered to invest $500m in Asia’s largest BNPL platform Atome
Investment forms part of a 10-year partnership to deliver mobile financial services in the region.
Sibos 2021: Banking beyond Covid-19
Covid has changed the world, and now we have to pick up the pieces and deal with the aftermath.
BaaS platform Productfy raises $16m and forms card issuance partnership
Productfy provides companies with embeddable modules for payments, deposits, and card issuance.
Sibos 2021: Africa has world’s best demographics for financial services, says Standard Bank CEO
Investment and connectivity have created “vast opportunities”, says Sim Tshabalala.
Fintech funding deals globally 4 October – 10 October 2021
Featuring Devoted Health, CoinSwitch, Ajaib, Sky Mavis and Masterworks.
Sibos 2021: “I’ve never seen the industry refreshing itself more,” says SmartStream CEO
SmartStream CEO Haytham Kaddoura discusses the growing importance of AI and ML and the future of fintech.
Daily News at Sibos 2021
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Australian lender MoneyMe lands $36m funding partnership
The money will be used to expand its product suite.
NatWest acquires child banking start-up RoosterMoney
Acquisition underlines strategy to help young people learn to manage money.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Google, Monzo, NatWest & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
Finding out about finfluencers
People are turning to influencers on social media for guidance on everything, including finance.
If I had a penny…
If we’re going to talk about inclusion, don’t talk to me about current accounts. Talk to me about money.
Google pulls Plex after less than a year in development
Aborted banking project reflects change of financial services strategy at Google.
New fintech Z-Walet plans Egyptian launch targeting Gen Z
Founded in 2020, the firm is still at the waiting list stage.
Robo-advisor Betterment achieves unicorn status with $160m capital injection
The funding was drawn from a Series F round and $100m credit facility.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 19 | Can’t see the wood for the VCs
Level Ventures’ Ian Foley joins us for this latest episode of our What the Fintech? podcast.
Debt platform CredAvenue raises $90m in Series A funding round
Significant investments in data science, machine learning, and AI are in the pipeline.
Amazon-backed Indian BNPL firm Capital Float raises $50m
The investment brings Capital Float’s total money raised to date to over $600m.
FNBM selects new core banking solution in Finastra’s Fusion Phoenix
Fusion Phoenix is key to the bank’s strategy to attract younger customers.
UOB to spend $500m on boosting digital banking capabilities
The investment comes after the pandemic accelerated digital-first banking across Southeast Asia.
Coventry Building Society seeks first chief data officer
The savings and mortgage lender has more than 2,700 employees and 1.8 million members.
Ascend Money becomes Thailand’s first fintech unicorn with $150m fundraise
Thai fintech plans to boost financial inclusion efforts in Southeast Asia.
Challenger bank Mox appoints former ING exec Barbaros Uygun as CEO
Current CEO Deniz Güven will step down with effect from 27 September.
Aussie BNPL firm Zip targets Indian expansion with ZestMoney investment
The investment underlines Zip’s strategy to capitalise on the high-growth Indian BNPL market.
Bhutan central bank partners with Ripple to pilot CBDC
The CBDC pilot with the South Asian country is designed to boost financial inclusion.
Barclays hires payments veteran Antony Stephen to boost BNPL solution
Stephen joins from Amazon and will work on scaling Barclays’ BNPL platform.
JP Morgan Chase acquires Frank to firm up student offering
US firm hopes the deal for the college-focused financial wellness platform will boost student engagement.
Zolve launches immigrant-focused banking products
The neobank’s new suite of products will help new arrivals to the US build credit.
Monese moves into digital banking with Investec
The new partnership will see the international bank begin to offer digital banking services to UK customers.
Fintech funding deals globally 13 September – 19 September 2021
Featuring BitSight, Melio, SellersFunding, Form3 and Xendit.
Canadian fintech start-up Neo Financial lands $50m Series B funding
New funds will be used for further product development and to grow its team.
