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January 8, 2022 @ 12:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Itai Damti, CEO at Unit, a financial services company that helps tech firms build financial features into their products (accounts, cards, payments, lending), notes that 2021 was a great year for Unit, thanks to their clients, team, partners, and investors. In the “demanding” day-to-day of… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stephanie Leung, Group Deputy CEO at Southeast Asia’s StashAway, a digital wealth manager, notes that the COVID-19 outbreak has accelerated three key trends: a new inflation regime, China’s economic recovery, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. According to Leung’s observations, the Coronavirus pandemic has continued to… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments giant Visa (NYSE: V) notes that Sara’s Tamales in Portland, Oregon, is a small business built on a “big dream” — one that seemed quite “far-fetched” before owner Sara Rodriguez introduced her very first tamale cart. “When you don’t have the opportunities, the money… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 1:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent Harris Poll reveals that US consumers are concerned about long-term finances and expect their employer to assist them with preparing financially for the foreseeable future. This study, commissioned by Funding Our Future campaign and DailyPay, polled over 2,000 American adults between the ages… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

David Snitkof, Head of Analytics at Ocrolus, which claims to be the leading document automation platform in financial services, powering the digital lending ecosystem, notes that just over a year ago, he had commented on the state of the automotive lending markets in the US…. Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, a company focused on payments and card issuance for businesses, notes that as they wrapped up 2021, they decided to take a look back at some of the key milestones.. 2021 was a year of many ‘firsts’ for Nium, the company wrote in a… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Addepar, a U.S.-based wealth manager with $2.5 trillion of assets on its platform, has shared a report that introduces their proprietary Investor Sentiment IndexSM. As explained by Addepar, the index measures or gauges investor sentiment using “detailed portfolio-level data” from the firm’s Wealthtech platform. The… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 5:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ham Serunjogi, Co-Founder & CEO at Chipper Cash, a venture-capital-backed Fintech firm that creates software to enable free and instant peer-to-peer cross-border payments, and solutions for businesses to handle online and in-store payments, notes that when him and Maijid and started Chipper Cash in 2018,… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 3:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, which claims to be the world’s largest platform for working capital serving over 1 million businesses representing $10.5 trillion in annual sales across over 160 countries, recently revealed that Leslie Olsen has joined the firm as their chief marketing officer. In her new role,… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Like any industry, venture capitalism is “a shifting landscape with ebbs and flows, though to be fair, it hasn’t really ‘ebbed’ lately,” according to a blog post by US Fintech Unicorn Brex. The VC industry has seen tremendous growth during the past few years—one that’s… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 4:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Waves, a blockchain technology platform focused on digital assets, DeFi, and NFTs, recently shared the main takeaways from community discussions during which the Waves ecosystem’s short-term plans and longer-term strategy were revealed. Waves founder Sasha Ivanov has talked about the Waves ecosystem’s… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 9:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), the insurance firm that’s powered by AI and behavioral economics, notes that the end of the year 2021 is a time for “sitting back, taking stock, and reflecting on the past twelve months.” Although the Insurtech firm “doubtlessly” made a few mistakes along… Read More

January 1, 2022 @ 11:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Kraken notes that last year, they remained focused on their mission to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency “so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.” In 2021, Kraken celebrated its 10-year anniversary,… Read More

December 31, 2021 @ 2:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Another year is winding down and the team at Mercury Bank has reflected on some of their “favorite” moments of 2021. Mercury Bank say they’re grateful to have had their clients with them along the way. During 2021, Mercury finalized a $120 million Series B… Read More

December 30, 2021 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zhikai Chen, Head of Asia Equities at BNP Paribas Asset Management, notes that a number of factors justify their hopes for “a better year after the challenges that 2021 brought to Asian equities, and northern Asian equities in particular.” Chen writes in a blog post… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rentberry, which claims to be the first international home rental platform with complete automation, has raised $5,378,564 from 2,974 investors via StartEngine. Rentberry is described as a fully operational “long-term” rental platform that leverages technology to “ensure a seamless rental experience – offering tenants the… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At workforce payments platform Branch, the firm claims that they love partnerships, especially with companies that share “a commitment to financial inclusion.” That’s why they’re really pleased to confirm that they’re working with HR, payroll, and compliance software Greenshades to offer fee-free financial services to… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 6:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Fintech Blend notes that as humans, we can’t help but to “celebrate and feel positive in the moments when we finish a task productively.” And yet, for many consumers (and lenders), the completion of the mortgage journey “can still feel somewhat underwhelming,”… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 5:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer-to-peer lending has become an increasingly popular strategy among online investors. Platforms like Prosper have brought the P2P lending model “into the spotlight,” according to an update from YieldStreet, a multi-asset alternative investment platform that’s focused on reducing friction and offering “previously unattainable” access to alternatives… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 2:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This week, crypto (again) reached “record levels” of investment while industry professionals gathered to predict the key trends for the sector in 2022, the team at Sygnum Bank wrote in a blog post. At the same time, Sygnum has introduced a structured product offering (what… Read More