Posted on August 13, 2021 | by news-summaadvisory

Top Fintech Europe News Stories for August 11, 2021

Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today:

BNPL: Canada’s Scotiabank Now Converting Credit Card Repayments to Buy Now Pay Later Options – CrowdFund Insider
Citi enters BNPL market in Australia with Spot. Buy Now, Pay Later – Fintech Finance
First FinTech Super App for SMEs in UK & Ireland launches funding round – Fintech Finance
Deutsche Bank revisits Female Fintech Competition – Finextra
SoftBank will cut investments in Chinese startups as it awaits more regulatory clarity – Markets Insider
Crypto platform FalconX quintuples valuation to $3.75B – Bank Automation News
Fintech company dopay secures banking agent licence in Egypt – Retail Banker International
Revolut hikes trading fees for second time in six months – Altfi
Crypto Firm Circle Announces Intentions To Be a National Digital Currency Bank – Fintech News
New UK-based ‘social’ bank Kroo secures €20.8M as it plans to launch in early 2022 – Silicon Canals

Other Related Insights

A place for information on subject matter expertise and guidance on four dynamic industries that are changing the way business is conducted.

Funded: Cache raises $12.5M Series A to unlock sophisticated tools for concentrated stockholders

Hi there and welcome to Funded, where we spotlight early-stage bets on the future of tech. This week’s feature zeros in on a fast-growing fintech that’s rethinking how employees with big stock positions can protect and diversify their wealth without taking a tax hit. San Francisco-based Cache ha..

Future of Fintech: Female Founders in Focus

Fintech Nexus asked peers to recommend female fintech founders who they felt we all should watch over the next year. Today is part two of our series recognizing a group of women who are inspiring the future of the financial technology industry, according to their peers. Fintech Nexus asked the Linke..

Female Fintech Founders Full Speed Ahead

The Americas fintech market is humming along but has cooled quite a bit from last year according to the KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech report released this week, which showed fintech funding in the first half of 2025 hit $26.7 billion with 1,092 deals…down about a quarter from 2H ‘24’s $35.7 billio..