Top Fintech News Stories for August 17, 2021

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

  • Bank Of America Is Losing Its Grip On Millennials As Fintechs Reinvent The Checking Account – Forbes
  • Walmart is the latest Fortune 500 Company hiring a cryptocurrency expert – CNBC
  • Figure, New York Community team up on blockchain projects – American Banker
  • LendIt Fintech Nexus Miami is Being Postponed – LendIt Fintech
  • This Fintech Lender Has Big Plans to Be More Than ‘Just a Bank’ – The Financial Brand
  • Is the move to Ethereum 2.0 a watershed moment for crypto? – Tearsheet
  • 2 regulators see change at the top – Banking Dive
  • ‘Rip the Band-Aid off’: Google exec on banks’ switch to cloud – American Banker
  • Two Congressmen Tell the SEC and CFTC to Form Digital Assets Working Group Now – CrowdFund Insider
  • Bitpanda valued at $4.1bn after $263m round – Altfi