Top Fintech News Stories for August 19, 2021

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

  • Aspiration Aims To Go Public Before Year-End Via SPAC Merger – PYMNTS.com
  • Wells Fargo abandons plan to shut down personal credit lines – American Banker
  • Klarna Might Consider IPO As Soon As Next Year – PYMNTS.com
  • Fintech tops Inc. 5000 list – LendIt Fintech
  • How Square’s Afterpay deal plays into its SMB, consumer banking goals – Banking Dive
  • Payments In Chaos – Forbes
  • BankThink Go beyond rent payment history to promote homeownership – American Banker
  • Fiserv announces partnership with PayPal and Venmo – finLedger
  • The pandemic may be receding, but its effects on consumer banking aren’t – Tearsheet
  • In the Finverse, trading is just gaming in reality  – The Finanser