Posted on August 26, 2021 | by news-summaadvisory

Top Fintech News Stories for August 24, 2021

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

Ramp raises $300M at a $3.9B valuation, makes its first acquisition – TechCrunch
The Coming Rise In Collaborative Investing And The Anti-Robinhoods – Forbes
Facebook Announces New Cryptocurrency Payment Product – LendIt Fintech
More Banks Eye Rent-a-Charter Business Model for Fintechs & Neobanks – The Financial Brand
African fintech OPay valued at $2B in SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $400M funding – TechCrunch
The Cash Advance of the Student Loan Industry Agrees to Be Treated Like a Loan – deBanked
JPMorgan Chase glitch let customers see other users’ data – Banking Dive
Coinbase, Circle to move all USDC reserves into cash, Treasurys – American Banker
On The Road To Cloud, Banks Still Have Far To Go – Forbes
Happy Ending as Poly Network Receives All Funds Back, Including Bug Bounty – CrowdFund Insider

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