Posted on September 3, 2021 | by news-summaadvisory

Top Fintech News Stories for September 1, 2021

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

The Rise Of Climate-Conscious Consumers: The Climate Change Opportunity In Banking – Forbes
Citizens Bank of Edmond to launch national digital bank with partner Moven – Banking Dive
PitchIt Podcast #18: Eric Levine of Berbix – LendIt Fintech
Bank Regulators Set Risk Guidance for Fintech Partnerships – The Financial Brand
Neobank Nerve Co-founder: New Era of Community Banking – LendIt Fintech
Plaid partners with Astra to offer money movement service – finLedger
Clicklease Lists Sandlot as Investor in Series A Round – PYMNTS.com
Ripple Asks SEC to Share Digital Asset Transactions of Employees. Will the Legal Strategy Work? – CrowdFund Insider
Ikea says ‘Hej!’ to buy-now-pay-later, investing $22.5m in Israeli BNPL firm Jifiti – Altfi
How Amazon makes Affirm a bigger threat to banks – American Banker

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