Here are the top news stories from our daily newsletter today:
- Affirm’s IPO Takes Off Like a Rocket Ship – LendIt Fintech News
- LendingPoint Banks $125M In First Equity Investment – Crunchbase
- Blend raises $300 million Series G at $3.3 billion valuation – FinLedger
- After busy tenure, acting OCC head calls it quits – American Banker
- Walmart’s Fintech Deal Threatens a Much Deeper Banking Incursion – The Financial Brand
- Rapyd raises $300M on a $2.5B valuation to boost its fintech-as-a-service API – Techcrunch
- Profitable MX closes on $300 million to grow fintech data platform – FinLedger
- Anchorage Becomes First OCC-Approved National Crypto Bank – Coindesk
- Fintechs that get bank charters should be subject to CRA. Period. – American Banker
- Fed considers regulating AI used by financial institutions – FinLedger