Posted on January 16, 2021 | by news-summaadvisory

Top Fintech News Stories for January 15, 2021

Here are the top fintech news stories from our daily newsletter today:

Fraud & Fintechs: Protecting the Waves of Digital Debutants – LendIt Fintech
Goldman Sachs inches closer to offering Marcus checking accounts – American Banker
PPP Portal access to expand to small banks Friday, all lenders Tuesday – Banking Dive
Upgrade Launches a Rewards Checking Account – LendIt Fintech News
Forget Bitcoin, DeFi is the real fintech boom – AltFi
How Lightspeed’s Jeremy Liew became one of the first VCs to grab a piece of Affirm, and a stake now valued at over $2 billion – Business Insider
What’s Next For Fintech Infrastructure After Visa And Plaid Call It Off – Forbes
Gemini preps credit card with crypto rewards – Finextra
Mastercard’s plans to turn Android phones into mobile cash registers – FinLedger
Greenlight introduces educational investing platform for kids – Finextra

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