Hi guys. Welcome to The Fintech Coffee Break. So today, I shared my coffee break with Patrick de Nonneville, CEO of October. October is a major player in the European SME investment scene. And on January 19 announced the EIF backing of its new SME V Fund, which has been labeled as an article eight […]
The crowdfunding platform Monific and the electronic payments fintech Mozper recently became the latest new fintechs endorsed by Mexico’s National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV). With the new regulation, the first startup will operate in the country as a Collective Financing Institution (IFC), while the second will act as an Electronic Payment Fund Institution (IFPE). […]
U.S. fintech giant Fiserv recently purchased Argentine wallet Yacare to ramp up its offering to clients in South America’s second-largest economy. Founded in 2016, Yacare is one of the first digital wallets in the domestic ecosystem. It claims to be a pioneer in QR payments in the market. From an early start, Argentine digital […]
Sift’s latest quarterly report describes how the growing problem of real and fraudulent online disputes threatens many a bottom line. Q4 2022 Digital Trust & Safety Index: The rising risk of online disputes can be downloaded here. Brittany Allen sees a rising risk from online disputes. Allen, Sift’s trust and safety architect said dispute rates […]
The fintech industry was buzzing this week on the news that Stripe might do an IPO this year. A successful public listing would be a major positive for fintech. We also had news from the big banks looking to launch a digital wallet, Custodia Bank has been rejected by the Fed, Marqeta has a new […]
In a recent discussion with Isabelle Freidheim, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Athena SPAC, a company led entirely by women, we explore whether fintech should lean into SPACs. A SPAC, or Special Purpose Acquisition Company, is a “blank shell” corporation designed to take companies public without going through the traditional IPO process, which takes under […]
Compared to most other areas of daily business operations, accounts payable and receivable have been starved for innovation since Quickbooks’ debut decades ago. Anchor co-founder and CEO Rom Lakritz believes the technology exists to provide a $10-trillion process with a long-overdue upgrade. An accountant and lawyer by training, Lakritz has also been a consultant, venture […]
Yesterday, 26 January 2023, the financial community got word of fintech giant, Stripe’s plans to go public, and excitement has spread through the IPO-starved industry. According to The Information, which broke the news, Stripe told employees in an email that they had set a twelve-month deadline to either go public or make a deal that […]
Danielle Pensack of Rightfoot On today’s episode, I’m joined by Dani Pensack, Co-Founder & CEO of Rightfoot. Rightfoot enables developers to add debt repayment to any application. Founding stories are always unique, but Dani and Rightfoot are thus far the most interesting to date. They moved into a retirement home to test out their initial idea. Yup, […]
Eddie Oistacher of Peach Finance The right lending infrastructure is what allows lenders to launch new products easily, to adapt products to changing economic conditions or to start an entirely new lending operation. My next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Eddie Oistacher, the CEO and Co-Founder of Peach Finance. Incubated inside Affirm, Peach has […]