The following is a guest post by Yaacov Martin, Co-Founder and CEO of Jifiti. Competition in the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) industry is rife, and the large fintechs that dominate the market are changing their offerings and services to stay ahead. Affirm is making it easier for merchants to integrate its product, while Klarna […]
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Carlos Eduardo Brandt of Banco Central do Brasil Pix is probably the most successful fintech product in the history of the world. It is Brazil’s instant payment system that launched in November 2020 and has taken the country by storm. More than 130 million Brazilians now use Pix and for around half of those people, it […]
Hi guys. Welcome to the Fintech Coffee Break. I’m your host Isabelle Castro, and today I’m sharing my coffee break with David Poritz, co-CEO, and co-founder of Latin American digital bank Covalto. David Poritz, Co-CEO and co-founder of Covalto Cobalto was founded in 2015 under the name Credijusto, focusing on the underserved SME sector and […]
Another busy week of fintech news saw Goldman Sachs reveal the extent of their losses at Marcus, JPMorgan regretting a 2021 fintech acquisition, Stripe cutting its valuation again, LendingClub laying off staff and Silvergate receiving help from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. Here are what I consider to be the top ten fintech […]
Don Cardinal of Financial Data Exchange User-permissioned financial data is becoming a bedrock of fintech innovation. Ever since Plaid came on the scene and enabled us to connect our bank accounts to other financial institutions, consumers have appreciated the advantages of this concept. But what the industry has really needed is an independent standard for […]
So many choices and so little time. Consumers want the pay right now, not pay later option, or do they? In our current days, the ways of self-service payments are growing. PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, bank accounts, credit/debit card, cash, or pay by ACH. John Minor, SVP of Product and Support of PayNearMe, […]
At a global level, the number of Initial Public Offerings has declined markedly in the face of rising rates and risks of a recession. The odds for a fintech IPO are descending as valuations have dropped. But in Brazil, that has been the case for years. Even in the good times, locally-based tech companies decided […]
Baubap recently announced that the Mexican micro-lending platform had raised $20 million in debt financing from Park Cities Asset Management through its Six Point Fund vehicle. According to the fintech, which currently leads the market for small lending in Mexico, the funds will be used to expand Baubap’s financial products and provide 3 million new […]
Ben Weiss, Co-Founder & CEO of Coinflip On today’s episode, I was joined by Ben Weiss, Co-Founder & CEO of CoinFlip. CoinFlip is the world’s leading bitcoin ATM operator, making it easy to buy and sell bitcoin via cash, card, or bank transfer. This was a refreshing interview on many levels. Even though we are […]