As rigid, password-based systems lead to more security breaches, they are quickly replaced by real-time biometrics leading to a passwordless future. That transition cannot happen fast enough as identity crimes are rising, Mitek’s vice president of product management Chris Briggs said. Briggs has more than two decades of experience in the industry, including time in […]
LatAm’s biggest digital banking startup, Nubank, recently announced the launch of its first cryptocurrency, Nucoin. With the focus on increasing the engagement of the fintech’s user community, the new product will expand the company’s internal rewards program. Nucoin will be accessible to the bank’s more than 70 million customers on the continent starting in 2023. […]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Jason Gardner, founder and CEO of Marqeta took to the main stage at Money 20/20 last week to announce the launch of banking as a service by Marqeta. He said that the custom card company was providing fintech as a service before fintech was a word and now helps build banking […]
The global economy has faced many challenges over the past few years, and this looks set to continue. However, with skyrocketing valuations and booming figures in 2021, fintech seemed like it weathered a lot of the storm. Assessing the behavior of consumers as they have been thrust into digital adoption over the past three years, […]
In the early hours of Friday, Sept. 30, Alasdair Macleod, Head of Research at Gold Money, tweeted: The collapse in Credit Suisse's share price is of great concern. From $14.90 in Feb 2021, to $3.90 currently, markets are saying it's insolvent and probably bust. pic.twitter.com/RIBlqKLtvm — Alasdair Macleod (@MacleodFinance) September 30, 2022 In a “leaked” […]
What a story this has been… First Elon wanted to buy Twitter, but Twitter didn’t want to sell. Then Twitter wanted to sell, but Elon didn’t want to buy. Twitter sued Elon, then Elon wanted to buy, but Twitter didn’t want to sell and kept suing Elon to buy. Well, now Elon Musk owns Twitter […]
With the fintech world gathering in Las Vegas this week for Money20/20 there was quite a lot of fintech news. Interestingly, the CFPB was the most talked about story as they announced a new focus on opening banking, Marqeta launched an entire suite of banking products, Adyen is also getting into banking, and Cross River […]
Last Monday night, in the upstairs of Ludlow House in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, ARK Invest‘s Cathie Wood and the Co-Founders of the Titan investing app hosted a celebration to launch the ARK Venture Fund. The fund enables retail investors to participate in a mix of private equity and public investments for a […]
One by one, traditional banks are starting to see the advantages of working with fintechs. Lloyds is no exception. Last week the high street bank announced the launch of its “Innovation Sandbox” developed in partnership with NayaOne. NayaOne’s solution NayaOne has seen the benefits of the intersection between fintech and incumbents for some time. Founded […]
Merge 2022 The Web3 economy and DAOs: Making it work Matt Hancock shares Web3 rulebook CBDCs and their role in the world of Web3 Digital innovators ‘at war’: Wintermeyer The case for the metaverse: Why it will work What can crypto learn from fintech UX? Creating On-Ramps and Off-Ramps Between DeFi and TradFi How will […]