Radiate Ventures looks to capitalize on market volatility

In today’s challenging climate, Radiate Ventures is betting on companies developing the technologies that will drive change and the leaders persistently following through on their goals. A new venture fund launched by global thematic investment platform MarketX and founder Cathryn Chen, Radiate Ventures is designed to leverage investment opportunities due to volatility. The fund will […]

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Global newsletter: FIS scoops up Bond

The following is an excerpt from today’s Global Newsletter. As Jason Mikula predicted on June 1, FIS has acquired embedded finance startup Bond in a deal where terms were not touted in a splashy press release. While silent acquisitions often indicate a distressed sale, the incumbent core banking provider likely realized they needed to get into BaaS and probably […]

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Editorial cartoon for June 13, 2023

Matt Bodkin Matt is a seasoned editorial cartoonist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Long Island University. He brings a strong background in the newspaper industry and skills in arts and design to his work. He aims to distill complex issues into funny doodles that resonate with readers. View all posts .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper.box-post-id-45383.pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-shortcode.box-instance-id-1 .box-header-title { […]

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Harness power of API-first card issuing approach for customized future-ready experience

The following is a guest post by Anil Goyal, CEO at Corserv. Adopting an API-first approach to card issuing allows financial institutions (FIs) and fintechs to create personalized, flexible, and innovative payment solutions tailored to their customers’ needs. Delivering custom payment card products and services improves customer experience, increases loyalty, and enhances retention rates. Related: […]

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The Fintech Five news recap for June 9, 2023

The Fintech Five brings you the top five fintech stories of the week in under two minutes. It is delivered via the Fintech Nexus daily newsletter and website and across Fintech Nexus social media channels every Friday. This week The SEC has filed suits against Binance and Coinbase, raising concerns about the future of crypto […]

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PitchIt Podcast 97: Kelly Fryer of FinTech Sandbox

Kelly Fryer of FinTech Sandbox On today’s episode, I talk with Kelly Fryer, Executive Director of the FinTech Sandbox. Kelly and I talk about the mission of the FinTech Sandbox, why she enjoys working with startups, current market conditions for fintech startups, why access to data is so critical for startups, the market shift to open banking, […]

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Global newsletter: Regulators provide clarity on bank-fintech partnerships

The following is an excerpt from today’s Global Newsletter. Bank-fintech partnerships have been a thing for over a decade, but there has never been comprehensive guidance on managing these. Until now. Subscribe to the Global Newsletter This week the FDIC, OCC, and the Fed produced a 68-page interagency report detailing how banks should manage third-party relationships. The […]

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Colorado residents could soon be in a mountain of hurt when it comes to access to credit

Earlier this week, with little fanfare, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill into law that could have a lasting impact on the availability of credit to Colorado residents. As a Colorado resident and a big fan of access to credit, I have followed this bill’s status since it was introduced during this year’s legislative […]

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Podcast 436: Mark Fiorentino of Index Ventures

Mark Fiorentino of Index Ventures Investing in fintech companies is never dull. The last three-plus years have seen every type of investing environment there is. Are we edging toward a new normal? Probably not yet but investment demand could start to pick up within the next nine months. My next guest on the Fintech One-on-One […]

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MoneyLion’s Engine brings holistic embedded finance

The embedded finance market is predicted to be an area of prolific growth over the next decade.  Since Angela Strange, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, uttered the famous, “Every company will become a fintech company,” in 2019, embedded finance has become ever more widely used. In a recent report by Future Market Insights, it was […]

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