Top 10 Fintech News Stories for the Week Ending May 20, 2023

Some interesting stories out of Washington this week where we saw two very different Senate hearings, one featuring the former CEO of SVB and the other featuring the current CEO of OpenAI. We also noted the launch of a new financial blockchain network, Q1 earnings from Nubank, and Truist launching a gamified savings app. Here […]

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Replay: Weekly news show, May 18, 2023

Tim Li Watch a replay of our weekly news roundup show with hosts Todd Anderson and John White, with special guest, fintech entrepreneur Timothy Li. This fast-paced show features the content leaders of Fintech Nexus discussing the biggest fintech news stories of the past week. The show can be viewed below. Author Fintech Nexus Staff […]

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Fintech Plurall and dale! to launch microcredit program in Colombia

Colombia is one of the countries in Latin America with the most significant potential for entrepreneurship. Nevertheless, the lack of access to capital in this nation is still a problem that affects millions of small business owners who, lacking credit options in traditional banks, rely on informal loans to be able to finance the growth […]

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Banking — back to the brink

The following is a guest post by Martin Rauchenwald and Philippe De Backer of Arthur D. Little. It was always fanciful, of course, to believe that the regulatory magic wand waved after the 2008 financial crisis would resolve every banking issue. But the hope was that it might start to pave the path to greater […]

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Ripple and its cross-border revolution

Ripple burst into the financial sector, promising disruption of cross-border payments. For years they have made steps toward realizing that goal, but its so-called “disruption” of the market is still in the air.  With increasing solutions aimed at the cross-border space that don’t use blockchain, it seemed Ripple was fading somewhat into the background. Overshadowed […]

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Petal’s Prism Data partners with Plaid

Credit building fintech, Petal is making significant steps in open banking, with two major announcements in the space of two weeks.  On Thursday, May 11, 2023, at Fintech Nexus USA, the company announced a successful funding round of $35 million, no small feat in the desolate investment landscape.  Pulling on the cash-flow data of applicants […]

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PitchIt Podcast 94: Rodney Robinson, President & Co-Founder, TabaPay

Rodney Robinson of TabaPay On today’s episode, I am joined by Rodney Robinson, President & Co-Founder of TabaPay. Rodney and I discuss the shift toward faster payments, what that means for the overall payments market, and where the US sits today in payments innovation. TabaPay is a platform built for real-time money movement. One quick PSA. […]

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Podcast 432: Mike de Vere of Zest AI

There is no hotter area in technology today than AI. We see articles in the press about it every day but in the fintech lending space using AI in underwriting is something that has been mainstream for some time. Mike de Vere of Zest AI My next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Mike […]

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Fintech Nexus USA 2023 attendees shared positive industry vibe

You wouldn’t blame attendees at this year’s Fintech Nexus USA event at the Javits Center in New York City if they came in thinking the industry’s glass was half full, but that was far from the case. The annual event, which ran from May 10-11 this year, witnessed an upbeat outlook, from the keynote stage […]

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Why do investors believe bitcoin is readying for a comeback?

The following is a guest post by Dmytro Spilka, Head Wizard at Solvid. Following a solid start to 2023, investors are beginning to grow in confidence that a prosperous period for bitcoin is on the horizon. However, with many market commentators anticipating rallies beyond $100k over the coming years, what has made everyone so bullish […]

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