Editorial cartoon for March 28, 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

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Podcast 422: Shmulik Fishman of Argyle

The most important type of financial data in our lives is our income data. This one factor can determine whether we get approved for a loan or to rent an apartment. And yet the majority of people today do not have a traditional salary providing 100% of their income. They often have disparate sources of […]

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The Fintech Coffee Break Ep. 12 – Steve Smith, COO of Esker

Steve Smith COO at Esker Hi, guys, welcome to the Fintech Coffee break. I’m your host, Isabelle Castro. This week I shared my coffee break was Steve Smith COO at Esker.  Esker is a global cloud platform and automation solutions company driven by AI. We focused on the explosion of invoice-to-cash and how automation of […]

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First Citizens picks through the ruins of SVB

Today could mark the beginning of the end of the SVB saga.  After two weeks of desperate searching, the FDIC announced on Sunday that First Citizens Bank & Trust Company would assume all deposits and loans of the failed bank.  First Citizens chairman and CEO Frank B. Holding The 17 former branches of SVB will […]

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Top 10 Fintech News Stories for the Week Ending March 25, 2023

The good news this week is that we had no more bank failures in this country. While a buyer was found for Signature Bank (most of it anyway) the fate of First Republic still hangs in the balance. The banking crisis was bumped from the top spot this week as Hindenburg Research released a scathing […]

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Replay: Weekly news roundup, March 23, 2023

Watch the replay of our weekly news roundup show with hosts Todd Anderson and Peter Renton, with special guest Stephany Kirkpatrick of Orum. This fast-paced show features the content leaders of Fintech Nexus discussing the biggest fintech news stories of the past week. The show kicks off at 5 p.m. EST. Fintech Nexus Staff This […]

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Grasshopper bank enlists MANTL for streamlined deposit experience

A faster onboarding process for business-focused digital bank Grasshopper is at the core of its new partnership with MANTL. Grasshopper, which relaunched a year ago and reported a significant growth in 2022, will use MANTL’s digital commercial deposit origination process to create a more favorable customer experience. Chris Tremont, Grasshopper Bank CDO MANTL is a […]

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Keeping digital commerce on track will require global fintech collaboration

The following is a guest post by Roenen Ben-Ami, co-founder of Justt.ai. Without trust, commerce wouldn’t exist. That was true when early humans began trading stone tools 300,000 years ago, and it’s still true today in the era of digitalization. But while the rise of eCommerce has revolutionized global trade, enabling people to buy and […]

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Ternary cloud spend management platform adds new AI-powered capabilities

Artificial intelligence generates a lot of buzz in many sectors, including cloud management. That includes firms using the cloud to help manage spending. Sasha Kiperkarg, Ternary CEO Ternary — a multi-cloud spend management platform launched in 2021 used by AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud customers to optimize costs — announced on February 21 new […]

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Hindenburg slams Dorsey’s utopian vision of Block

The rise and rise of Jack Dorsey and his fintech powerhouse, Block, was threatened yesterday by a damning report from short sellers, Hindenburg Research.  Claiming fraud and manipulation, with activities to aid the operations of criminals, the research group set forth several points that they allege prove Dorsey’s wrong-doing.  Of course, Dorsey has denied the […]

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