Posted on April 28, 2021 | by news-summaadvisory

Top Fintech News Stories for April 26, 2021

Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today:

The Best Banks For Improving Consumers’ Financial Health (And Why This Is A Winning Strategy) – Forbes
A dangerous time to get caught up in the fintech frenzy – The Financial Times
Israeli fintech Pagaya plans to enter Wall Street at $8 billion – FinExtra
Podcast 295: LendIt Fintech USA Preview Show – LendAcademy
Marcus starts its rebuilding year – BankingDive
Hong Kong’s WeLab Aims For IPO At Valuation Up To $2 Billion: Report – Forbes
The communities neobanks ignore are the people Welcome Tech serves – finLedger
Ally and Microsoft strike a partnership to explore quantum computing – finLedger
Fintech Veteran Argues that Banks Achieving Functional Parity with Fintechs Isn’t Good Enough, Much More to Offering Modern Financial Services – CrowdFund Insider
Crypto firm Paxos receives OCC approval to form national trust bank – American Banker

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