Posted on December 2, 2020 | by news-summaadvisory

Top Fintech News Stories for November 30, 2020

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

Podcast 275: Asheesh Birla of Ripple – Lend Academy
Primer, the fintech helping merchants consolidate the payments stack, raises £14M Series A – TechCrunch
How AI Can Help Financial Institutions Rescue At-Risk Consumers – The Financial Brand
Google Plex: The Mobile Banking App Every Bank Wants – Forbes
After Ripple exec declares Bitcoin maximalism ‘over,’ XRP price surges – Cointelegraph
Chinese Fintechs Must Realize that their Products can Subject Consumers to Financial Risk, Analyst Says following Sector-Wide Crackdown – Crowdfund Insider
Coinbase CEO Expresses Concerns About Potential New Regulations for Self-Hosted Crypto Wallets – Crowdfund Insider
JP Morgan and Lloyds reportedly considering bids for Starling Bank – AltFi
Become Releases a New Shopify App – Beprofit, to Expand Its Offerings to the E-Commerce Market – deBanked

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