Fintech News Issue #315 - Banking = Stress?

2021-05-31

Every week or month a new neobank is popping up somewhere across the US, Asia or the EU. Each targeting a segment of humans like freelancers, students, conscious people, underbanked, kids, Women you name it. But why? Because one of the most fundamental pains people feel with banking in unsolved to date. Alex Johnson (@AlexH_Johnson) puts it like that in a recent survey of the FinTech Collective: "Banking isn’t broken because the UIs are ugly. Banking isn’t broken because fees, as a generic concept, are evil. Banking isn’t broken because it didn’t come with enough glow-in-the-dark debit cards. Banking is broken because, for far too many people, money = stress. 85 million Americans believe that ‘developing a healthier relationship between money and happiness is crucial to their future financial success. So, let’s build that!"

Apple is Hiring Business Development Manager With Crypto Experience

via Securities.io

Apple, the global corporate giant, is hiring a business development manager with a specialization in alternative payments. It indicates that Apple is opening up to accepting alternative payments, which will likely include cryptocurrencies, too.

If you could build your own neobank, what would be your first product and why?

via Fintech Nerd Collective

Each month we ask some of the brightest (and most curious) minds in fintech one key question. They can answer however they see fit. The goal is to crowdsource some knowledge, have a little fun, and maybe spark an idea or two for the fintech community.

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What is this podcast about, in a few words? Life-hacking Europe. Finding the best country to study, work, invest and retire in. Which means: how to reach Financial Independence in Europe.

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„Our Planet: Too Big To Fail“

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WWF film and discussion. "Our Planet: Too Big To Fail. The potential of the financial world for a sustainable future.

Amsterdam FinTech Week

via Amsterdam FinTech Week

Amsterdam Fintech Week, in short XFW, gathers all stakeholders and players active in the ecosystem of digital finance. The goal is to connect players within the European Fintech space and to involve key stakeholders to participate. While enabling the market to do it’s work, we also want to explore how we can make financial services more accessible, understandable and impactful.

Finovate Asia Digital

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Digitally meet international industry experts and discuss trends impacting Asian fintech through an immersive online platform. Learn from and network with the start-ups, tech platforms, financial institutions, regulators, and investors redefining financial services across Asia and beyond. 500+ senior decision makers. 50%+ from financial institutions. 10+ innovative demos. 50+ speakers. Hundreds of meetings.

Ex-Goldman MD joins Scalable Capital as strategy chief

via altfi

As the digital wealth manager hits €4bn in assets, its focus is shifting to brokerage. After leaving the UK market earlier this year, digital wealth manager Scalable Capital has appointed a new chief strategy officer to guide its growth strategy.

Ex-Square execs launch Found to help the self-employed, raise $12.75M from Sequoia

via Tech Chrunch

If you’ve ever been self-employed you know what a pain it is to keep up with the hassles of running a business. From bookkeeping to invoicing to paying taxes — it’s one big headache.

Fintech startup Agicap rakes in $100M Series B

via Pitchbook

Greenoaks Capital has led a $100 million investment in Agicap. The French startup offers a SaaS platform to help small and medium-sized enterprises manage and predict their cash flows. The Series B funds will be used for its international expansion and recruitment, as well as product development. Agicap secured €15 million in 2020.

Goldman Sachs leads $45M investment into auto fintech startup MotoRefi

via TechCrunch

MotoRefi has raised another $45 million in a round led by Goldman Sachs just five months after investors poured $10 million into the fintech startup to help turbocharge its auto refinancing business.

Fintech company Ripple CEO on regulation outlook for cryptocurrencies

via CNBC

Ripple, a fintech company that’s mostly known for a cryptocurrency called XRP, is number 38 on the 2021 CNBC Disruptor 50 list. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse joined "Squawk Box" on Wednesday to discuss the company's approach to blockchain disrupting the financial system.

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Fintech News Issue #315 - Banking = Stress?

Fintech News Issue #315 - Banking = Stress?

2021-05-31

Apple is Hiring Business Development Manager With Crypto Experience

If you could build your own neobank, what would be your first product and why?

Financial independence Europe Podcast

Become partner of the month!

„Our Planet: Too Big To Fail“

Amsterdam FinTech Week

Finovate Asia Digital

Ex-Goldman MD joins Scalable Capital as strategy chief

Ex-Square execs launch Found to help the self-employed, raise $12.75M from Sequoia

Fintech startup Agicap rakes in $100M Series B

Goldman Sachs leads $45M investment into auto fintech startup MotoRefi

Fintech company Ripple CEO on regulation outlook for cryptocurrencies

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