FinTech Weekly - Fintech News Issue #344

Issue #344 - Towards A New Year

2021-12-30

In this last newsletter for 2021, we at Fintech Weekly would like to draw some conclusions and try to understand what will happen in 2022. In 2021, FinTech has been able to find more solutions than any other sector to fight the issues caused by the pandemic. New payment methods, new business models, new ways to interpret life and business, new ways to consider financial education and independence: FinTech did all this, it managed to create tools that we never could have imagined a few years ago. With this number, FinTech Weekly celebrates some of the people who allowed us to find alternatives, covers solutions found by fintech firms, predictions and challenges FinTech has to face.

Top Stories

The Original Inventor Of “Metaverse” On Technology, Life, And Books: Interview With Neal Stephenson
The Original Inventor Of “Metaverse” On Technology, Life, And Books: Interview With Neal Stephenson
via Forbes

The famous designer, technology consultant and writer Neal Stephenson is the man who coined the term “Metaverse”. What today is the main character of the economic and technological revolution we’re witnessing, is the result of Stephenson’s visionary genius. In this interview by Alex Zhavoronkov, Stephenson shares his opinions on technology, literature and life.

Outlook 2021 For Fintech Industry Trends: Future Appears Bright For Fintech
Outlook 2021 For Fintech Industry Trends: Future Appears Bright For Fintech
via Entrepreneur

India is with no doubt one of the nations where fintech is thriving. With this article Tanul Mishra, contributor at Entrepreneur, revisits what happened in 2021 and shares predictions about the future of fintech - that looks extremely bright.

Top Events

Asian Financial Forum
Asian Financial Forum
via Asian Financial Forum

AFF is Asia’s premier platform for global leaders in government, finance and business to exchange insights, intelligence as well as to explore business and investment opportunities.

Podcasts & Videos

The 5 Numbers That Defined Cryptocurrency And Blockchain Technology In 2021
The 5 Numbers That Defined Cryptocurrency And Blockchain Technology In 2021
via Forbes

“It appears safe to say digital currency is now mainstream”. Even if the “digital gold” is still not the best choice for those who want a worry-free asset, and the debate on Bitcoin’s carbon footprint is still open, altcoins and the blockchain technology have already found solutions to major problems that the traditional economy was not able to address. The Forbes team looks at 5 numbers that describe very well the impact of blockchain and cryptos on the economy and financial system in 2021.

Crypto

Elon Musk Reveals Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Theory, Admits He Doesn’t ‘Get’ Ethereum And Issues Dogecoin Mars Prediction Amid Crypto Price Crash
Elon Musk Reveals Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Theory, Admits He Doesn’t ‘Get’ Ethereum And Issues Dogecoin Mars Prediction Amid Crypto Price Crash
via Forbes

Elon Musk is always in the headlines when it comes to cryptocurrencies. In an interview with Lex Friedman, Musk said that it is not so important to know the identity of the creator of the first crypto, but is far more important to focus on the revolution that cryptos and blockchain started.

A fintech expert’s top 6 crypto predictions: Bitcoin hitting $100,000 is ‘ambitious but hardly insane’
A fintech expert’s top 6 crypto predictions: Bitcoin hitting $100,000 is ‘ambitious but hardly insane’
via CNBC

2021 has been an important year for cryptocurrencies. In this article published on CNBC, James Ledbetter talks about his predictions for 2022, taking into account what El Salvador did, the highly probable expansion of cryptos in secondary markets, Ethereum’s competitors, the competition among big tech companies, governments’ decisions and volatility.

FinTech

How Fintech Companies Can Go The Extra Mile With Cybersecurity
How Fintech Companies Can Go The Extra Mile With Cybersecurity
via Tech Bullion

Security is a big issue for fintech companies: frauds and cyber attacks have damaged many firms, and we at Fintech Weekly often covered this kind of news. But there are some solutions that fintech firms can consider: Angela Scott-Briggs covers them for Tech Bullion.

Kenya's Supply Chain Financing FinTech IMFact Nets $4M
Kenya's Supply Chain Financing FinTech IMFact Nets $4M
via PYMNTS

The Kenyan fintech company IMFact collected about $4 million from FSD Africa Investment: the fintech company, which found an innovative solution to solve liquidity problems of microbusinesses and SMBs, demonstrated that its new business model is worth the attention of investment companies.

Banking

Fintech CEO Takes on Perils of Banking for Cannabis Businesses
Fintech CEO Takes on Perils of Banking for Cannabis Businesses
via The Wall Street Journal

The regulation of cannabis in the US doesn’t mean that it ceased to be a high-risk business: Abaca chief executive, Dan Roda, talks about how fintech firms can solve the unbanked condition of firms involved in the cannabis industry.

Fintech Platform Fnality to Lower Banks’ Intraday Liquidity Requirements by Leveraging DLT
Fintech Platform Fnality to Lower Banks’ Intraday Liquidity Requirements by Leveraging DLT
via Crowfund Insider

The fintech Fnality will use blockchain technology to reduce banks’ intraday liquidity requirements by collaborating with other platforms and creating pools of liquidity.

Innovation

Apollo Fintech Launches Apollo Smart Contract Engine as part of its Decentralized Web 3.0 Initiative
Apollo Fintech Launches Apollo Smart Contract Engine as part of its Decentralized Web 3.0 Initiative
via Martech Series

The fintech Apollo will make smart contracts accessible to anyone: thanks to easy-to-use templates, which can also be personalized, people won’t need to know about coding to profit from the advantages of a decentralized web 3.0.

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