FinTech Weekly - Fintech News Issue #357

Bitcoinist shares the new survey conducted by OnePoll, which shows that 53% of Americans think that cryptocurrencies are the future of finance. StarkWare, the fintech company that realizes Ethereum-based solutions, published the survey and highlighted the amazing result.

Visa launches a new NFT program: the business owners that will be selected will be included in a one-year program that will allow them to expand their activities thanks to non-fungible tokens.

Seven U.S. states – New Jersey, Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Washington, Kentucky and Vermont – are checking the “Earn Program” launched by the Canadian fintech company Voyager. This company offers crypto accounts and, according to these states, these instruments may be unregistered securities.

Marcus Treacher (ClearBank) analyzes the disruptive changes brought by financial technology. The infrastructure of banks, if they want to survive, should adapt to new technologies, payment solutions, and the expectations of businesses and people.

Nordic Fintech announced a €132 million offer to acquire Instabank. Instabank was founded in 2016, and so far managed to reach over 60,000 clients with its secured and unsecured loans and savings solutions.

Santander launches new payment solutions that will allow SMEs in Spain to make immediate payments to Brazilian recipients. This solution – One Trade – makes it possible to complete these international transactions in minutes.

Chase, the U.K. digital bank of JPMorgan, launched a new savings account to allow users to maximize interest. As Shaun Port – managing director at Chase – said, the digital bank wants to go against the rising inflation.

David M. Brear and Deepa Anikhindi are joined by Charles McManus (Clearbank), Eric Glyman (Ramp) and Eslam Darwish (Nclude) to discuss the latest fintech news.

i2c, the fintech company focused on offering innovative payment solutions, announced a new partnership with Visa: business owners in the MENA region will be able, thanks to this partnership, to provide customers with advanced payment technologies and digital solutions.