Funding Circle’s Lisa Jacobs, CapitalRise chief executive Uma Rajah, and Zopa’s head of peer-to-peer lending Natasha Wear are among the women who have been honoured for their contribution to the fintech sector, in Innovate Finance’s Women in Fintech Powerlist 2021. The seventh annual Powerlist has highlighted 250 women who are leading innovation in financial services,
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John has been in communications since graduating from Creative Communications at Red River College Polytechnic in Winnipeg in 1992. He launched one of Canada's first digital-only local news sites called Winnipeg First in 2007, which led to digital editor postings with the Winnipeg Free Press and Edmonton Journal. In 2012 he joined Bankless Times as managing editor, later becoming president and CEO. He and the Bankless Media co-founders completed a sale and exit in August 2021.
Helix, a fintech-focused BAAS by Q2, hosted an unveiling on March 4 for the team at the New York Stock Exchange.
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The long-awaited Community Reinvestment Act reform plan is likely to address climate change and bank partnerships with nonbank lenders, while also taking into account the shrinking number of U.S. bank branches, government officials said Monday.
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