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·Jun. 30, 2020

LendIt Fintech Job of the Week: Business Development Analyst – Pagaya

From the LendIt Fintech Jobs Board: Leading tech-enabled asset manager, Pagaya Investments, is seeking a Business Development Analyst to support...

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Jan. 24, 2019

Government Shutdown Beginning to Impact Fintechs

As the partial government shutdown enters its second month, the impact is beginning to effect the fintech industry, from both...

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Fintech News Roundup

·Dec. 22, 2016

Chart of the Week: Banks’ Biggest Fears

Business Insider released the below chart this week highlighting what banks fear the most; for 2016, banks view existing large incumbents as their biggest threat followed by fintech startups; BI posits this is due to the incumbents having large customer bases and significant capital to fund projects; the perception of threats from fintechs increased from 14% in 2015 to 18% in 2016.

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Fintech

·Jan. 14, 2022

Strike expands Bitcoin services in Argentina as country battles hyperinflation

Bitcoin digital wallet app Strike has expanded its business in Latin America with the launch of its payment services in

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Jan. 28, 2020

Modernizing Banking Regulations

Many of the challenges for both banks and fintechs alike come from laws that are anywhere from 30 to 100...

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Fintech

·Apr. 11, 2022

Central Banks Can Save DeFi, as Weird as That Sounds

The financial metaverse would be better served by truly stable currencies but the powers-that-be need to join in.

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Fintech

·Jul. 27, 2022

Coinbase shares tumble 21% after report that it’s facing SEC probe

Shares of Coinbase closed down more than 21% Tuesday on report that it's facing SEC's probe into whether the platform is offering unregistered securities....

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Nov. 1, 2017

Victory Park Capital Continues Exit of Marketplace Lending Exposure

The VPC Speciality Lending investment trust sold it’s exposure to Avant loans and their equity stake as it continues a move out of the sector; the fund has been shifting to a balance sheet strategy for quite some time and this is another indicator of that move; they also sold their equity exposure in Australian point of sale lender zipMoney. Source.

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Asia/Pac Fintech News Roundup

·Aug. 21, 2017

Lend Academy Podcast: Greg Gibb of Lufax

Lend Academy talks with Greg Gibb, CEO and co-chairman of Lufax; Greg Gibb talks about the founding of the business as a P2P platform, its relationship with Ping An and how it has evolved to become a broader provider of wealth management product offerings; the podcast interview also discusses Lufax's future plans for international expansion and a potential IPO. Source

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·May. 29, 2019