Fintechs in Latin America market high-yield saving accounts to win customers off from traditional financial institutions.
Infina Welcomes $6M Seed Round to Grow Reach of Retail Investing App Across Vietnam. | Crowdfund Insider: Global Fintech News, including Crowdfunding,
A Medium post outlines some of the most interesting players in real estate tech, also known as PropTech across the globe; Opendoor, PeerStreet, RealtyShares are just a few of the names making the list which covered companies in many different niches. Source
The challenges continue to mount for UK challenger Metro Bank; founded by the former head of Commerce Bank in NJ,...
MasterCard and Facebook Messenger have teamed up to bring Nigerian small businesses digital payments and banking; 98 percent of Nigerians use cash when transacting with businesses; businesses message a Masterpass QR bot on Facebook Messenger to help enable QR code payments; the partnership is then supported by Nigeria’s Ecobank and Zenith Bank by setting up those businesses with accounts at the banks; the biggest hurdle in a partnership like this is the consumers or small businesses cannot transact with one another and so adoption is slow, though the partnership hope to solve that issue. Source.
The entire financial services industry must compete to retain customers, even the disruptors in finance — fintechs — face challenges.
Russian market is ‘ripe for disruption,’ CEO of Tinkoff Bank says Why Everyone In Crypto Is Talking About DeFi As...
Germany's central bank is hosting a blockchain workshop as an increasing number of central banks are exploring the use of blockchain; the event is titled, "Blockchain Technology - Opportunities and Challenges"; discussions will be focused primarily for central bankers and regulators; topics will include the success of blockchain, business cases for the technology and the use of bitcoin; workshop participants include European central bankers, European Union Parliament members, financial institution executives, individuals from academia and representatives from blockchain-based companies. Source
Coinbase and Mastercard announced a partnership to offer users more "payment choices" on the upcoming Coinbase NFT platform.
The meetings program at Fintech Meetup is what sets this event apart from every other fintech event.