Fintech

Investments in fintech skyrocketed in 2021, as did consumer adoption of fintech apps. That makes finding the “biggest” winners and the rare losers more difficult. But that’s what we’re here for at the Fintech Snark Tank. This year’s winners: Square, Plaid, Klarna, SoFi, and OpenSea.

A handful of proposed acquisitions this fall saw delays over the lack of timely regulator sign-off. But a pair of deals has found pushback — even termination, in one case — in court.

Account to account payments through open banking are set to boom a retailers seek lower-cost options for online shoppers, writes Roger De’Ath, Head of ecommerce, TrueLayer.

Amid operational, compliance and strategic risks, the OCC cautioned banks of the evolving cyber attacks the regulator increasingly witnessed.

The Metaverse and DAOs are primed to be a major frontier for the upcoming year, with impacts on sectors ranging from social networks, art, entertainment, environmental management and digital finance. Watch this space, though you will likely need a virtual reality headset to catch it.

By acquiring First Sound Bank in Seattle, the fintech would control the strategic direction of the combined company and won't have to share revenue, CEO Luvleen Sidhu says.

I like the guys at Ant Group. I like what they are doing with tech. This was featured heavily in Digital Human, and the company have continued to innovate ever since, most recently with AntChain. AntChain promotes the use of blockchain and have found several sweet spots for this technology that …

Smart glasses could be the mobile device of the future, replacing the smartphone as the main way consumers bank and pay digitally.

The heroes are central-bank technocrats who opened the market to financial competition.

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