TearSheet sat down with Megan Caywood, co-founder and chief platform officer at Starling Bank, to talk about the digital bank’s success so far; the interview covers the biggest issues with banking today, the issues Starling Bank is trying to solve, differentiating from other digital banks, customer acquisition and more. Source.
Lend Academy provides a follow-up to their article on investment platforms for non-accredited investors; gives ten investment platforms for accredited investors across real estate, small business and consumer; defines the parameters for an accredited investor. Source
Consumer behavior is changing as most purchases move online and in-store payments are increasingly contactless; many fintechs in the payments...
DriveWealth struck a partnership with investment platform Sproutfi that will allow companies to service Latin Americans investing in the U.S.
LoanSnap has secured $10 million from True Ventures, Morado Ventures, Work Play Ventures, Accelerator Ventures and MANTIS; interestingly MANTIS is...
Consumers increasingly expect banks to embrace environmental policies. That can create tensions, but also opportunities for loan growth.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority approved new rules for the p2p lending market that many think will weed out weaker...
The European Central Bank (ECB) is considering additional capital buffers to banks looking to incorporate fintech; the regulator says adding fintech to the bank will increase the potential for a volatile client base and the untested products will need a lot of capital; this is part of the recent draft licensing guidelines released by the ECB. Source.
PayTile, an 'airdrop for cash' geolocation-based payments system partnered with Cross River to enable users to send p2p privately.

Robo advisors are meant to be simple and automated to keep costs low and allow your wealth to accumulate; in looking at the top four firms in the market the Wall Street Journal found that humans choose what goes into the portfolios; this begs the question whether investors are aware of this human intervention; the WSJ takes a closer look at how Vanguard Group's Vanguard Personal Advisor Services (PAS), Betterment, Wealthfront and Schwab Intelligent Portfolios allocate their clients money; while robo advisors are deemed a simple solution they might not be and investors should understand how their money is allocated. Source



