Over the past 18 months, Inflection Points has been working in stealth mode to build out a crypto-focused employment and corporate training business and just secured $12.6 million in funding. The firm was founded by Colton Sakamoto and long-time crypto entrepreneur and investor Anthony Pompliano...
Even though there is lots of talk of a crypto winter, Dan Held, director of growth marketing at crypto exchange Kraken, said the sentiment for this current market cycle is different.
Hope is the author of Open Banking and the rise of Banking-as-a-Service, a recent Temenos whitepaper that dives into these issues.
Look for the unbundling of financial services to continue, along with more partnerships between traditional and non-traditional players.
If the government does not delay, 2022 is the year that Washington gets serious about crypto.
The Executive order lays down the law: If the gov does not delay, 2022 is the year that Washington gets serious about crypto.
In a Forbes column, the CEO of Hometap, Jeffrey Glass, discusses credit scores and how most lenders still rely on...
There's some good financial news brewing for neobanks: new data indicates that at least some of the larger and better-known neobanks are going to be OK after all.
Loot has launched version two of its app which provides for cash deposits and personal finance management; in its newest launch the app has accepted 25,000 new customers; the app helps customers track their spending and provides discounts from affiliated merchants; the version two launch of the app follows a $3.13 million funding round in November. Source
Loot is a banking app designed to help the millennial generation with tracking how much they spend and how to better budget their money; the company does not have a banking license due to the associated regulatory burdens and costs, though they do partner with the German payments company Wirecard; they now offer paycheck deposits with two free ATM withdrawals a month and will soon have the ability to do international money transfers with low fees. Source