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This page contains an archive of the Global Newsletter summaries and the weekly fintech news roundups.

Every day the Fintech Nexus news team scours the globe for the most important stories of the day to include in our daily newsletter.

Then every Saturday we bring you our weekly news roundup of the top 10 fintech stories of the week with commentary from Peter Renton.

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Jan. 4, 2018

Online Lending Task Force Coming to New York

First proposed in June and recently signed by Governor Cuomo the 7 person task force will be focused on reviewing online lending activities in NY; the task force will be chosen by the governor, president of the senate and speaker of the assembly; they will report their findings on small business and consumer lending back to the governor. Source.

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News Roundup Online Lending

·Apr. 12, 2017

Growth Street Hires Two New Executives

Marketplace lender Growth Street has hired two new executives to support its expansion plans; April Nardulli will join the firm as general counsel bringing experience from RateSetter; Chris Weller will be joining as commercial director to support commercial loan business development; launched in November 2016 the firm has originated over GBP54 million ($67.44 million) from business borrowers; the new appointments follow the recent hiring of James Sherwin-Smith as the firm's new chief executive officer. Source

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Europe News Roundup Online Lending

·Mar. 28, 2017

Waterfall Asset Management Invests 100mn British Pounds in Loans with Lendable

Lendable provides consumer loans from high net worth and institutional investors; says the new investment is an important milestone for the firm and will help support its next phase of growth; according to Martin Kissinger, Founder and Chief Executive of Lendable, "This investment affirms our strong track record and operational excellence, and helps us reach the next level of scale." Source

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Fintech News Roundup

·Jun. 12, 2019

Ant Financial Strikes Joint Venture with Vanguard

Ant Financial owns the world’s largest money market fund and has just...

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Feb. 4, 2019

Payments Becomes Big Theme of Super Bowl

American Banker takes a look at 6 ways payments has become a...

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Europe Fintech News Roundup USA

·Jan. 25, 2019

Announcements & Releases for January 25, 2019

Morgan Creek Digital Joins $3.1 Million Round for Tokenized Real-Estate Firm Finxact...

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·May. 22, 2019

Plaid Announces “Plaid Direct” for Better Connections Between Fintechs

Today, Plaid announced Plaid Direct which aims to make working with digital...

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Nov. 29, 2017

Revolut is Looking to Launch Crypto Features

Digital banking app Revolut is looking to embrace the cryptocurrency wave and incorporate features into the app; the new features would let users exchange and use bitcoin as well as other digital currencies; there is no set plan for the new features but Head of Mobile, Edward Cooper, tweeted that potential changes were coming on cryptocurrencies as Crowdfund Insider reports. Source.

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