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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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Asia/Pac Fintech News Roundup

·Mar. 20, 2017

ConsenSys to Advise the City of Dubai on Blockchain

New York-based ConsenSys has been elected to advise the City of Dubai on the first ever blockchain city technology effort; the initiative is led by the Smart Dubai Office and IBM, the government's strategic partner; as part of the Dubai Blockchain Strategy 2020, the city of Dubai will now require all government records and transactions to be documented using blockchain technology. Source

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Fintech News Roundup

·Feb. 6, 2018

Announcements & Releases for February 6, 2018

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·May. 13, 2020

Marqeta Sees Surge in Product Usage and is on Hiring Spree

While most companies are trying to conserve cash and figure out how...

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Asia/Pac News Roundup Online Lending

·Feb. 24, 2017

Australian Companies Afterpay and Touchcorp Announce Merger

Afterpay and Touchcorp are merging to form NewCo which will provide an advanced solution for merchant network installment payments; Afterpay has steadily grown its merchant network which pays a 4% fee for the installment service; Touchcorp will help provide advancements in payments technology for Afterpay and the integrated services will allow for broader expansion. Source

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Fintech News Roundup

·Feb. 3, 2017

Wells Fargo Strikes Agreement with Intuit on Data Sharing

Wells Fargo is teaming up with Intuit which will allow customers to import account information via an API with Intuit products such as QuickBooks; we've recently seen banks opening up their data to empower customers to share their data with third parties; Brett Pitts, head of digital and virtual channels said in a prepared statement, "This agreement creates a much better experience for our shared customers, gives them greater control over their financial data, and enhances the efficiency of the data-sharing process." Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Feb. 23, 2018

Defaults on High Risk Loans at Zopa Rise

UK based Zopa has warned investors that defaults on high risk loans are rising; Zopa increased originations to high risk borrowers in 2016 and introduced their Zopa Core and Zopa Plus Products; the company originally expected default rates for 2016 at 4.14 percent but have revised that number to 4.93 percent; they also raised their estimates for 2017 loans to these borrowers to be 4.86 percent from 4.52 percent. Source.

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Fintech News Roundup

·Feb. 13, 2018

Announcements & Releases for February 13, 2018

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News Roundup Online Lending USA

·Mar. 15, 2017

Video of the Week: Investing in the Future

Scott Sanborn provided the opening keynote presentation at LendIt USA 2017; the appointment of Sanborn has been a critical success factor for Lending Club and the marketplace lending industry; in his presentation he discusses the challenges of 2016 and the significant growth opportunity that still remains ahead; compares the market's potential to the growth of Amazon; provides insight on important factors for growth over the next ten years.

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News Roundup Online Lending USA

·Feb. 21, 2017

SoFi Nearing Completion of a $500mn Fundraising Round

Silver Lake Partners is leading the next financing round for SoFi that is expected to add $500 million in new capital for the growing alternative finance company; investors include Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. and several other Asian investors along with DCM Ventures and Third Point; with the completion of the fundraising, SoFi will be valued at approximately $4.3 billion; recent acquisitions and product introductions have helped the firm expand its offerings from student loan refinancings to personal loans, mortgages, wealth management, life insurance and digital banking. Source

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Nov. 17, 2017

PayPal Selling Consumer Loans to Synchrony Financial

The $5.8 billion in receivables sold to Synchrony according to a TechCrunch article, “also includes Synchrony’s acquisition of $1 billion in participation interests in PayPal receivables held by certain investors and a chartered financial institution.”; the two companies have partnered since 2004 to offer PayPal users branded credit cards; Synchrony will now be the exclusive issuer of the PayPal Credit online consumer financing program. Source

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