Top Fintech Europe News Stories for Oct. 13, 2021

Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today:

• PitchIt Podcast #23: Tolga Tezel of Canopy Connect – LendIt Fintech News
• Upcoming Webinar: Account to Account Transfers: What Consumers Want and How To Make It Happen – LendIt Fintech News
• Indian fintech CRED seeks funds at $5.5 billion valuation – TechCrunch
• Key areas for Bank & Fintech collaboration in a Covid-world – Finextra
• Crypto Trading Platform MoonPay Seeks $3.4B Valuation – PYMNTS.com
• Bank North grows team ahead of lending launch – FF News
• UK hits an 86% rate of fintech adoption; digital payments drives future growth – FF News
• Lunar debuts in payments space: Acquires Paylike and launches one-step checkout – FF News
• UK-based Elliptic raises €51.8M for its cryptoasset risk management platform from SoftBank, others – Silicon Canals
• FinTech Mbanq, Banking Tech Firm Temenos to Offer Credit Union-as-a-Service – PYMNTS.com