Top Fintech News Stories for October 1, 2020

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

• Cloud-Based Digital Banking Solutions Provider Alkami Secures $140 Million Through Latest Investment Round Led By D1 Capital PaCartners – Crowdfund Insider
• Move Over Credit Score, New Tool Helps Users And Lenders Evaluate Credit Potential – Forbes
• Lendit Fintech USA 2020 Day 1 – Creativity, Connectivity and Community – Crowdfund Insider
• What’s next for Goldman Sachs’s Marcus – American Banker
• Australia to Spend $575M on Tech Including Blockchain to Boost Pandemic Recovery – CoinDesk
• Mission-Driven Fintech Kontist Shakes Up The Future Of Work For Self-Employed – Forbes
• Investors give Baltimore’s Facet Wealth$25 million to sell businesses on financial planning as a benefit – TechCrunch
• Barclays, Citi and other big banks invest in behavior biometrics firm – American Banker
• OCC’s Brooks defends special-purpose charters amid growing ‘unbundling’ – Banking Dive
• Fintech Veteran Ron Suber Joins Yieldstreet’s Board of Directors – Crowdfund Insider