Top Fintech News Stories for October 9, 2020

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

• Bank of America takes on payday lenders – American Banker
• U.S. API Platform Bloom Credit Secures $13 Million Through Latest Funding Round Led By Allegis NL – Crowdfund Insider
• Max Levchin’s lending start-up Affirm confidentially files to go public – CNBC
• U.S.-Based Online Lending Platform VIVA Finance Secures $2.3 Million Through Latest Seed Round Led By Acumen Fund – Crowdfund Insider
• ESG Investing Will Not Grow Successfully Without Global Data Standards And Regulations, Says OECD – Forbes
• Ripple Enters Lending With XRP Credit Lines to Fund Global Payments – CoinDesk
• New digital bank for the rich Monument secures restricted UK banking licence – AltFi
• Diginex: The First Crypto And Digital Asset Exchange To Go Public In The U.S. – The Future Is Here – Forbes
• End of an era: LendingClub to drop P2P platform – American Banker
• A ‘platform built by us and for us’: Black leaders start neobank – American Banker