Payments In 2021: Five Trends Driving Industry Transformation
Forbes, Posted January 28, 2021
Forbes, Posted January 28, 2021
#paytech
Contactless Payments Adoption to Increase 6-8% Globally Compared to Pre-COVID Projections: Report
Crowdfund Insider, Posted January 31, 2021
Crowdfund Insider, Posted January 31, 2021
#paytech
Americas
Berlin fintech Raisin patents Savings-as-a-Service tech in US
Fintech Futures, Posted January 28, 2021
Fintech Futures, Posted January 28, 2021
#SaaS
Latam’s Fintech Revolution: How Conductor Is Taking Banking Beyond The Bank
Forbes, Posted January 28, 2021
Forbes, Posted January 28, 2021
#BaaS
Nubank rakes in $400m to fuel expansion in Colombia and Mexico
Fintech Futures, Posted February 1, 2021
Fintech Futures, Posted February 1, 2021
#challenger bank #fundraising
Has JP Morgan Chase learnt the lessons of Finn and Bó?
Fintech Futures, Posted January 29, 2021
Fintech Futures, Posted January 29, 2021
#market expansion #digital banking
Robinhood limits users to a single share of GameStop and other stocks
Tech Crunch, Posted January 30, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted January 30, 2021
#investment #trading
Stripe joins $35 million funding round in payroll startup Check
Finextra, Posted January 28, 2021
Finextra, Posted January 28, 2021
#fundraising
Online brokers halt GameStop trades as SEC investigates
Fintech Futures, Posted January 29, 2021
Fintech Futures, Posted January 29, 2021
#trading
Asia
Fintechs Have Raised US$ 2 Billion in Mega Rounds in January Alone
Fintechnews Singapore, Posted January 28, 2021
Fintechnews Singapore, Posted January 28, 2021
#fundraising
Digital Banking Solution Provider CIMB Launches New Platform for Asian SMEs to Streamline Operations
Crowdfund Insider, Posted January 27, 2021
Crowdfund Insider, Posted January 27, 2021
#digital banking
India plans to introduce law to ban Bitcoin, other private cryptocurrencies
Tech Crunch, Posted January 30, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted January 30, 2021
#crypto
Omise Selects Netcetera’s 3-D Secure Server to Secure Online Payments in Asia
Fintechnews Singapore, Posted January 27, 2021
Fintechnews Singapore, Posted January 27, 2021
#paytech
DuitNow QR Malaysia’s Universal Payment QR Now Widely Available
Fintechnews Malaysia, Posted January 27, 2021
Fintechnews Malaysia, Posted January 27, 2021
#paytech
Remittance Payments have been Too Costly for Malaysian Consumers, with Many Giving Up on them Completely: TransferWise Survey
Crowdfund Insider, Posted January 31, 2021
Crowdfund Insider, Posted January 31, 2021
#remittances
Versa Launches an Alternative to Fixed Deposits in Partnership with Affin Hwang
Fintechnews Malaysia, Posted January 29, 2021
Fintechnews Malaysia, Posted January 29, 2021
#partnerships
India proposes social security benefits for gig workers in annual budget
Tech Crunch, Posted February 1, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted February 1, 2021
#regulation #startups
Europe
Despite Brexit and COVID-19, Irish investors remain bullish
Tech Crunch, Posted January 30, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted January 30, 2021
#Brexit
N26 mulls acquisition despite net losses tripling in 2019
Fintech Futures, Posted February 1, 2021
Fintech Futures, Posted February 1, 2021
#challenger bank #M&A
Buy Now Pay Later: Klarna rival Scalapay raises €40m
Altfi, Posted January 28, 2021
Altfi, Posted January 28, 2021
#BNPL #fundraising
Stock trading app Trade Republic expands to France
Tech Crunch, Posted January 24, 2021
Tech Crunch, Posted January 24, 2021
#startups #trading
Banco Sabadell invests €2.5 million in inhouse startup Nomo
Finextra, Posted January 27, 2021
Finextra, Posted January 27, 2021
#investment #startups
