The first big fintech event of the year, Fintech Meetup, took place March 3-6 at The Venetian in Las Vegas. Here are some thoughts from the event.
Expert speakers from banks, credit unions, lending institutions, fintechs, and beyond engaged in spirited conversation inside our makeshift boxing ring.
Many people have called Capital One the original fintech.
Founded in 1994 by Richard Fairbanks and Nigel Morris (of QED) Capital One broke new ground as a monoline credit card bank that married technology and data science before that was a thing in banking.
Single.Earth selected LHV UK as its banking partner so it can access real-time payments in EUR and other banking services.
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Yesterday, in a 7-2 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is constitutional.
This is a big deal for financial institutions. Even though the agency has been a thorn in the side of many fintechs and banks, if the Supreme Court found it unconstitutional, it would undo more than a decade of work and could mean chaos for the industry.
Millions of people in Mexico do not have access to basic financial products, but fintechs have been working to radically change the scenario.
It is a bold or naïve CEO that prefaces a major announcement with the words, "This will shock the world".
New PayPal CEO Alex Chriss said exactly that in his first public interview since becoming CEO. That was a week ago and he was referring to major announcements that would happen at the company's Innovation Day that it conducted yesterday.
FT Partners have announced the release of their Q1 2022 Fintech insights report, finding a record year in the making for financing in fintech.
E-commerce is quickly catching up in Latin America, providing fertile ground for digital payments to proliferate.