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Every day the Fintech Nexus News team writes original stories from around the world, and we archive them chronologically on this category landing page.

Opinion

·Jan. 3, 2022

The seven 2021 fintech trends that will shape 2022

There are a number of fintech themes coming out of 2021 that will have a dramatic impact on the industry in 2022. Here are our top seven trends: Buy now pay later, fintechs going public, overdraft fees, embedded finance, cash flow underwriting, CBDCs and Web3.

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Europe

·Mar. 16, 2022

Fintech sparking the global Net-Zero revolution

Despite feel-good assurances of a Net-Zero bid by those joining the Paris Agreement in 2015, the outlook seven years later is bleak.

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Rohit Chopra at a desk speaking into a mic

News Roundup

·Jun. 14, 2023

Global newsletter: Chopra scolds P2P services for weak fraud fight

CFPB director Rohit Chopra was back in front of the senate banking committee Tuesday, where he brought his focus on fraud in the P2P payments space.

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Opinion

·Jun. 23, 2022

Merchants on board with crypto payment after dealing with dinosaur-era systems

Crypto offers too many benefits to throw it out as a payment mechanism. Let's look at the challenges vexing the payments industry today.

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Fintech

·Aug. 8, 2022

Play-to-Earn: crypto wealth creation amid a downturn?

The videogame industry has seen significant growth throughout economic challenges. Could Play-to-Earn be a resistant wealth creation tool?

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LatAm

·Jun. 1, 2023

Fintech Kiwi gets $80M to lend to Latinos in the U.S.

Latin American fintech Kiwi raised $80 million in funding to boost lending to underbanked Latino migrants in the United States.

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LatAm

·Mar. 2, 2023

Credit, cross-border transactions, direct debit – What’s next for Brazil’s Pix in 2023?

Pix is a constantly-evolving product, with new features being recurringly rolled out. What is next for Pix this 2023?

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Lending

·Mar. 10, 2023

Kueski hits 10-million-loans record as it expands financial services in Mexico

Kueski, a BNPL fintech in Mexico, broke its loan disbursement record this month as it hit 10 million loans and $1.6 billion in transactions.

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Fintech Nexus Newsletter

·Apr. 22, 2024

Fintech Nexus Newsletter (April 22, 2024): Synapse files for bankruptcy, assets acquired by TabaPay

Late Friday, we learned that Synapse has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and that its assets will be acquired by payments infrastructure company TabaPay. This will not come as a surprise to anyone who has been following the slow-moving Synapse saga for the last 12+ months. The company had done multiple rounds of layoffs and had an ongoing dispute with Mercury.

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