FinTechs

NerdWallet IPO Filing Shows 21M Unique Visitors Per Month 
NerdWallet IPO Filing Shows 21M Unique Visitors Per Month 
October 11, 2021  |  IPO

The pandemic had many people scrambling for answers about financial health and guidance. And like many a FinTech before it, NerdWallet, the personal finance company,...

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Latino-Focused Lender Oportun Scraps Bank Charter After CFPB Probe
Latino-Focused Lender Oportun Scraps Bank Charter After CFPB Probe
October 11, 2021  |  Loans

Oportun, a specialist in low- to moderate-income lending, which services many Latinos, has withdrawn its application for a bank charter. The withdrawal was voluntary, and...

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The Ten Year Reset: Highnote CEO Says Embedded Payments Need More Modern ‘Full-Stack’ Tech
The Ten Year Reset: Highnote CEO Says Embedded Payments Need More Modern ‘Full-Stack’ Tech
October 11, 2021  |  Banking

We are moving toward the age of the super app, toward payments being embedded within experiences rather than being separate from them.  For the smaller...

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Archa FinTech to Debut Smart Business Credit Card in Australia
Archa FinTech to Debut Smart Business Credit Card in Australia
October 10, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Archa, the FinTech and ex-consumer neo bank, has now announced plans to roll out a smart business credit card and spend management platform that will...

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Egypt’s State-Run e-finance, Nafeza Systems Aim to Streamline eInvoices, Customs
Egypt’s State-Run e-finance, Nafeza Systems Aim to Streamline eInvoices, Customs
October 07, 2021  |  International

The Egyptian Ministry of Finance has said there are 3,000 companies that have joined the state-run e-invoice platform e-finance for Digital and Financial Investments, a...

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COTI Teams with Simplex for Banking, Visa Debit Cards on Cardano Blockchain
COTI Teams with Simplex for Banking, Visa Debit Cards on Cardano Blockchain
October 05, 2021  |  Blockchain

Enterprise-grade digital FinTech platform COTI is partnering with payment processing gateway Simplex to offer bank accounts and Visa debit cards on the Cardano blockchain, according...

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Challenger Bank Monzo Abandons US Banking License Application
Challenger Bank Monzo Abandons US Banking License Application
October 04, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

London-based FinTech company Monzo has pulled back its application for a U.S. banking license, according to a Monday (Oct. 4) report from CNBC. The withdrawal...

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Goldman’s Marcus Chair Harit Talwar Retiring in October
Goldman’s Marcus Chair Harit Talwar Retiring in October
September 24, 2021  |  Personnel

When Harit Talwar joined Goldman Sachs in 2015, consumer banking was just an idea for the legacy financial institution. Now, after building Marcus into a...

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Clocktower Technology Ventures: Understanding Latin America’s Fragmented Payments Landscape
Clocktower Technology Ventures: Understanding Latin America’s Fragmented Payments Landscape
September 23, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Financial institutions (FIs) entering Latin America have their work cut out for them in a place where cash still reigns and the digital payments ecosystem...

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