Issue 236 · Sep 26, 2019 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Fintech News

This week's top story is about London which overtook New York for fintech investment. Also, we have another Fintech Company of the week for you. At the end of this weeks issue, you can find a very interesting podcast.

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London just overtook New York for fintech investment, research shows CNBC — London has beaten New York in luring the largest amount of fundraising deals for financial technology companies so far in 2019, fresh research shows. Open story ↗ Lending. But Better. It’s a common knowledge that fintech in Africa is booming. According to a Partech report, 2018 was a monumental year for African tech start-ups, raising a 108% YoY growth in equity funding. This trend is only growing stronger in 2019. Open story ↗ How can we close fintech’s gender gap? NS Tech — There should be no mistake. Financial technology (fintech) is fundamentally transforming the old world of financial services. Open story ↗ Visa Aims To Be An Ally To Fintechs Forbes — With the digital payments market taking off around the globe, Visa wants to make sure it’s the partner financial technology startups turn too. Open story ↗ Five Ways Fintech Startups Can Find Customers a16z.com — When founding a company, we all secretly hope that the best product (ours, of course) will win on its own merits. Open story ↗ Three Overlooked Trends In Fintech Forbes — When I tell someone that I work in fintech they assume I am helping move money more efficiently: borrowing it, sending it, or keeping it safe. Open story ↗ A New Framework for Fintech Medium — I have spent the better part of the past decade looking at and thinking about opportunities in fintech. Open story ↗ Cracking the Code on Fintech for Your Business smallbiztrends.com — Businesses of all sizes have used fintech for years to save time or grow. As a result, many SMBs rely on fintech every day to operate efficiently. Open story ↗ How Fintech Innovations Are Making Payments More Efficient Entrepreneur Europe — Smart entrepreneurs can tap into its various facets to build successful businesses. Open story ↗ Financial services infrastructure will be radically changed by blockchain technology: R Venkattesh, DCB Bank Money Control — While blockchain will eventually change the core of a business, in the next five years, it will mostly affect how an organization executes its business. Open story ↗ How BankMobile Uses Artificial Intelligence to Streamline the Experience The Financial Brand — A young mobile-first bank finds that overcoming AI risk worries brings improvements in retail banking service, better consumer lending performance than [...] Open story ↗ Insurance Innovators Summit For Europe’s leading insurance minds to share explosive content and unmissable networking under one roof. Get your burning questions answered on all of the hottest topics in the industry right now; from pull platforms and data goldmines, to open APIs and insurtech partnerships – the Summit will cover it. Open story ↗

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