Issue 254 · Feb 5, 2020 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Fintech News

Hello everybody, in our latest issue we will introduce you to Payboutique - our company of the week. We have also some interesting top stories, for example, the five hottest technologies in banking for 2020. Another

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LendIt Fintech USA 2020

LendIt Fintech USA 2020 returns to NYC as they host the world’s largest fintech networking event. Over 5,000+ fintech innovators, investors, commercial and regional banks, service providers, enterprise tech companies, the media, and government officials will gather for two days of networking, learning and deal-making.

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In this issue · 12 items

AI Fintech Goes After BGC With First Bitcoin Trade Bloomberg — A fintech startup that aims to make voice brokers obsolete has gone live with its first trade -- in Bitcoin. Open story ↗ Privilege And Peril In Fintech Forbes — Even though they pretend to be, most fintech products aren’t built for the vast majority of Americans. Open story ↗ 397. News: Is N26 challenging the US banks? 11FS — Ross Gallagher and Adam Davis are in the hosting seat this week and are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. Open story ↗ Top 5 Countries Leading in Fintech Innovation FinTech Weekly — Today it’s easy to imagine yourself sending money to a friend, or buying a product within several seconds. It’s all thanks to the boom in fintech. The investment in fintech has been dramatically rising in the last years, as many countries want to become the hubs of cutting-edge fintech innovation. Open story ↗ Building the Next Stage of Fintech Entrepreneur — The recently launched Shareable Asset is a fintech firm that aims to provide a safe and secure investment platform that provides equal access to all investors which previously was only accessible to sophisticated and institutional investors. Open story ↗ Marcus: A Digital Bank That Should Keep Rivals Up At Night The Financial Brand — Marcus by Goldman Sachs is quickly becoming a digital banking force to be reckoned with as they introduce a mobile banking app and announce plans to offer a checking account and wealth management to their current savings, lending and credit card solutions. Open story ↗ The 5 Hottest Technologies In Banking For 2020 Forbes — At the end of the past six years, Cornerstone Advisors has surveyed financial institutions to find out where their technology dollars will go in the coming year. Open story ↗ Revolut CEO: Fintech is “just getting started” altfi — The banking boss of the digital disruptor is bullish when it comes to the future for innovation within the financial services industry. Open story ↗ ECB runs AI coding marathon to get new insights into supervisory data Finextra — The European Central Bank (ECB) has teamed up with digital innovation outfit Reply to run a 48-hour coding marathon focused on the application of AI and machine learning. Open story ↗ Facebook Libra's promise of financial inclusion doesn't sound right', Mastercard CEO says Independent — The CEO of Mastercard has revealed why the company pulled out of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project, saying he “doesn’t understand how it works”. Open story ↗ Digital payments overtake cash in Russia Finextra — For the first time, in the fourth quarter of last year Russians made more payments digitally than with cash, according to analysis from Sberbank. Open story ↗ Goldman Sachs and Amazon may soon be in the banking business Quartz — Goldman Sachs is becoming an ally for Big Tech companies looking to widen their financial footprint. Open story ↗

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