Issue 269 · May 28, 2020 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Fintech News

A new week a new issue of FIntechWeekly. This week we have a selection of interesting articles about Fintech for you. It's about high-street players versus digital banks, the future of Fintech and Shopify which is on its

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The future of payments post-pandemic (free research report)

During this quiet period of time, it’s a good time for reflection and I was lucky enough to be commissioned to produce some research on how European FinTech influencers see the future of payments post-pandemic.

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In this issue · 11 items

The next dance between incumbents and fintech startups LinkedIn — As the virus continued to spread, investors have pulled back, especially on early stage companies. Open story ↗ Visa completes Request to Pay pilot trials Finextra — Visa has facilitated the first request to pay message sent and received using standards developed by Pay.UK. Open story ↗ The Future Of Fintech: The New Normal After The Covid-19 Crisis Forbes — This mindset towards fintech will be irrevocably changed as the result of the Covid-19 crisis. Open story ↗ Digital banks vs high-street players: A battle for speed Sifted — A new study shows a number of incumbents are catching up with digital banks on user experience. Open story ↗ Coinbase Buys Tagomi as ‘Foundation’ of Institutional Trading Arm Coindesk — San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is finally acquiring Tagomi, a prime brokerage platform specializing in digital asset trading. Open story ↗ Open Banking moves from compliance challenge to commercial opportunity Finextra — European financial institutions are spending between €50-€100 million on Open banking initiatives, with spend exceeding €100 million for nearly half (45%) of 290 financial institutions surveyed by Swedish account aggregator Tink. Open story ↗ India overtakes China in fintech funding in March quarter liveMint — Startups in the payments and lending sectors led the number of investments in India, whereas China’s deals were more in cross-sector fintech startups Open story ↗ WeChat Invests $70 Billion in Fintech, Including Blockchain and AI Cointelegraph — Tencent Holdings aims to bolster blockchain technology development across China as part of a $70 billion investment in fintech. Open story ↗ Shopify is a Fintech - and Banks should take notice LinkedIn — Shopify announced a business debit card (Shopify Balance), a buy now / pay later option for consumers (Installments), and an AI powered fulfilment network for delivery of goods and integration with Facebook and Instagram for shops. Open story ↗ Fintech is Dead Medium — Something weird has been happening recently. For a long time whenever someone said “post-crisis” it was obvious what they meant, they meant the period after the global financial crisis. Open story ↗ Special Episode: Catalysts in Small Business FinTech Provoke.fm — Small Businesses are the lifeblood of the global economy, listen as Michael Abare- Principal Product Manager for Fusion Digital Banking at Malauzai, a Finastra Company explains how the Finastra ecosystem enables financial institutions to reach and assist more small business clients. Then for the second half, Jason Henrichs hosts Derik Sutton VP Marketing of Autobooks to learn how Autobooks has been able to free up more time for small businesses to take care of the more important things in life and the launch of their “Get Paid with Autobooks” initiative. Open story ↗

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The future of payments post-pandemic (free research report)

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