Issue 306 · Mar 11, 2021 Weekly edition · 3 min read

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‘Fintech is coming into the mainstream from this pandemic,’ J.P. Morgan’s Joyce Chang says

With the pandemic boosting demand for alternative assets, J.P. Morgan Securities’ Joyce Chang is seeing a new dynamic unfolding in the cryptocurrency space: a battle between banks and fintech.

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In this issue · 11 items

The Ultimate Guide to Fintech Data MX — In January of 2020 Chase announced plans to block fintech companies from screen scraping data on their website. Open story ↗ JPMorgan wants to launch a basket of stocks for bitcoin-friendly traders Financial News — MicroStrategy, Square, NVIDIA and PayPal will be among the basket’s top constituents Open story ↗ Walmart’s Fintech Ambition: A Super App, Not The ‘Bank Of Walmart’ Forbes — Giant retailer Walmart has made a couple of big announcements recently regarding its plans to create a financial technology—or “fintech”—business unit: Open story ↗ Is India on the cusp of a new fintech revolution? Fortune India — India has liberalised regulations relating to geospatial data and maps. The sweeping changes are radical and Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have unleashed a trillion dollar fintech opportunity. Open story ↗ IWD 2021: No more talking, it's time for action on female representation in fintech FinExtra — 2020 may have been a year of challenge, but it proved that above all else, digital resilience will remain foundational, not only to female financial inclusion, but to female representation across the fintech sector. Open story ↗ Climate Fintech Startup Atmos Financial Puts Savings to Work for Clean Energy gtm — Atmos joins a wave of financial startups pushing big banks to stop lending to new-build fossil fuel projects. Open story ↗ Hudson Fintech launches Trade Hospital FinExtra — Hudson Fintech, the London-based Capital Markets technology firm, today announced the launch of Trade Hospital. Open story ↗ To Achieve Big Transformation Changes in Banking, Think Small The Financial Brand — While many financial institutions are focusing on the massive amount of digital transformation needed to meet consumer expectations, they ignore the difference small incremental changes can make over time. Open story ↗ What are the odds… Fintech Futures — Over the last fifteen years this thing emerged that we call the fintech ecosystem. We all know what we mean when we say it. We mean innovation programmes and startup showcases, proof of concepts (POCs) and conferences that feel like festivals. We mean incubators and hackathons. Open story ↗ HSBC expands bank account service to help the homeless Your Money — Working with national homelessness charities Shelter and Crisis, as well as local organisations and councils, it aims to provide individuals with access to a basic bank account without the need for photo ID or proof of address. Open story ↗ Wal*Mart’s new FinTech will be like Marcus on Steroids … or will it? Chris Skinner's Blog — I’ve noticed that Wal*Mart has recently been hiring bankers. Goldman Sachs’ bankers to be exact. Goldman Sachs Marcus’s bankers to be more specific. Open story ↗

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