Issue 354 · Mar 10, 2022 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Issue #354 - What Is FinTech? Financial Technology Becomes Even Broader

What is FinTech? The last few years made it hard to give a simple definition. FinTech stands for financial technology, but its sphere of action becomes wider as time passes. FinTech becomes fundamental for societies,

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Why Virginia Could Let Banks Offer Crypto Custodial Services

Virginia is one of the most crypto-friendly states in the US, and the last move of the government in this sense is to allow banks to provide crypto custody services to crypto users. But there is one point that may prevent crypto traders and investors from using these services: the bank needs your private keys.

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CXFS & NGCX Conference for CX Innovators WBR Global — Transforming Customer Experience - Since 2011, CX events have brought together thousands of senior level customer experience executives to discuss the latest in design, innovation, culture, and strategy.Two days of learning, networking and fun in Boston this summer! Open story ↗ FinTech Sandbox Announces Lineup for 8th Edition of Demo Day to Glimpse into the Future of Finance, Featuring 10 Startups from Around the World Fintech & Finance News — FinTech Sandbox announced its Demo Day 8.0, which is back as a virtual event. As a part of the New York Fintech Week, the fintech event will host founders and live product demos that will show new fintech solutions realized by fintech entrepreneurs and companies. Open story ↗ Funding pours into rapidly growing climate fintech scene across Europe and US Fintech Futures — Climate fintech companies are raising billions both in the US and Europe: CommerzVentures shared 2022 data, analyzing almost 300 fintech start-ups. In Europe, the country that collected more funds is the UK. Open story ↗ News: Russia removed from Swift as fintech community steps up for Ukraine Fintech Insider — Benjamin Ensor and Sim Rai are joined by Yann Ranchere (Anthemis), Clare Gambardella (Zopa) and Ali Niknam (Bunq) to discuss how the fintech community is responding to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Open story ↗ BankiFi joins Visa Fintech Partner Connect to bring SME business banking solution to Visa’s clients and partners Fintech & Finance News — The fintech company BankiFi is partnering with Visa to provide a wider range of banking services to SMEs: BankiFi’s goal is to increase the amount of tasks of digital banks to free SME owners from daily and time-consuming administration. Open story ↗ Fintech startup Zeta raises $30 million, teams with Mastercard American Banker — Zeta, the fintech company specialized in banking and credit card services, is considered a unicorn in the fintech space. The last funding round raised $30 million and one of the investors is Mastercard, which announced a five-year partnership with the fintech company. Open story ↗ Meet The London Fintech That Wants To Be Investors’ One-Stop Crypto Shop Forbes — Shamyl Malik, co-founder and CEO of Haruko, says that he wants his company to become the “one-stop-shop for crypto” – especially for institutions. The start-up has just announced a $10 million funding round, after investors showed interest in this initiative. Open story ↗ Fintech Funding Takes A Tumble Crunchbase — Even if the financial technology industry is still one of the hottest markets, it is undoubtedly affected by geopolitical tensions in Europe: data provided by Crunchbase shows that in the last two weeks funds collected decreased by over 60% compared to previous weeks. Open story ↗ Ukraine Is Buying Bulletproof Vests and Night-Vision Goggles Using Crypto CoinDesk — As also FinTech Weekly reported, Ukraine managed to collect over $60 million in crypto donations. The funds were spent not only in food and fuel, but also in military supplies: suppliers have crypto accounts and accept crypto payments, and the whole operation is facilitated by Kuna, the Ukrainian crypto exchange. Open story ↗ 34. FinTech & InsurTech Meetup Europe (ONLINE) FinTech Meetup Europe — We host 3 talks by industry experts and a little discussion together with our speaker from europe and beyond. Open story ↗

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