Issue 355 · Mar 17, 2022 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Issue #355 - What To Do When Inflation Rises

In today’s newsletter, FinTech Weekly covers one of the topics that are making headlines: blockchain technology. Cryptos seem to be the best hedge against inflation: Elon Musk has already announced that he won’t sell his

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Simon Taylor is joined by Nicole Perry (Strategy Director at 11:FS), Martin Haring (Temenos), Mary Agbesanwa (Seccl) and Josh Williams (Seattle Bank). They discuss the role of blockchain technology in the current financial system, the expansion of fintech firms in Africa and much more.

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In this issue · 9 items

Fintech for landlords introduces a banking platform American Banker — The New York based fintech firm Baselane announced the introduction of a new banking platform. Baselane helps property owners to manage all the operations related to their properties like bookkeeping, rent collection and the analysis of data related to their activities. Open story ↗ Instagram is adding NFTs soon — says Mark Zuckerberg Cointelegraph — Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced that the company is working on bringing Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to Instagram. Zuckerberg said that he hopes that NFTs will be available for minting in the next few months. Open story ↗ ‘I Won’t Sell’—Tesla Billionaire Elon Musk Issues Inflation Advice As The Price Of His Bitcoin, Ethereum And Dogecoin Plummet Forbes — Elon Musk said that he won’t sell his cryptos: the billionaire confirmed he owns Bitcoin, Etherer and Dogecoin. Despite the drop in prices, he said that he won’t sell because of the increasing inflation. Open story ↗ 7-Eleven stores in Japan trial holographic payment terminal Finextra — Toshiba developed an innovative system that will allow 7-Eleven stores customers in Japan to pay by using a holographic screen. The technology makes it possible to interact with the display to scan products and pay. Open story ↗ Israel Fintech Sector Witnesses Strong Funding Figures in 2021 Finance Magnates — Israel registered a surge in fintech investments in 2021. Fintech startups got 17% of the tech investments of the country. The segments that are growing faster are insurtech, trading, lending and payments services. Open story ↗ AmEx reveals its metaverse ambitions in a trademark filing for tech to let people to use its payment cards in virtual worlds Markets Insider — American Express wants to invest in the metaverse: the company announced that it’s working on a virtual marketplace for Non-Fungible Tokens and cryptos. The goal of the company is to make its services available also in the metaverse. Open story ↗ Gretel raises $1 million to help reconnect customers with lost assets Finextra — Gretel has just raised $1 billion in a pre-seed funding round led by RLC Ventures and Insurtech Gateway. The fintech company helps financial institutions to allow their customers to recover lost financial products. Open story ↗ Lloyds Banking Group and Fintech Scotland opens applications for innovation programme Finextra — The Launch Innovation Programme of Lloyds Banking Group is opened. The group opened this program for the second time to find new fintech partners from all around the world. Open story ↗ Payments Fintech Stripe to Support Crypto Firms Including NFT Marketplaces, Partners with FTX Crowdfund Insider — John Collison, co-founder of the popular fintech firm Stripe, announced on Twitter that Stripe supports crypto companies and payments, as well as NFTs, which will be used for identification purposes. Open story ↗

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