Issue 369 · Jun 23, 2022 Weekly edition · 4 min read

Issue #369 - Green, Easy, Inexpensive: 3 Keywords For The Future

Financial uncertainty always leads to reactions. While regulators are still dealing with crypto scams and trying to find out how to protect people from a rising offer of financial products, businesses try to adapt to

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South Korea Blocks Terra’s Employees From Leaving The Country Amid Investigation

The consequences of the Terra crash are not yet over. The Financial and Securities Crime investigation team issued an order that prohibits people involved in the crypto project from leaving South Korea.

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In this issue · 11 items

Money management apps flourish as consumers face cost of living crisis RTIH — Amidst financial uncertainty, people look for applications that can help them to manage their finances. App Radar found that over 5 million people started using money management apps in 2022. Open story ↗ 4most to develop 'green credit score' for SMEs Finextra — 4most, the UK-based credit risk consultancy company, and Swishfund, a fintech lender firm, are developing the “Green credit score”: a score will be assigned to SMEs, and those that prove to be environmentally conscious will have access to cheaper financing. Open story ↗ Open Banking Reaches 6m UK Users Digit — The rise of open banking is evident and fast: OBIE – Open Banking Implementation Entity – found that this kind of service managed to get 1 million new users in less than 4 months – totaling 6 million users only in the UK. Open story ↗ Chinese court invalidates 2019 car sale made using now worthless crypto token CoinTelegraph — The Shanghai Fengxian Court has invalidated the sale of a car made in May 2019 using digital currencies. The crypto was UNIH (Unihash), labeled a scam after its launch – actually, the token is worthless. Open story ↗ News: Allica bank raises for SMEs and Backbase raises to transform the back end of banking Fintech Insider — Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by Soren Aabel Hammer (Mazepay), Keshvi Radia (Allica Bank), Tim Rutten (Backbase), Richard Davies (Allica Bank) and Jacob Groth (P27) to discuss the latest news in the fintech space. Open story ↗ Adapting to rapidly changing business models Finextra — Tony Coleman, CTO of the fintech firm Tenemos, talks about how the company is helping banks to keep up with modern business models. Open story ↗ The rise of API-first companies, in fintech and beyond TechCrunch — API companies are rising – and not only in the fintech industry. Being able to connect different services via easy-to-use interfaces, API-first companies manage to solve problems for businesses and people – and that’s why they’re getting the attention of investors. Open story ↗ El Salvador president addresses bear market concerns with Bitcoin hopium CoinTelegraph — The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, shared with crypto investors his thoughts about the current market downturn. As the president wrote on Twitter, people should just “enjoy life” because downturns are absolutely normal, and Bitcoin will rise again. Open story ↗ Improving consumer credit: A deep dive into the FCA’s recommendations for Fintech Finextra — The Financial Conduct Authority shares some interesting recommendations for fintech firms. Their financial products are easily accessible, and there should be more regulation to guarantee users’ safety and favor the improvement of customers’ credit. Open story ↗ Fintech Islands Barbados 2022 FinTech Islands — The Fintech Islands Experience (FIX) will be an important catalyst for fintech innovation and transformation across the Caribbean. The three-day conference will focus on bringing global thought leadership, best practices and best-in class solutions to the Caribbean’s banking and financial industry, while introducing this largely untapped market to the fintech world. Open story ↗ Chief Data & Analytics Officers, Fall FinTech Weekly — Attend the premier conference for data & analytics leaders in North America – Chief Data & Analytics Officers, Fall on October 10-12, 2022 in Boston, MA. New this year is a personalized learning and networking track for data & analytics executives serving the Financial Services industry. Join your peers who understand your challenges and celebrate your successes when it comes to the nuanced intricacies of data & analytics. Qualified data & analytics folks can attend at no cost with a VIP pass. Open story ↗

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