Issue #332 Thursday, October 7th 2021 09:04AM
Podcasts & Videos
Ian Connatty, managing director for funds at British Patient Capital, joins Alexander Davis and Andrew Woodman to discuss the venture capital ecosystem and the rising number of fintech startups in the United Kingdom, which may result in larger investment rounds for UK companies.
Emily Chang, host of Bloomberg Technology TV Show, and Ryan Breslow, founder and CEO of Bolt, discuss the fintech startup’s new work policy, a 4-day week that could lead to an improved productivity.
FinTech Articles
Robert Leshner, founder of Compound Labs, is begging users to voluntarily return tokens after a bug in the DeFi protocol upgrade caused a (involuntary) giveaway of $90.1 million.
The DeFi & NFT Summit 2021 edition was conducted by Pledge Finance, a US decentralized lending protocol. Will DeFi be further adopted by fintech companies?
Crypto
The 20-year fintech executive and president of Ava Labs, John Wu, talks about Avalanche's impressive growth and two altcoins he’s bullish on.
During the Future of Fintech conference in New York, CB Insights unveiled the list of the top 250 fintech companies that are revolutionizing the financial system. Quantexa, a company focused on taking data accuracy, risk and compliance to a new level, is among the names in the prestigious list.
FinTech
Lawmakers are trying to understand if consumers really understand the degree of access to their data they allow to third parties: are stronger protections needed?
Alaia SA, a growing action sports destination, tokenized and deposited its shares with Credit Suisse, which integrated the Taurus infrastructure to make this possible. Another big step for Finance 2.0?
Banking
Alaia tokenises its shares with Credit Suisse in view of private placement. Powered by Taurus. - The Tokenizer
— via The TokenizerAlaia SA, a growing action sports destination, tokenized and deposited its shares with Credit Suisse, which integrated the Taurus infrastructure to make this possible. Another big step for Finance 2.0?
Innovation
Amsterdam’s Sentinels partners with fintech startup YouWorld to help “fight financial crime on a large scale”
— via Silicon CanalsSentinels, a transaction monitoring startup powered by artificial intelligence, announced its partnership with YouWorld, the fintech company focused on providing cross-border digital banking solutions.
Stamford-based Point72 Ventures leads $35M funding round in Chicago fintech firm
— via Stamford AdvocateThe fintech firm Zero Hash, which allows fintech companies and financial institutions to embed crypto products in an easy and compliant way, is collecting $35 million in a Series C funding round led by Point72 Ventures.
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