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The importance of finance is more considered (sadly) in times of crises than in times of “peace”.

Fed raises interest rates for the ninth time in a row. What this means for the global economy and the fintech industry. FOMC March 2023.

Interview with Lena Hackelöer, CEO and founder of Brite Payments, about the future of Brite - also after the partnership with Sofort.

India is with no doubt one of the nations where fintech is thriving. With this article Tanul Mishra, contributor at Entrepreneur, revisits what hap...

2021 has been an important year for cryptocurrencies. In this article published on CNBC, James Ledbetter talks about his predictions for 2022, taki...

The regulation of cannabis in the US doesn’t mean that it ceased to be a high-risk business: Abaca chief executive, Dan Roda, talks about how finte...

Emily Chang - host of Bloomberg Technology - meets Sam Bankman-Fried: the CEO of FTX, the popular trading platform, talks about what to expect for ...

Alex Lazarow, Senior Contributor at Forbes, writes about the top fintech predictions for 2022 but from a different point of view: these predictions...

Fintech Insider’s hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Deepa Anikhindi, discuss fintech news with Wiza Jalakasi (Chipper Cash) and Abba Newbery (Habito): from...

Ron Shevlin reflects on the digital transformation in banking. What many banks are doing is using new tools for an old industry, without really dea...

Alex Johnson and Jason Mikula discuss fintech topics and make predictions about what 2022 has in store for us. The focus of this episode of Fintech...

BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) is the hottest topic now, and this requires a careful analysis: the Sifted team discusses the topic with Anthony Drury (Z...

Since Elon Musk finally took control of Twitter, the popular social media has been making headlines because of Musk’s decisions: from firing execut...

It may sound odd, but the tech industry doesn’t seem to offer the best working conditions anymore. While a career in technology seemed the best opt...

Vice President of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia, addressed the economic crisis suffered by Ghana during a speech delivered at the FinTech Festival in Acc...

The FTX collapse has legal consequences for its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. The young entrepreneur is known not only for FTX, but also for being a ...

New meeting, new interest rate. The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee will meet in December, and it's almost certain that they will c...

AI continues to gather investments, despite the crisis that hit also the startup ecosystem. Despite the success of this sector, many concerns arise...

Kevin Baragona, the founder of DeepAI, signed the petition to pause the development of AI. he discussed his choice and the impact of artificial int...

Despite the success of artificial intelligence, the popular economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said that the impact of AI won’t be so disrup...

Despite the open letter, it might be that the market doesn’t want the development of artificial intelligence to stop. The controversy is not only b...

In the meantime, Bloomberg announced the use of artificial intelligence for financial data. The BloombergGPT would be trained with the impressive a...

It’s no secret that the US is using the hard line with the digital asset market. One of the consequences is that developers are leaving the nationa...

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, expressed his opinions for what concerns the US dollar. Its liquidity issues might make the US los...

An AI-generated image of an explosion of a building next to the Pentagon became viral – but people (and some verified accounts) thought that the im...

The CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...

Yassine Elmandjra, analyst at ARK Invest, said that the US lacks credible institutions related to the crypto space. According to the analyst, the U...

London has become a fintech hub. Thanks to the experience and skills acquired over time, also regulators started having more elements to scrutinize...

The pandemic also affected people’s financial confidence: according to Finfit, the fintech firm focused on financial wellness, only 19% of American...

The panel discussion moderated by Cointelegraph took place on January 21st: experts think that DeFi will disrupt traditional CeFi systems, but it n...

Jeremy Siegel, a Wharton Business School professor, criticized Jerome Powell and the Fed for the policies adopted by the US central bank. Siegel sa...

Fintech Insider hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Ross Gallagher, are joined by Lotanna Ezeike (XPO) and Kyla Scanlon to discuss how fintech and banking serv...

To relate to the previous news, the past week marked an important moment for our economies. Fed chairman Jerome Powell said that the Fed projects t...

Jason Wenk discusses the main problems of fintech founders: even if their main goal is solving people’s financial issues, their intentions may be d...

Ron Shevlin provides another excellent point on one of today’s hot topics: BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later). Will this system really kill credit cards, or...

AI continues to gather investments, despite the crisis that hit also the startup ecosystem. Despite the success of this sector, many concerns arise...

Kevin Baragona, the founder of DeepAI, signed the petition to pause the development of AI. he discussed his choice and the impact of artificial int...

Despite the success of artificial intelligence, the popular economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said that the impact of AI won’t be so disrup...

Despite the open letter, it might be that the market doesn’t want the development of artificial intelligence to stop. The controversy is not only b...

In the meantime, Bloomberg announced the use of artificial intelligence for financial data. The BloombergGPT would be trained with the impressive a...

Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, recently addressed the issue of de-dollarization. The mix of sanctions issued, along with the banking...

Elad Natanson, contributor at Forbes and expert of mobile and app economy, shares some interesting insights on what will be the mobile trends in 20...

The BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) system, today’s hot topic, can be one of the best moves for fintech. This system actually increases the number of sal...

Fidelity, a well known asset management and financial services company, released a report where they explain why Bitcoin should be considered as a ...

Dan Novalis, CEO of 2Novas, give advice on how small banks can counter the power of fintech firms and large banks thanks to specific marketing stra...

Thanks to data shared by Citi Global Insights, we know that fintech companies have received around $18 billion in funding since the beginning of 20...

Benjamin Ensor and Tim Heard are joined by two special guests: Brad Goodall, CEO of Banked, and Julie Koch Fahler, co-founder of Agreena. They will...

Matt Williamson, vice president of Global Financial Services at Mobiquity, joins the Fintech Chatter to discuss how the fintech firm is providing l...

Denada Ramnishta shares a particular point of view related to fintech. As the GM and Head of Corporate Strategy at Lendio, she highlights one parti...

In the meantime in the UK, the attempts to become a fintech hub still don’t produce the expected results. The Deputy Chairman of the Policy Committ...

AI in finance: can artificial intelligence replace people in Wall Street? According to two studies, it looks like it is possible that ChatGPT – or ...

Niall Fergusson (Stanford University Hoover Institute Senior Fellow), says that de-dollarization is not a recent story. The movement is now making ...

Amidst all the difficulties CeFi had to cope with in 2022, we talked about the top CeFi lawsuits under a 2023 perspective – read the complete artic...

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, expressed his opinions for what concerns the US dollar. Its liquidity issues might make the US los...

An AI-generated image of an explosion of a building next to the Pentagon became viral – but people (and some verified accounts) thought that the im...

The CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...

Yassine Elmandjra, analyst at ARK Invest, said that the US lacks credible institutions related to the crypto space. According to the analyst, the U...

London has become a fintech hub. Thanks to the experience and skills acquired over time, also regulators started having more elements to scrutinize...

Even if wage increases are usually good news, it might be problematic during times of high inflation – like those we’re currently living. If wages...

The founder and CEO of Cevian Capital, Christer Gardell, talks about 2022 and makes some predictions for 2023. In 2022, just when the pandemic eas...

In 2022, over 150,000 workers lost their jobs, especially in fintech sectors, because of the layoffs of big fintech companies. What about all those...

Bill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said that the US needs to solve the banking crisis soon, because there’s no time. The ...

Penny Lee, CEO of the Financial Technology Association, discussed why the Fed should support fintech firms as it does with traditional banks - this...

Lucinda Shen writes about the impact the conflict is having on the fintech space - especially because many CEOs, founders, investors and crypto exe...

Benjamin Ensor and Sim Rai are joined by Yann Ranchere (Anthemis), Clare Gambardella (Zopa) and Ali Niknam (Bunq) to discuss how the fintech commun...

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust is currently selling off faster than Bitcoin - the cryptocurrency that the fund owns. Even if this is generating for the fu...

Alternative payment methods create competition between banks and fintech businesses focused on favoring people to use both debit and credit cards a...

Kate Moody and Benjamin Ensor discuss the more relevant fintech news with professionals – the digital bank Vexi case, the financial inequality that...

Simon Taylor is joined by Nicole Perry (Strategy Director at 11:FS), Martin Haring (Temenos), Mary Agbesanwa (Seccl) and Josh Williams (Seattle Ban...

Telis Demos raises a question: what will happen when zero interest rates will end? This is the actual advantage of many neobanks, but the competiti...

Gwera Kiwana and Sam Rai are joined by Roger De’Ath (Truelayer) and Jimmy Fong (SEON) to discuss the most relevant developments in financial techno...

BaaS – Banking-as-a-Service – has benefited from the fintech investment boom, but it’s now facing some challenges: not only the increasing competit...

Ron Shevlin shares his thoughts – and data – about the WSJ article, and uses some interesting topics to defend fintech and the future of fintech co...

The fintechaverse enters the speculation mode that always follows acquisitions made by Apple: Ron Shevlin analyzes the acquisition of Credit Kudos....

David M. Brear and Deepa Anikhindi are joined by Charles McManus (Clearbank), Eric Glyman (Ramp) and Eslam Darwish (Nclude) to discuss the latest f...

Marcus Treacher (ClearBank) analyzes the disruptive changes brought by financial technology. The infrastructure of banks, if they want to survive, ...

David M. Brear and Sim Rai are joined by Alan Ainsworth (OBIE), Axel Bruzelius (ArK Kapital) and Shaun Port (Chase UK) to discuss the latest fundin...

Interesting article about the reasons why the U.K. is so successful in fintech: from the importance of talent to the pivotal role of infrastructure...

Fintech companies are replacing traditional banks and payment methods in India: some of the reasons that led to this new system can be found in the...

The current economic landscape could be soon hit by some shocks that could lead to a widespread adoption of digital currencies – as well as to mass...

David M. Brear and Nicole Perry are joined by Dan Hardy (Crowdcube), Peter Renton (LendIt Fintech) and Prakash Pattni (IBM) to discuss the latest a...

Today’s economy is experiencing major changes: new business and economic models are needed, especially to fight security and data-related risks. Fo...

“The world needs DeFi due to corruption”. Cointelegraph shares this article to highlight some simple assumptions: financial instruments have high c...

Gwera Kiwana and Kate Moody are joined by Misha Esipov (Nova Credit), Polly Jean Harrison (The Fintech Times) and Duke Ekezie-Joseph (Kippa) to dis...

Fintech firms in the mortgage market are allowing poeple – especially younger homebuyers – to get loans easier, but this might have downsides: the ...

Financial inclusion is one of the main goals of fintech: compared to traditional financial instittions, fintech companies manage to be more efficie...

Benjamin Ensor and Nicole Perry are joined by Kate Drew (CCG Catalyst) and Bence Jendruszak (SEON) to discuss the most popular fintech news, from t...

Fabio Panetta, member of the European Central Bank, asked for new regulatory frameworks and taxes for what concerns the crypto space: Panetta compa...

The types of services offered by banks still can’t compete with fintech companies. Even if banks started focusing more on digitalization, it’s also...

Benjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...

Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by Julia Ménayas (Helios) and Jason Mikula (Fintech Business Weekly) to discuss the latest fintech news ...

According to a Merchant Machine study, mobile wallets should have over 4 billion users by 2024. The pandemic contributed to the success of these wa...

Akshay Krishnaiah, founder of Line, points out that real inclusion could be hard, even for fintech. According to the CEO of the fintech company, th...

As JP Morgan Chase reports, chatbots help them to save thousands of hours of work. But it’s also true that when it comes to financial decisions, pe...

Buy now, Pay later (BNPL) systems can be a powerful tool for those who want to buy without spending their whole budgets, but it can be extremely ha...

The prices of real estate in the metaverse are dropping – to about 15% now. But experts say that this is just a deep, and that the metaverse still ...

Patrick Jenkins asks an interesting question, we’re paraphrasing: why top players in the payments industry are still not facing their Kodak moment?...

Alloy and Gartner Peer Insights released a report that is the result of a survey of 100 fintech personalities. The report shows that the main conce...

According to American Banker, 20% of users abandon opening a new account or a transaction because it was taking too long. Fintech firms address thi...

Dan Dolev, Mizuho Managing Director and fintech analyst, spoke to Yahoo Finance and expressed an interesting opinion about cryptocurrencies, which ...

Fintech Insider asks an interesting question: what's the role of engineers in financial services? And what's their role in a constantly changing ma...

Elon Musk is still making headlines for how he manages Twitter. A recent poll showed that most users don't want him to manage the company, and also...

The Chinese fintech market is transforming how money is managed and fintech is perceived around the world. Moreover, the power of the market of thi...

Fintech firms and digital-only banks might seem the preference of new users, but as suggested by GlobalData's Financial Services Consumer Survey, p...

According to a recent survey conducted by BMO Financial Group and shared by CNBC, US people are seriously worried about an upcoming recession. Ev...

The rising demand for solutions like those proposed by Aptos could not be a coincidence. Blockchain technology has the advantage of being flexible ...

Recession, inflation, and layoffs might change not only regulators’ opinions about fintech, but also top executives’ choices when it comes to consi...

Not everyone agrees with banks and regulators on the adoption of new regulatory measures concerning the digital economy and assets. The involvemen...

Benjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...

Benjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...

Bill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said that the US needs to solve the banking crisis soon, because there’s no time. The ...

Kristalina Georgieva joins the list of those who call cryptocurrencies a pyramid scheme. The head of the IMF was referring to the collapse of stabl...

During the first investor day in 5 years, the executives of Block – the US-based company run by Jack Dorsey – outline the future of the company: no...

The collapse of Terra affected the whole crypto space: fear prevailed among investors, as well as distrust. Regulators are riding the wave, but in ...

Biz Carson analyzes the current market situation: fintech companies, after the peak reached in October 2021, are now shrinking in value – and this ...

The popular investor Tim Draper makes predictions about the future of Bitcoin and the role of women. As more retailers accept Bitcoin, women will p...

The competition in the BNPL market rises: after the announcement of Apple, which introduced its Apple Pay Later, the popular Buy Now, Pay Later fir...

Josh Brown, CNBC contributor and financial advisor, says it clearly: there are too many fintechs that are publicly traded. The point is that maybe ...

Crypto traders and investors are aware of the decline that hit the crypto market. Despite the hard market downturn, Jamie Dimon – JP Morgan CEO – s...

Chris Gabriel shares his opinions about the importance of understanding the nature of memes to understand the whole economy and any kind of structu...

Julie Fredrickson raises a very interesting question: will DAOs drive a new innovation cycle? As the industrial revolution was the result of organi...

The pandemic changed our vision of work, and highly skilled professionals make no exception: many professionals are leaving companies like Facebook...

Sally Bakewell discussed what could happen now to the Silicon Valley Bank and said that the bank wanted to initiate a rescue plan but failed to do ...

The issues the Silicon Valley Bank is facing are not the same as the 2008 crisis. The SVB is not Lehman: according to Paul Krugman, even if the col...

Nicole Valentine, FinTech Director at the Milken Institute Center For Financial Markets, joins Allie Garfinkle (Yahoo Finance) to discuss the curre...

The centralized financial space has recently shown many weaknesses. In this article, FinTech Weekly analyzes the top CeFi lawsuits.

Nicole Valentine, FinTech Director at the Milken Institute Center For Financial Markets, joins Allie Garfinkle (Yahoo Finance) to discuss the curre...

The centralized financial space has recently shown many weaknesses. In this article, FinTech Weekly analyzes the top CeFi lawsuits.

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, expressed his opinions for what concerns the US dollar. Its liquidity issues might make the US los...

An AI-generated image of an explosion of a building next to the Pentagon became viral – but people (and some verified accounts) thought that the im...

The CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...

Yassine Elmandjra, analyst at ARK Invest, said that the US lacks credible institutions related to the crypto space. According to the analyst, the U...

London has become a fintech hub. Thanks to the experience and skills acquired over time, also regulators started having more elements to scrutinize...

Although the UBS-Credit Suisse deal will help the customers of CS, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the European banking system – and the banking...

Actually, there are still doubts on when the banking crisis will end. Regulators don’t seem to be in full control of the current situations and sim...

Also, Elon Musk, one of the top personalities in the tech and AI spaces, talked about the currency banking situation. Following the tweet of the fi...

Artificial intelligence can have a huge impact also in emerging markets. As Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, highlighted, AI has the capability to...

We at FinTech Weekly analyzed – and also shared some opinions – on the current economic and financial situation. The main question is – will the co...

Although the UBS-Credit Suisse deal will help the customers of CS, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the European banking system – and the banking...

Actually, there are still doubts on when the banking crisis will end. Regulators don’t seem to be in full control of the current situations and sim...

Also, Elon Musk, one of the top personalities in the tech and AI spaces, talked about the currency banking situation. Following the tweet of the fi...

Artificial intelligence can have a huge impact also in emerging markets. As Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, highlighted, AI has the capability to...

We at FinTech Weekly analyzed – and also shared some opinions – on the current economic and financial situation. The main question is – will the co...

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, expressed his opinions for what concerns the US dollar. Its liquidity issues might make the US los...

An AI-generated image of an explosion of a building next to the Pentagon became viral – but people (and some verified accounts) thought that the im...

The CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...

Yassine Elmandjra, analyst at ARK Invest, said that the US lacks credible institutions related to the crypto space. According to the analyst, the U...

London has become a fintech hub. Thanks to the experience and skills acquired over time, also regulators started having more elements to scrutinize...

Gazmend Selmani, renowned technology solutions architect, talks about the new solutions brought by fintech firms in the payment industry. These sol...

After the issues that the popular centralized crypto exchange Kraken had with regulators - issues that resulted in a fine worth $30 million - the c...

Misha Osipov, founder of the fintech firm Nova Credit, addresses an interesting topic: fintech-focused migrations. The country chosen by fintech en...

David M. Brear and Kate Moody are joined by Andrea de Gottardo (Kroo) and Jessica Cath (Fintrail) to discuss some of the hottest fintech news – amo...

Today, any business that wants to be competitive needs to interact with fintech somehow, and that’s just the natural result of innovation.

Maybe not everyone will agree, but Daniel Lanyon brings some interesting arguments to prove that fintech wouldn’t be the same without the iPhone. A...

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, expressed his opinions for what concerns the US dollar. Its liquidity issues might make the US los...

An AI-generated image of an explosion of a building next to the Pentagon became viral – but people (and some verified accounts) thought that the im...

Mike Whitmire, CEO of the fintech company FloQast, analyzes the impact of artificial intelligence and automation on the job market. Inspired by the...

The CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...

The US is about to publish the March Conference Board Consumer Confidence index – CB Consumer Confidence. A high index records positive sentiment o...

Jeremy Almond, CEO of the fintech company Paystand, injected a sense of optimism in crypto and fintech investors and businesses: despite these hard...

The green economy is constantly developing: despite its concentration in specific countries – like the US and China, it’s expanding across differen...

The Middle East is home to 85 million unbanked people. Fintech companies and their simplified and innovative payment solutions, allow everyone to b...

CoinDesk analyzes the possible reasons behind the current crypto market downturn: from the monetary policies of the US central bank to rising infla...

An interesting and long-lasting debate about regulators: should they “regulate entities or activities?”. The debate is reignited by the new regulat...

After the comments of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell about higher interest rates to address inflation, the US dollar continued to appreciate. Higher in...

Kristen Broady, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, shares her thoughts on the condition of unbanked people, whose number is...

According to McKinsey analysis, between 2020 and 2021 African fintech thrived despite the pandemic and social and economic issues faced by the cont...

Different interest rates, approaches towards neo banking, and regulatory frameworks across the world, ignite – once again – the long-lasting debate...

The World Economic Forum launches the Global Covid-19 Fintech Market Impact and Industry Resilience Study to analyze the impact of Covid on the fin...

Julie VerHage-Greenberg interviews Jeff Seibert, co-founder of Digits - a fintech platform that provides real-time accounting for small businesses....

Mary Ann Azevedo (TechCrunch) interviews 10 investors to know what they look for when investing in startups: Anish Acharya (Andreessen Horowitz), C...

In a recent interview, Jamie Iannone, CEO of eBay, announced that the company wants to attract more Gen Zers and Millennials, and for this reason e...

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 ...

The Forbes Technology Council discusses the latest developments in the cybersecurity space: from blockchain vulnerabilities to data sovereignty, in...

The US-based fintech firm Plaid is planning an “aggressive” expansion in Europe: to reach its goal, the company hired Booking’s former vice preside...

Chris Crespo interviews Karina Rothof Brix (Firi) to discuss the risks involved in a wider adoption of crypto assets and what this means for Web 3 ...

Zilch, the fintech company focused on BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later), is about to launch its business also in the US. Philip Belamant, co-founder of the...

Jeff Wilser’s article answers a few questions that metaverse-curious people ask all the time: why do people buy land in the metaverse? Not just hyp...

This TechCrunch podcast episode covers the interview with Bill Gates on how to avoid climate disaster, the pivotal role of crypto assets in today’s...

By analyzing venture capital firms’ choices, Ryan Browne identifies some hot fintech investments and projects that currently don’t attract investor...

While some tech sectors are thriving, tech layoffs didn’t stop. Murray Sabrin talks about a highly probable recession in the second half of 2023, f...

Despite the various deals that seem to ease concerns about the banking crisis, in reality investors are still nervous. As Kate Marino points out, t...

Rosalia Mazza for FinTech Weekly. The current crisis mostly depends on the rising interest rates set by regulators as a tool against inflation. Wha...

Yassine Elmandjra, analyst at ARK Invest, said that the US lacks credible institutions related to the crypto space. According to the analyst, the U...

London has become a fintech hub. Thanks to the experience and skills acquired over time, also regulators started having more elements to scrutinize...

If the Chinese Yuan will not be the next global reserve currency, what about Bitcoin? As de-dollarization talks keep rising, BRICS countries look f...