Connecting the dots in FinTech... by Marcel van Oost

Today’s episode is sponsored by Klarna Kosma. Klarna Kosma is giving you essential open banking connectivity, not to 1 or 2, but 15.000 banks across 27 countries. Providing the base for you to build new payment services and better user experiences your customers will love. Visit kosma.com today, and give your ambitions superpowers! NEWS HIGHLIGHT Argentina’s Lemon Cash received investment from FTX...

Join the club NEWS HIGHLIGHT Moss integrates with Klarna Kosma . Powered by Kosma, Moss customers will have real-time visibility of their liquidity anytime, allowing finance teams to produce more accurate reports. Link here BREAKING NEWS Revolut CEO at Slush : Tech scene facing ‘hangover’ . “We’re back into this swinging mood,” says Nik Storonsky , who expects it will take two or three years for t...

Join the club NEWS HIGHLIGHT FTX processed billions monthly in Africa before going bust . One of the startups affected by the collapse was Nestcoin , which has laid off some employees as FTX’s demise impacted its business according to the information shared in a tweet by CEO, Yele Bademosi . Link here BREAKING NEWS Afterpay and Zip react to proposed buy now pay later regulations , and share differ...

Today Jumio is proud to announce the continued evolution of their Jumio KYX Platform with additional features that further enhance their intuitive, one-stop orchestration hub. The KYX Platform provides end-to-end identity proofing, risk assessment, and KYC/AML compliance management to help you fight fraud and financial crime. Learn more at Jumio.com NEWS HIGHLIGHT Pipe said it is on the hunt for a...

Today’s episode is sponsored by Klarna Kosma. Klarna Kosma is giving you essential open banking connectivity, not to 1 or 2, but 15.000 banks across 27 countries. Providing the base for you to build new payment services and better user experiences your customers will love. Visit kosma.com today, and give your ambitions superpowers! NEWS HIGHLIGHT Despite boasting of big profits, FTX and Alameda lo...

BREAKING NEWS Plum ranked as the fastest growing fintech in the 2022 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 . Plum’s CEO and co-founder, Victor Trokoudes , credits the company’s excellent performance for its exponential revenue growth over the past four years. Link here #FINTECHREPORT Check out the Latvian Fintech landscape review Autumn'22 by Venture Faculty . Link here INSIGHTS Check out the Financial T...

BREAKING NEWS The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has suspended the license of the Australian unit of FTX allowing the platform to provide limited financial services related to the termination of existing derivatives with clients. Link here #FINTECHREPORT Check out Frollo ’s report on the State of Open Banking in Australia . The report is a  deep-dive into the actual u...

Connecting the dots in FinTech This podcast episode is sponsored by Hala. Hala is a leading fintech platform allowing SME's to manage their inbound and outbound payments in a simple yet safe way. It's a one-stop shop to manage the financials of your SME's. NEWS HIGHLIGHT Klarna Kosma opens up a FinTech platform to accelerate Open Banking use cases . The new initiative is aiming to help startups de...

Connecting the dots in FinTech NEWS HIGHLIGHT FTX says it could have over 1 million creditors in the new bankruptcy filing , hinting at the huge impact of its collapse on crypto traders. Link here BREAKING NEWS BlockFi prepares for potential bankruptcy as crypto contagion spreads . The company, financially entangled with the now-bankrupt FTX , is planning to lay off workers and exploring a bankrup...

Connecting the dots in FinTech NEWS HIGHLIGHT Sebastian Siemiatkowski , CEO of Klarna , accuses media outlets of "hypocrisy" over treatment of BNPL in a tweet . The CEO believes Klarna is getting unfair media coverage by media outlets compared to credit card firms. Link here BREAKING NEWS Manchester fintech startup Boodil secures £525k funding to scale consumer focused Open Banking payment solutio...

Connecting the dots in FinTech NEWS HIGHLIGHT Curve bids for BlockFi ’s more than 87,000 credit card customers — whose credit cards have been suspended since Nov. 11. Negotiations are still in the process with Deserve , which services the BlockFi card program. Link here BREAKING NEWS Klarna has launched the search and compare tool to enable shoppers to compare prices. This marks an acceleration of...

Connecting the dots in FinTech NEWS HIGHLIGHT Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried blamed himself for FTX 's collapse in a series of tweets . FTX CEO apologized to users and acknowledged he had made mistakes. The post comes as the onetime hero of the crypto sector begs for billions of dollars to stave off bankruptcy. Link here BREAKING NEWS Plaid suspends FTX.US access to user data . The company s...

Join us: Connecting the dots in FinTech NEWS HIGHLIGHT Binance is backing out of its plans to acquire FTX , the company said Wednesday, leaving Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire on the verge of collapse. Link here BREAKING NEWS J.P. Morgan and Mastercard modernize account-based payments with innovative 'pay-by-bank' solution , an ACH payment that uses open banking, which enables customers to pay b...

Join our community NEWS HIGHLIGHT British fintech Railsr eyes sale weeks after heavily discounted fundraising. Sky News has learnt that the company is working with bankers at FT Partners on a range of strategic options, including an outright sale amid growing impetus for consolidations. Link here BREAKING NEWS African neobank Kuda arrives in the UK as its second market in order to add remittances...

Join our community! NEWS HIGHLIGHT BNPL boosts as PayPal and Block add installment plans to weather inflation . Recent PYMNTS research confirms the strength of BNPL, especially among younger demographics with less disposable income. Link here BREAKING NEWS Crypto.com to issue credit cards with crypto capabilities in Singapore. The credit card comes with a cryptocurrency capability and is accepted...

Join our community This podcast episode is sponsored by Uncover, the new podcast by ComplyAdvantage . Join the CEO and his team as they interview compliance leaders, FinTech innovators, and financial crime experts to uncover the latest best practices and industry trends. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify today NEWS HIGHLIGHT Ant rolls out a BNPL product in Hong Kong. Users will be able to pay...

NEWS HIGHLIGHT PayPal announced that it will soon support Apple ’s Tap to Pay on iPhones. Merchants will be able to accept contactless card payments as well as payments via Apple Pay and other digital wallets (Google Pay). Link here BREAKING NEWS CloudWalk becomes the first licensed crypto payment institution in Brazil. The license will allow the company to offer credit cards to users and provide...

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Connecting the dots in FinTech This podcast episode is sponsored by Burgopak . Burgopak delivers award-winning innovative packaging solutions for some of the world's leading companies in Fintech. Discover how tangible physical touchpoints are crucial in digital banking with the Burgopak 'Welcome to the club' book; Request your free copy, contact info@burgopak.com NEWS HIGHLIGHT Staff at Monzo have...

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Today’s episode is sponsored by Klarna Kosma. Klarna Kosma is giving you essential open banking connectivity, not to 1 or 2, but 15.000 banks across 27 countries. Providing the base for you to build new payment services and better user experiences your customers will love. Visit kosma.com today, and give your ambitions superpowers!

Welcome to your daily FinTech news! In case you missed it, please see below today's most relevant news, or tune in to our Daily Fintech Podcast  here . NEWS HIGHLIGHT PayPal and BPAY are Australia’s most frequently used digital payment services. The two services are used by almost three times as many people as the third-placed Afterpay, now used by over 3.2 million pe...

Welcome to your daily FinTech news! In case you missed it, please see below today's most relevant news, or tune in to our Daily Fintech Podcast  here . NEWS HIGHLIGHT Jumio  unveiled at Money20/20 USA its extended  Jumio KYX Platform with an integrated orchestration hub benefiting from the company’s acquisition of 4Stop. The platform streamlines fraud and eK...

This podcast episode is sponsored by Burgopak . Burgopak delivers award-winning innovative packaging solutions for some of the world's leading companies in Fintech. Discover how tangible physical touchpoints are crucial in digital banking with the Burgopak 'Welcome to the club' book; Request your free copy, contact info@burgopak.com Welcome to  your daily FinTech news ! In case...