Top news of the week: 04.09.2022.
Fear of Failure Hurts Innovation in Banking
Bank and credit union employees must be provided the encouragement, rewards and psychological safety around taking risks around new ideas.
How Embedded Finance Is Helping Fintech Reach Maturity
Consumers are increasingly, even if unknowingly, taking advantage of embedded finance when using financial products and services from non-financial organisations. Innovative fintechs are ...
Solid banks $63M for easier deployment of embedded fintech products
By utilizing APIs and a few lines of code, Solid enables customers to embed fintech products and get them up-and-running quickly.
A year into El Salvador’s grand crypto experiment, ‘No one really talks about Bitcoin here anymore’
“If you go to any market in El Salvador, you’re more likely to receive an insult than be able to purchase something in Bitcoin,” says Universidad Centroamericana's Laura Andrade.
City of London recruits for fintech centre CEO
The City of London Corporation has begun a search for a CEO to lead the new Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology in the UK, charged with unblocking barriers to growth for fintech.
Truist expands automated investment technology
Truist Financial is expanding its digital investment technologies with automated planning and goal setting and an option for advisor-driven advice. The technology was created at the ...
Fintech in Africa: The end of the beginning
Africa’s fintech industry is coming of age. In the face of political and economic challenges and a global pandemic, fintech on the continent is booming. Here’s what comes next.