Top news of the week: 20.03.2022.
General News
The State of Digital Transformation in Banking
The race to banking digitalisation accelerated during the pandemic, as customers flocked to digital channels. Despite the decisive progress banks have made in either rolling out or ...
Biden’s Executive Order To Fuel A Bank-Bitcoin Boom: Americans Want Crypto From Their Banks
US President Joe Biden's recent executive order on cryptocurrency will help banks get more comfortable with the world of crypto and meet the demand that many Americans have to get Bitcoin ...
Meet the UK’s 24 fintech unicorns
With the UK ranking fourth in the world for most unicorns, those in fintech are making up a large proportion. Once a rarity, $1bn startups are becoming almost common in the UK.
Block backs Japanese fintech startup Kyash in $41.2M round
Kyash, a Tokyo-based mobile financial app, has raised $41.2 million (4.9 billion JPY) Series D funding. The round comes from a number of investors including Japan Post Investment ...
2021 Financial Technology Trends And How They'll Fare In 2022
We can assume trends such as compliance, risk management solutions and digital banking will continue to explode over the next few quarters as the world recovers.
How to grow the number of women in fintech
The deficiencies in equal employment and investment in fintech have been widely reported for years, yet it still shows very slow improvement.
Hartford, CT: The Gateway to the US for Insurtech and Fintech
Hartford, CT close to $15billion output, more than 42,000 jobs to advance the fintech and insurtech spaces.
Insurtech Igloo Drives Southeast Asia Expansion
The company has also announced that it has raised $19 million in Series B funding led by Cathay Innovation.