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👋  Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top Last week, Robinhood filed for what's expected to be one of the largest IPOs of 2021, capping off a stunningly swift corporate comeback. Why it matters: Five months ago, Robinhood was on
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👋  Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top Stripe has announced the launch of Stripe Identity, a tool that lets online businesses securely verify user identities. “Online businesses frequently need to verify the identities of their users to comply with age requirements
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👋  Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top Marqeta, the card-issuing platform that powers a lot of neobanks and fintechs, raised $1.23 billion in its IPO this week. It priced at $27 per share, above its $20-$24 range, for
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So it's been three weeks since I last deployed. Been thinking through some tweaks and starting next week, you'll see some pretty big changes to format, etc. Thanks for sticking with it.... Pinned to the Top The real estate sales market has been in an upswing
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👋  Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Fintechs Treasury Prime, a banking-as-a-service startup offering routine task automation platform (via APIs) for banks, raised $20 million in Series B funding. More here -> Amount, a “battle-tested” retail banking and point-of-sale
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👋  Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top This was a relatively quiet week in fintech and insuretech. What did happen - is a lot of late stage startups like Oscar Health and Root have announced their IPO intentions or have gone public,
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👋  Thanks again for subscribing. On Friday Apple starts taking pre-orders for the new iMac. And I'm on board. So excited. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top Looks like some of these neobanks might be worth watching.... This morning Current and Step
👋  Thanks again for subscribing. Apple's spring event happens today, and I'll be watching that. Hoping AirTags make the grade, finally! Here's what's worth watching this week..... 👇 Pinned to the Top Despite millions of dollars of investment each year in digital capabilities and
👋  Thanks again for subscribing. Don't forget Bank Automation's Ignite conference starts today. And...see below for some highlights youth-focused banking, thoughts on Plaid's new funding round, and some news on some cool new companies pushing the limits... Pinned to the Top Kid Debit
đź‘‹Â Thanks again for subscribing. See below for this week's highlights.. Pinned to the Top I've written and provided tons of examples of hot fintech startups being funded. And it's not slowing down. The deals reflect the frenzied investor interest in fintech startups, companies providing
đź‘‹Â Thanks again for subscribing. This week we're hardening the focus - on embedded financial services. A rapidly growing area of fintech. We are also seeing even further movement in crypto from established companies - showing that we are inching closer and closer to cryptocurrency being a mainstream construct. See below
👋  Thanks again for subscribing. This edition is seemingly about charters. Bank charters that is. A lot of movement from Square, SoFi and Revolut shows that the next step for neobanks and fintechs is to establish themselves in a much bigger way, as they fight for the attention and share of