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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top Acorns, the Irvine, Calif.-based savings and investing app, and Pioneer Merger Corp. have scrapped the $2.2 billion merger they announced last May. Acorns will receive a $17.5m termination fee and plans
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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top This year those looking for free options to file their taxes can look no further than an app they might already have on their cell phone: The Cash App. Square Inc. (now Block) acquired
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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top Fad? Trend? Or just flat out reality - either way crypto is having a moment. Here's an eye-popping stat: Cryptocurrency-related job postings in the U.S. surged 395% between 2020 and
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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top This week in the UK - upstart Starling Bank's CEO Anne Boden angered fintech founders after claiming that Open Banking has been a failure in the UK. So what? Well, 53 bank bosses
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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. Happy New Year! 💃 🍷 II hope you all had an amazing Holiday break. Pinned to the Top Despite bringing in an estimated $15.47 billion in 2019, more banks in the U.S. are ditching or modifying overdraft fees in a move to better compete with zero-
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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. 🎅🏻It's Christmas time, and this will be the last edition for 2021. Thanks for all the support and we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 💃 🍷 Shout-Out I met Flaist Founder & CEO Krish Gopalan in 2017. And we
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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. This week we're watching the real-estate / protech sector - because, well there's been some interesting technology developments, and some DRAMA 🍿 👇 Pinned to the Top If you’ve ever had to apply for a mortgage, you know that it can be a time-
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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top Square is becoming Block. The financial services company announced Wednesday (two days after Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of Twitter) that it is changing its name and rebranding in an effort to distinguish
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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top In the UK, two banks are truly looking to make a difference. Standard Chartered and Starling are teaming up to launch a digital platform that will allow UK customers to invest in green and
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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top Reported last week Lemonade will acquire Metromile. While Lemonade has been at the forefront of using big data and AI in home and pet insurance, Metromile has been trailblazing a parallel path for car
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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top Brex and Ramp Want to Take On Amex. First, They’ll Fight Each Other Brex employees haven’t had to look hard for reminders of their startup’s ambition to reign supreme over the
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👋 Thanks again for subscribing. Here’s what’s worth watching this week….. 👇 Pinned to the Top Brazilian fintech Nubank is shooting for the stars with a US IPO and a $50bn valuation target. The move would see the online lender eclipse the country’s largest traditional lender Itau Unibanco Holding