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  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    Fintech
    VCs flood into banking-as-a-service Premium

    Start-ups are increasingly entering the API space

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Financial services
    Funding mega-rounds highlight investor ‘fomo’ Premium

    Would-be Stripe rivals Checkout.com and Rapyd raise $750m in a week

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    Financials
    Fintech stories to watch in 2021 Premium

    We’ll be following the IPO boom, government crackdowns on fintech, the Covid recovery and more

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    IPOs
    Affirm gears up for IPO amid growing competition Premium

    The US ‘buy now pay later’ specialist is facing rivals such as Klarna and Afterpay in its home market

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Klarna AB
    Klarna takes the long road to IPO Premium

    Chief executive Sebastian Siemiatkowski is focusing on growth in the US

  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    Fintech
    Revolut on track for profits as regulators and investors switch focus Premium

    Chairman Martin Gilbert says cryptocurrency revenue has grown as foreign exchange has shrunk

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Asia-Pacific equities
    WealthNavi is the highlight in Japan’s IPO boom Premium

    Online wealth manager is set to list in December

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Fintech
    Pandemic gives French fintechs the chance to prove their worth Premium

    State investment bank BPI used start-ups to distribute emergency loans

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    European companies
    Lufax beats Ant to IPO Premium

    Chinese fintech company lists in New York

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  • Monday, 9 November, 2020
    Banks
    ECB executive highlights risks of digital currencies like Facebook's Libra Premium

    Eight out of 10 central banks examine digital currency launch

  • Monday, 2 November, 2020
    Banks
    Regulators speed up fintech plans as Covid spreads Premium

    The pandemic has accelerated the shift to digital financial services

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    US & Canadian companies
    Pandemic creates big audience for wage access fintechs Premium

    Workers have rushed to use apps which give them early access to earnings

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    Asia-Pacific companies
    Indian payments spat heats up Premium

    Paytm, India’s most valuable start-up, has bumped up against Google in a wide ranging dispute

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Banks
    Regulators battle over US fintech charters Premium

    The charters would set up a legal conflict between the OCC and the Federal Reserve

  • Monday, 5 October, 2020
    Technology sector
    Female founders take declining share of fintech funding Premium

    For all their talk of innovation, fintechs have been largely been boxed in by the glass ceiling

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    Chinese business & finance
    Ant Group set for bumper IPO Premium

    Demand for shares in what could be the world’s biggest flotation is high

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Fintech
    Europe’s fintechs facing an ‘existential threat’, says McKinsey Premium

    Consultant warns funding is becoming more scarce, making life difficult for many companies

  • Monday, 14 September, 2020
    Fintech
    Business banking hopes to ride wave of new start-ups Premium

    Banks are hoping to benefit from what appears to be a surge in new start-ups

  • Tuesday, 8 September, 2020
    Digital banking
    Pandemic speeds up push to digital as bank branches close Premium

    Banks are overhauling their online offerings and closing bricks-and-mortar branches

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    Fintech
    Tink aims to be the brains of open banking Premium

    Sweden’s rising star, Revolut raises $80m, Moscow money lender

  • Monday, 20 July, 2020
    Financial services
    US regulator aims to cut the red tape with payments charters Premium

    Brian Brooks wants to offer fintechs nationwide authorisation

  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
    Fintech
    The fintech cleaning up online money laundering Premium

    One Israeli company has spotted a niche in helping banks make sure their systems are not being used by criminals

  • Monday, 6 July, 2020
    Fintech
    Fintechs expect regulatory backlash after Wirecard scandal Premium

    Executives expect supervisors to overhaul the way they deal with payments companies

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
    US & Canadian companies
    Fintechs distance themselves from Wirecard Premium

    Collapse puts agreements under threat

  • Monday, 22 June, 2020
    Fintech
    Wirecard crisis looms large over Europe's fintechs Premium

    German fintech admits missing $1.9bn probably does not exist and faces crunch talks with lenders

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