TWIF Latam December 04 - Webull announced the acquisition of Flink

$27.81 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Let’s all welcome December and start saying goodbye to 2023. This week you can find below the weekly Latam fintech news. Remember we always appreciate your support by sharing and subscribing.   💛 Until next weekend. Até a

This Week in Policy (12/4)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy updates! In this edition, we provide a roundup of last week's latest policy developments in the realms of crypto regulation, enforcement, blockchain technology, payments, and artificial intelligence (AI). As always, if you are not yet subscribed to the Policy Edition

This Week In Fintech - Africa (12/4)

Hi Fintech friends 👋 Here are the highlights of what happened in African Fintech this week; * It was a quiet week for deals, with no announcements in the Fintech sector. * More than five Fintech partnerships were announced. * A new programme launched to train African angel investors. * London-based $3 Billion fintech launched

Playing catch up - TWIF UK & Europe (04/12)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

Yieldstreet 🤝 Cadre (TWIF 12/3)

Hello Fintech Friends, 2 fintech and 1 financial services IPO announced for 2024... are things heating back up? Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. (👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let us know!) 📺Sponsored Content Embedded tax products enable banking and fintech companies to connect $350B of

LIC is launching a fintech arm; Central Banks in SEA get active | TWIF 02-12-2023

Hi fintech friends, I'm Osborne, Principal at EMVC! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). RIP Charlie Munger. Subscribe Now ✨ Bangalore Fintech Happy

BNY, Mastercard, and Goldman bet big on fintechs (TWIF 12/2)

Hello Fintech Friends, @twif.tok 📣 Tickets & sponsorships available now!!! Join us and your 500 closest fintech colleagues fintechformal [.] com ♬ original sound - This Week in Fintech 💡Why subscribe to This Week in Fintech? • Join other execs from Visa, Plaid, Stripe, Robinhood, Revolut, Chime, Rapyd, and more to get the latest

Cross Border Products Galore | TWIF 26-11-2023

Hi fintech friends, I'm Osborne, Principal at EMVC! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Subscribe Now 🧐🏆 Posts of the Week Why are

Apple & Goldman 💔, an OCC scandal, and the Fintech Formal (TWIF 12/1)

Hello Fintech Friends, We've only got a little more than 100 tickets left for next Friday's Fintech Formal in New York, fintech's one and only annual black tie charity gala. Will we see you there? 🎟️ @ fintechformal.com/rsvp @twif.tok FINTECH’S FAVORITE EVENT IS BACK ❄️ Tickets & sponsorship inquiries at

This Week in Policy (11/28)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy updates. In this edition, we delve into the main updates from last week, covering significant developments in crypto regulation, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain technology, and open banking. We also cover the major enforcement action taken in the U.S. against

🎧 The TWIF Podcast: Merusha Naidu of Paymentology & Rey Saeidi of Visa

"Financial inclusion needs to be the cornerstone of every single financial institution, whether it's a FinTech or a bank. And so from that moment on, I was just like, challenge accepted." - Merusha Naidu

TWIF Latam November 27 - Riverwood Capital closes $1.8 billion fund 💸

$49.7 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, We hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving. From the TWIF Latam team, we would like to give a big shoutout to our amazing readers and subscribers — you're the reason TWIF is thriving.  Now, let's dive into the

This Week In Fintech - Africa (11/27)

Hi Fintech friends 👋 Here are the highlights of what happened in African Fintech this week; * 2 Fintech deals worth $10 million were announced including one acquisition * Fintechs dominate the Top 10 most funded African startups in 2023 * 2 Venture Capital firms launched funds to back African startups  💸Fundraise and Exits

Mastercard enters China as Binance exits the US (TWIF 11/24)

Hello Fintech Friends, To all of our readers in the US and around the world - Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy the downtime this long weekend with a super-issue from us, condensing the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday reads into one newsletter. (And don't forget to RSVP to the Fintech Formal.) 💡Why subscribe

Signals: Binance's $4.3B settlement

Binance's settle highlights the need for better regulation, and the role that decentralization plays in a compliant crypto schema.

This Week in Policy (11/21)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy updates. In this edition, we explore the latest developments from the past week in crypto regulation, enforcement, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), artificial intelligence (AI), and payments. As always, if you are not yet subscribed to the Policy Edition of

TWIF Latam November 20 - September 2023 Pix transactions reached 3.9 billion

$195.3 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Yesterday, Argentinians elected a new president in a runoff election. This marks the final electoral process in the Americas for 2023. Looking ahead, countries including El Salvador, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Mexico, and the United States

This Week In Fintech - Africa (11/20)

Hi Fintech friends 👋 Here are the highlights of what happened in African Fintech this week; * Two Fintech deals worth $7 Million were announced including one exit. * One Fintech startup shut down its operations after failing to raise funds. * The SEC suspended trading activity of an African Agri-Fintech startup that was

Why is it so hard to build a PFM? (TWIF 11/19)

Hello Fintech Friends, One of the more unique acquisitions in the fintech and crypto worlds announced this week was that of crypto media company The Block, which sold a majority stake to Singaporean venture capital firm Foresight Ventures at a valuation of $70 million. The firm's CEO was previously ousted

DeFi and blockchain platforms are raising big rounds again (TWIF 11/18)

Hello Fintech Friends, A few interesting charts this week: Public fintech earnings are starting to turn positive against expectations pic.twitter.com/LNjax7AJHx — Nik (@NikMilanovic) November 16, 2023 Some entertaining takeaways from the RAISE 2023 Global Summit Data Presentation: ✅ Proprietary communities win 🚫 VCs with social media strategies underperform pic.twitter.

FDIC scandals raise the question: who will regulate the regulators? (TWIF 11/17)

Hello Fintech Friends, The biggest narrative violation in blockchain these days seems to be that banks are increasingly driving innovation in crypto payments. This week, JP Morgan launched their new programmable payments interface, while BlackRock applied for an Ethereum ETF, Commerzbank got into crypto custody, and Goldman led a round

This Week in Policy (11/14)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy updates. This week, we explore the latest happenings in the realms of crypto regulation, enforcement, stablecoins, and payments. Join us as we shed light on these exciting developments that unfolded in the past week. Subscribe to TWIF Policy As always,

This Week In Fintech - Africa (11/12)

Hi Fintech friends 👋 Here are the highlights of what happened in African Fintech this week; * Two Fintech deals worth over $100 million combined were announced, including one exit. * Techcabal Interviewed Co-founder and CEO of Sabi,the $300 Million African Commerce and Payments Service Provider, on Their Remarkable Journey from Zero

TWIF Latam November 12 - 🇦🇷 Mercado Pago secures $466 million 💰

$511.4 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Hope you all had a great weekend, here is this week’s front page of Latam fintech news. We always appreciate your support by sharing and subscribing.   💛 Until next weekend. Até a próxima! * Lorena 📣Feedback? Reach out

Circle is going public (again) (TWIF 11/12)

Hello Fintech Friends, Today's newsletter is brought to you by Faraz Rana our friends at Affinity, building a new compliance training platform for BaaS, banks, and fintechs. Fintech Fund portfolio company Walnut is also looking to hire a New York-based Designer. Walnut is on a mission to empower patients to

AI for taxes and investing brings in the funding (TWIF 11/11)

Hello Fintech Friends, We've got some great new content to start your weekend: Our monthly China overview 👇 This Month in Fintech - China (October 23’)Hey all, October brought lots of meaningful moves in China fintech. Citi’s $3.6BN portfolio sale to HSBC was settled, while the government upped

Banks are feeling the pressure of growing unsecured portfolios | TWIF 11-11-2023

Hi fintech friends, I'm Osborne, Principal at EMVC! Happy Diwali to you and those close to you! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe

See you at the McKittrick Hotel (TWIF 11/10)

Hello Fintech Friends, The Fintech Formal venue is here - Join us at the McKittrick Hotel, home of Sleep No More and Gallow Green, on Friday, December 8th. @twif.tok Fintech Formal is 1 MONTH AWAY and this year’s venue already has us sleeping no more…😉 grab your mask,

Signals Outlook Survey Winter '23: Is the fintech pity party over?

Our Winter '23 survey spotlights the community's outlook on how venture funding, regulatory changes, and AI will impact fintech over the next 6 months.

This Month in Fintech - China (October 23’)

Hey all, October brought lots of meaningful moves in China fintech. Citi's $3.6BN portfolio sale to HSBC was settled, while the government upped oversight over Tencent by taking a "golden share." Cross-border activity also thrived - Airwallex expanding into LatAm with MexPago is savvy. And kudos to Nuvei for

This Week in Policy (11/6)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy updates. We're here with the latest developments in crypto regulation, enforcement, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and artificial intelligence (AI) from both the U.S. and around the world. Let's dive in. As always, if you are not yet subscribed

Licence to Pay - TWIF UK & Europe (06/11)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

This Week in Fintech - Africa (11/5)

Hi Fintech friends 👋 Here are the highlights of what happened in African Fintech this week: * MFS Africa, the continent's largest digital payments network, rebranded to Onafriq, signaling its intention to expand its payment services globally, going beyond Africa's borders. * Piggyvest, a popular Nigerian savings platform, generated widespread discussion by releasing

TWIF Latam November 5 - 🇨🇴 Colombia goes for its own Pix payment system 🚀

$238.8 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Happy Day of the Dead, Feliz Día de Muertos! Happy Halloween as well! As usual, we had a great time dressing up in costumes, attending parties, and creating our 'altares de muertos' to honor our loved ones

Europe's banks open up their wallets (TWIF 11/5)

Hello Fintech Friends, If you're here for late-week fintech news, you came to the right place. As a reminder, I publish all our headlines on Fridays, all our fundraising news on Saturdays, and all our M&A news and deeper reads on Sundays. If you ever feel like you're getting

$200 million for Brazilian BaaS and Saudi BNPL (TWIF 11/4)

Hello Fintech Friends, The energy was electric at our Lusaka Fintech Meetup last night! Thank you to our friends at Peach Payments, Lupiya, and ChitChat for sponsoring - and as always to our great Head of African Community Wiza for hosting. 0:00 /0:23 1× Thank you Lusaka for

Zerodha launched its mutual funds; MAS launched QR payments PoC | TWIF 04-11-2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Subscribe Now 🧐🏆 Posts of the Week (Note: Neither TWIF nor I

Apple, Amazon/Affirm, and Avvance by US Bank all launch buy-now-pay-later (TWIF 11/3)

Hello Fintech Friends, As some of the shine comes off fintech this year, know that we’re here with you. Our colleagues, investors, and journalists may be chasing the next big thing – from crypto to AI – but we’re long-term believers in the massive opportunity of financial technology. Always have

This Week in Policy (10/30)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy updates. In the following lines, we will unravel the most noteworthy developments from the past week, spanning across crypto regulation, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), payments, and fintech, both in the U.S. and internationally. We will also discuss an

EPI to focus on digital euro with new Wero wallet - TWIF UK & Europe (30/10)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam October 29 - The region’s fintech industry keeps growing

$265.5 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, I would like to pause for a moment to address the devastating tragedy that has struck Acapulco due to Hurricane Otis. For many of us in Mexico, Acapulco holds a special place in our hearts. The human

Employment Hero and YouTrip raise over $200M for APAC fintech (TWIF 10/28)

Hello Fintech Friends, Fintech startups disclosed almost $350 million in new fundraises over the past week, lead by Employment Hero, an HR and payroll platform out of Australia, and YouTrip, a Singaporean provider of a personal and corporate travel card. We were also excited to see two of The Fintech

Indians are picking UPI over debit cards; YouTrip raised $50mm | TWIF 28-10-2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Subscribe Now 🧐🏆 Posts of the Week (Note: Neither TWIF nor I

New fintech product launches from Google, Airbnb, JP Morgan, the IRS, and more (TWIF 10/27)

Hello Fintech Friends, It's Money2020 week and our cup overfloweth with fintech product launches. Prepare for a long and exciting Friday newsletter! The most surprising news of the week, to me, was that JP Morgan's stablecoin has processed over $300B of volume and currently handles $1B in daily transactions, mostly

🎧 Podcast: Hey Fintech Friends ft Simon Taylor

" I think the fall is a catalyst for pursuing self. It's like a forcing function. And it's how the vast majority of people will discover it, but it's not the only way to discover it. And so I personally have received a lot of joy and gratitude from having done so." - Simon Taylor

Signals: Where does neobanking go from here?

Building a neobank in 2021 was the wild west. Then, in early 2022, everything changed. What can future neobanks learn from the mistakes of the last cohort?

This Week in Policy (10/23)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy updates. The past week saw major developments happening in the realms of crypto regulation, enforcement, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and payments. Additionally, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unveiled long-awaited proposed rules on open banking—an announcement poised to

TrueLayer earns its Stripes - TWIF UK & Europe (23/10)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam October 22 - 🏦 Nu pursues banking license in Mexico 🇲🇽

$210 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, We had an incredible three days during the Fintech Trek in Mexico City! Our agenda was packed with eight panels and one conference, all centered around hot topics like neobanks, SMEs, debt capital markets, VC, growth capital, payments,

Airwallex acquires MexPago as part of its LatAm land-grab (TWIF 10/22)

Hello Fintech Friends, Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. (👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let us know!) 📺Sponsored Content 87% of compliance leaders surveyed said they were constantly under pressure to increase efficiency - but how are they planning to optimize for this? The State of

Google launched credit products in India; Julo launched education financing in Indo | TWIF 21-10-2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Subscribe Now 🐦🏆 Tweets of the Week (Note: Neither TWIF nor I

Nova Credit banks $45 million for a global credit bureau (TWIF 10/21)

Hello Fintech Friends, I'm still feeling the energy from this week's Mexico City fintech immersion program - the enthusiasm in the Mexican and LatAm fintech ecosystem is contagious, and in-spite of the VC pullback, there is an incredible amount of momentum among early-stage startups. Yesterday, we had JP Morgan's Chief

Fintech had a great week, thanks to open banking and AI (TWIF 10/20)

Hello Fintech Friends, It's been a momentous week for fintech, as it usually is this time of year. Right in time for next week's Money20/20 USA conference, the CFPB proposed open banking regulation in the US. This has been a long time coming; in another life when I was

Signals Fintech Founders: Ansa's Sophia Goldberg

On serendipity and building fintech infrastructure.

This Week in Policy (10/16)

Hello Fintech Friends, We are thrilled to return after a brief hiatus. We are back with fresh insights, ready to delve into the ever-evolving world of fintech policy. This week, we will cover major updates in crypto regulation, enforcement, and the latest in payments. Let's dive in! As always, if

All about that BaaS - TWIF UK & Europe (16/10)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam October 15 - 🚀 TWIF’s Fintech Trek in Mexico City is almost here! 🇲🇽

$43.3 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, As Hispanic Heritage Month in the US concludes today, it reminds us of the rich tapestry of cultures, which includes Hispanics and Latinos, bringing diversity to the country and also enriching our region. Embracing differences definitely enhances

India's fintech exit bonanza! (TWIF 10/15)

Hello Fintech Friends, People who think the growth story in fintech is over are just not paying enough attention. This week, two new fintech companies - Stash and PayU - announced their intentions to go public, likely at $1B+ valuations each, while two Indian fintechs - Slice and CRED -

Stash adds $40M to its stash as it preps for IPO (TWIF 10/14)

Hello Fintech Friends, This week was a slower fundraise week for fintech, but lending software provider Kennek did raise a $12.5 million seed round, so there are still bonanzas out there if you look. This Week in Fintech is excited to partner with Elementus to host their NY Tech

Groww became largest stock broker; KakaoBank acquired stake in Indonesian Bank | TWIF 14-10-2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Subscribe Now 🐦🏆 Tweets of the Week (Note: Neither TWIF nor I

New product launches from Orum, Astra, NatWest, Klarna, and more (TWIF 10/13)

Hello Fintech Friends, get formal with us at https://t.co/KkA0TSOU0P pic.twitter.com/nFDETfnMBt — This Week in Fintech (@twifintech) October 12, 2023 It's officially Formal Season and we're kicking it into high gear with a NYC Fintech Coffee with our friends and partners at Rise NYC next Monday,

This Month in Fintech - China (September 23’)

Hey friends, Happy Friday in advance! Welcome to the latest edition of our This Month in Chinese Fintech newsletter. September was an exciting month for many Chinese fintechs, with a flurry of impressive product launches and partnerships that are sure to grab your attention! Alrighty, without further ado, let's dive

Signals: Ozempic dishes out unexpected side effect

Toast's restaurant payments could get burnt. Why America's appetite for weight loss with Ozempic could hit Toast's profits.

The Sunday Post [Corrected] (TWIF 10/8)

Hello Fintech Friends, We are republishing yesterday's newsletter because our publisher has been having some formatting issues, which scrambled much of the original Sunday newsletter: The world has also changed since we scheduled our newsletter and LP emails last week. One of the reasons I love fintech is because it

TWIF UK & Europe (09/10)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

Welcome to First Bank of Delta (TWIF 10/8)

Hello Fintech Friends, Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. (👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let us know!)📖 Read of the WeekI loved Rohit's writeup this week (with a great graphic) on the nuances of building different lending products, the processes required, and the vendors that will

TWIF Latam October 08 - BTG Pactual buys Orama in Brazil 🇧🇷

$67 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, There are significant electoral events around the corner. Our region finds itself among races in Argentina, both national and provincial, and regional elections in Colombia. Additionally, Ecuador is gearing up for a second round of national elections. To

Over $2 billion in fintech fundraises this week (TWIF 10/7)

Hello Fintech Friends, 💡Welcome to a special Saturday bonus issue! Our publisher was dealing with some bugs that scrambled yesterday’s news, so we’ve re-added the unscrambled news below our weekly fundraise email below. Conventional wisdom holds that peer-to-peer lending businesses are tough fintechs to scale, but Indonesia’s

Slice received rare approval to merge with a bank | TWIF (01/10/2023)

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Subscribe Now 🐦🏆 Tweets of the Week (Note: Neither TWIF nor I

75k and growing🚀 (TWIF 10/6)

[Editor's note: Our publisher, Ghost, is experiencing material bugs and publishing issues at the moment – we'll include a well-formatted version of the weekly news in tomorrow's fundraising update as well.] Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome back to the 75,000+ fintech builders and enthusiasts who subscribe to This Week in Fintech.

Signals Q3’23: CBDCs are making money moves

A roundup of fintech fundraises, exits, and product launches in Q3. Also, the state of central bank digital currencies.

TWIF Latam October 03 - 🚀 October starts with major funding news for Latam fintech 💰

$238.7 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Welcome back! As we step into October, we're gearing up for the TWIF Fintech Trek in Mexico City.  We thank all the fintech enthusiasts that made it to the TWIF Latam Finnosummit Kickoff Mixer, sponsored by BGBG.

BNPL coming to iDEAL - TWIF UK & Europe (02/10)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

CRED launched CRED Garage; Zerodha valued at $3.6bn | TWIF (01/10/2023)

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Subscribe Now ✨ Thank you for joining us in Jakarta! Super grateful

A slow, slow M&A week (TWIF 10/1)

You're gonna like the way you look, we guarantee it. https://t.co/pSiDfHsluk pic.twitter.com/B00Wu5M13G — Nik (@NikMilanovic) September 28, 2023 Great turnout at last night's @twifintech CDMX Happy Hour for Finnosummit! Thank you to our sponsor BGBG and our great organizers @katekiewel and @milesnextdoor 🙏 📸 @ https://t.co/

UK fintechs get all the funding (TWIF 9/30)

Hello Fintech Friends, I'm surprised I'm just seeing this: The Fintech Map Congrats to the team at Fintech Fund portfolio company Rainforest*, who won Early Stage company of the year at Venture Atlanta.  I also loved these charts from QED Investors’ 15th Annual CEO Summit: From @QEDInvestors pic.twitter.com/

The new stablecoins are *checks notes* flatcoins? (TWIF 9/29)

Hello Fintech Friends, A big thank you to the TechCrunch team for having me and Chris Wallace over last week to talk about early-stage fintech investing (and how to navigate the bs…) at TechCrunch Disrupt. I always enjoy my time with @chriswallacevc - hopefully the feeling is mutual! Thank you

Signals: What you need to know about Know Your Customer

Keeping criminals out may seem simple, but building KYC processes that separate the good cardholders from the bad ones is a huge challenge.

Post(bank) delivered after 15 years - TWIF UK & Europe (25/09)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

PayDay is looking to cash out (TWIF 9/24)

Hello Fintech Friends, This Week in Fintech Pink Walk | Hosted by Simplify · LumaWho: Simplify & This Week in Fintech What: PINK WALK to raise money to fight breast cancer Where: Meet us at Pier 45 to pick up your pink shirt and start our 1.5 mile walk for awareness to

Jakarta Fintech Happy Hour; WhatsApp rolled out payment acceptance | TWIF - 24th Sept, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Subscribe Now ✨ Jakarta Fintech Happy Hour - 26th Sept, 2023 Join

24 fintechs raised new rounds this past week (TWIF 9/23)

Hello Fintech Friends, Calling all our Atlanta and Mexico City fintech enthusiasts - we'll be in Atlanta for the Lend360 conference on October 3rd: TWIF Lend360 Happy Hour with Spinwheel & Shearman · LumaWho: Spinwheel & Shearman What: Lend360 Happy Hour with an open bar & light bites Where: Max Lager’s Wood-Fired Grill

Payments are becoming more real-time (TWIF 9/22)

Hello Fintech Friends, For all our sins, it’s events season in the fintech world. But this week also saw some interesting headlines - banks are increasingly launching products around enabling real-time payments and fighting fraud on RTP rails. Fintechs, meanwhile, are launching instant payouts using anything from stablecoins to

Signals Fintech Founders: Finix's Richie Serna

On competing with Stripe, navigating the payments industry, and being customer-first.

Swan Lake(star) - TWIF UK & Europe (18/09)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam September 17 - Itaú and BBVA release innovative products in Brazil 🇧🇷 and Argentina 🇦🇷

$11.5 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, September is a festive season for our region, as Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, and Nicaragua celebrate their independence this month. These eight countries, with their distinct Latam characteristics and cultures, play a

Citi is building Bridges (TWIF 9/17)

Hello Fintech Friends, I'll be in SF next week with our friends at  Core Innovation Capital, i80Group, Pacific Western Bank, and Method. Drop by if you're in town 👇 TWIF SF Happy Hour with CoreVC, i80Group, Pacific Western Bank & MethodFI · LumaWho: Core Innovation Capital, i80Group, Pacific Western Bank, Method & SF’s

Bond trading's Moment has come (TWIF 9/16)

Hello Fintech Friends, We had a good week at The Fintech Fund - Portfolio company Moment announced their Series A, led by a great group of investors including a16z, Venrock, Contrary, Neo, and Henry Kravis. Moment seeks to make bond trading as easy as stock trading. We're excited for @thefintechfund

Jakarta Fintech Happy Hour; Razorpay acquired BillMe | TWIF - 16th Sept, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Note: this edition covers news and updates up to Wed, 13th

Fintech Formal Returns (TWIF 9/15)

Hello Fintech Friends, We've got good news. We've been waiting all year to tell you. We hope you saved your best gala attire, Because Fintech Formal is back. 0:00 /2:01 1× When: December 8th, 2024 Where: New York, at a new secret location to be disclosed to guests

This Month in Fintech - China (August 23’)

Hello friends, Welcome to our latest Chinese Fintech newsletter. In this issue, we'll cover exciting new product launches and funding news from Chinese fintechs in August.  Let's get started! Want to sponsor a newsletter? See our sponsorship information here. Please email me at ning@thisweekinfintech.com to discuss more. Venture

Fintech in Spain is thriving - TWIF UK & Europe (11/09)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

Ripple builds up its Fortress (TWIF 9/10)

Hello Fintech Friends, Heading to the bay area for TechCrunch Disrupt 2023? So are we! Join TWIF and the teams at i80 Group, Core Innovation Capital, Pacific Western Bank, and Method for fintech happy hour with Nik and Cristina. Register here. All ticket proceeds go to charity. Please find another

TWIF Latam September 10 - 🇲🇽 Stori acquires MasCaja to expand its product portfolio

$10.15 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Olá amig@s fintech, I hope you are having a great Sunday. My very own recommendation for today: as you read the weekly Latam fintech news, don’t miss the chance to listen to the latest album from Bebel Gilberto, the

NPCI launched 40+ products during Global Fintech Fest | TWIF - 10th Sept, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Note: there will not be an edition of TWIF Asia next

Ampla brings in $258 million more for consumer brands (TWIF 9/9)

Hello Fintech Friends, I'd love to see you in-person this fintech season! I'll be at Finovate in NYC next week, at our fintech coffee and evening happy hour events. And then in SF for TechCrunch Disrupt the week following, and at our happy hour with Core, i80, PacWest, and Method.

It's Fintech Szn (TWIF 9/8)

Hello Fintech Friends, 📰 I hope you enjoyed your slow news week last week, because we're back! 🎉 Our first virtual Fintech Job Fair brought ~200 candidates and 6 employers together in Slack on Wednesday, but the recruiting must go on! Check out live session recordings, the directory of employers featured, and

Open banking payments double - TWIF UK & Europe (04/09)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam September 03 - BTG Pactual acquires Magnetis Investimentos 🇧🇷, Google Wallet now available in Colombia 🇨🇴

$3 million reported in fintech funding (equity) Hola amig@s fintech, September has arrived, and with it comes the countdown for Finnosummit Mexico 2023. Remember there is an exclusive 15% discount for TWIF subscribers, just use the code FSTHISWEEK when registering. We'd also love to have you join us at

Credit Bank is Kenya's first IPO since 2014 (TWIF 9/3)

Hello Fintech Friends, We're hosting our first-ever Paris Fintech Meetup on October 4th with our friends from Element Ventures and Balderton. Come say hi! Paris Fintech Meetup · LumaAnnouncing This Week in Fintech’s first official fintech meetup for the Paris tech community, brought to you by our friends at Element

UK open banking payments grow 100% year-over-year (TWIF 9/2)

Hello Fintech Friends, Happy long weekend to our US readers! I've learned a lot over the last twelve years in fintech, but I still find myself learning constantly. That's why I'm starting a new irregular series to memorialize and share some of these lessons along the way. Feedback is always

PhonePe launched investments app; Vientam joined SEA cross border payments bloc | TWIF - 2nd Sept, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Subscribe Now ✨ Falcon presents Mumbai Fintech Happy Hour - 5th Sept,

🎧 Podcast: Hey Fintech Friends ft Jennifer Arnold (MinervaAI)

"My dream future in anti-money laundering compliance is that it is almost invisible to the organisation and works so very well and so seamlessly and isn't a constantly growing cost centre that we actually get to focus on why we do that work" - Jennifer Arnold

India's UPI is going global (TWIF 9/1)

Hello Fintech Friends, You have to love slow weeks like the lead-up to Labor Day Weekend. 🚀 It was great to see that we've invested in 17% of Business Insider's 54 up-and-coming fintechs. Congrats to Themis, Ansa, Fragment, Equi, Method, Monarch, Tribal, Mercury, and Unit! If you're a fintech founder, come

Beyond Two Percent: Building in Emerging Markets

"One of the biggest challenges is that we're getting significantly less funding to do so. So you're getting less funding, but you're expected to build like five times more, and bring these products to market as quick as effectively as efficiently." -Jihan Abass, CEO and Founder of Lami.

Signals: Lessons Learned #1

Hi everyone, I’ve worked in fintech for the past 12 years, and for the last 4 of them as an early-stage fintech investor. I’m still learning every day as GP of The Fintech Fund, and – excitingly – the fintech space continues to grow and evolve in surprising ways. One

TWIF Latam August 28 - 🇧🇷 Nomad raises $61 million in series B, 🇨🇴 Num Finance launches Colombian peso stablecoin

$110 million in fintech funding (equity) Hola amig@s fintech, Exciting news awaits in this week's update! First off, a quick reminder about our upcoming Fintech Trek in Mexico City this October. Don't miss out - apply now.  Secondly, mark your calendars for Finnosummit Mexico 2023 on September 26 and

UK Travel Rule is incoming- TWIF UK & EU (28/08)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

Better.com Goes Public (TWIF 8/27)

Hello Fintech Friends, If you aren't signed up for our fantastic international editions, you should check them out! UK Travel Rule is incoming- TWIF UK & EU (28/08)TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and EuropeThis Week in FintechMichael Jenkins TWIF Latam August 28 -

Falcon presents Mumbai Fintech Happy Hour | TWIF - 27th Aug, 2023

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Ramp brings in another $300 million in funding (TWIF 8/26)

Hello Fintech Friends, Signals: LatAm SMBs struggle to access capital. Is that a market opportunity?Small-to-midsize businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean are flourishing. SMBs account for about one third of the region’s GDP, employ roughly 70% of the official labor force and represent one of the fastest-growing

Would you rather pay with Binance or Solana? (TWIF 8/25)

Hello Fintech Friends, Over 100 people registered for our CDMX Fintech Trek! We're putting out the last call - apply here to join us in October. Subscribe here to join 65,000+ other fintech enthusiasts! Please enjoy another week of fintech and banking news below. (👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let

Signals: LatAm SMBs struggle to access capital. Is that a market opportunity?

Small-to-midsize businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean are flourishing. SMBs account for about one third of the region's GDP, employ roughly 70% of the official labor force and represent one of the fastest-growing segments of the economy. Collectively, LatAm SMBs have grown to $2-$3 trillion in value– a

Fintech Growth Fund launches in UK - TWIF UK & EU (21/08)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam August 20 - Klar secures $100 million credit line from Victory Park Capital

$100 million in fintech funding (debt) Hola amig@s fintech, As mentioned last weekend, today was the Women's World Cup final, with Spain emerging as the new football champion. Additionally, significant events include the presidential elections in Ecuador and Guatemala. We trust that voter participation will be substantial, and that

SplitIt splits with ASX in favor of a $50 million go-private deal (TWIF 8/20)

Hello Fintech Friends, We were excited to see that The Fintech Fund’s portfolio company Vault* was ranked the #1 best business bank account in Canada this week! If you operate a Canadian business and want an easy multicurrency-native banking option, check out Vault. Please find another week of fintech

Acquisition called off, BitGo raises $100M at a 46% markup (TWIF 8/19)

Hello Fintech Friends, Looking for your next role in fintech? Join us at The Fintech Job Fair (Sept 6 & 7) and meet the teams hiring across the US! Employers, details on joining the Fintech Job Fair & contact info here.  Please find another week of fintech financing events below. (PS: Have

RBI launched unclaimed deposit platform; PhonePe crossed $1.2tn in annualised TPV | TWIF - 18th Aug, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Note: this edition covers news till Thur, 10th Aug, 2023. Subscribe

This Week in Policy (8/18)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another exciting week of fintech policy updates! This week, we delve into the latest developments in crypto regulation, browse the most important enforcement news, and continue our coverage of fintech-related artificial intelligence (AI) developments.   As always, if you are not yet subscribed to the Policy

Fintechs are quick to adopt and add AI features (TWIF 8/18)

Hello Fintech Friends, Join me at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this September! Readers of This Week in Fintech can now get 50% off current rates on all tickets by using the code disrupt here. Please enjoy another week of fintech and banking news below. (👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let

Signals: An operator’s perspective on how fintech can better support start-ups

I run business operations for Plain. We’re building a customer support tool for modern product teams- lightning fast, API-powered, and deeply integrated in the way you work.  One of my responsibilities is to manage day-to-day finances - invoicing customers, paying bills, updating financial models, etc. As someone who loves

TWIF Latam August 13 - 🤝 Fiado & Pomelo partner for Latam migrants in the US 🌍 / 🏛️ New fintech regulations in Ecuador 🇪🇨

$30 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, As the Women's Football World Cup reaches its final stages, it's a bit disheartening that no Latin American team has made it to the semi-finals. The Colombian team, the last one standing, fought valiantly, but they were defeated

It gets Better (TWIF 8/13)

Hello Fintech Friends, 🥱 We're getting into sleepy M&A season for August. Know what's not sleepy? We’re up to 75 sign-ups for our Mexico City Fintech Trek! If you missed it last week: from October 18th to 20th, we'll be taking a group of 30-50 fintech enthusiasts to fully

Credgenics collects $50 million for Indian debt collection (TWIF 8/12)

Hello Fintech Friends, Breaking Crypto Ceilings: A Conversation with Sabrina Wang and Dina White“And I think what’s important is like finding a good team and support structure, whether they’re men or women, right, if there’s women great, but I think given the realities of it, like,

Global Fintech Fest Giveaway; RBI proposed NFC payments; Apple Pay launched in Vietnam | TWIF - 12th Aug, 2023

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Bank of England 🤝 Ripple (TWIF 8/11)

Hello Fintech Friends, 🚀 We're excited to partner with a16z for NY Tech Week in October. We have some spots left for sponsors and would love to throw an event with you! If you are interested, reach out to us at events@thisweekinfintech.com. 🏙️ And if you just can’t wait

This Week in Policy (8/9)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another exciting edition of our fintech policy updates. This week, we delve into a wide range of fintech policy topics; from the ever-evolving world of crypto regulation to the nuances of enforcement actions. We also cover the most recent updates on central bank digital currencies

Breaking Crypto Ceilings: A Conversation with Sabrina Wang and Dina White

"And I think what's important is like finding a good team and support structure, whether they're men or women, right, if there's women great, but I think given the realities of it, like, you have to look for allies and men and people in a team," Sabrina Wang.

Paytm and Flipkart shareholders concentrate their holdings (TWIF 8/6)

Hello Fintech Friends, We’re excited to announce the publication of our whitepaper Evaluating The Global State of Fintech, coauthored with the AWS FinTech team! The fintech industry is estimated to total $134 billion in size today. Despite its relative infancy, fintech is disrupting how virtually all traditional financial services

This Month in Fintech - China (July 23’)

Hi friends, Happy Monday! Welcome to the latest edition of our This Month in Chinese Fintech newsletter. I promise to keep this short but information-packed. In this issue, we will cover the significant fine imposed on Alipay and Tencent, Binance's ongoing regulatory and operational challenges, as well as the exciting

Procurement week - (07/08)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam August 06 - 🏦 Colombia’s Central Bank to regulate the instant payment system 🇨🇴

$1.26 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, August has kicked in and while some are soaking up the final rays of summer up north, remember you can always flip the script – winter in one hemisphere, summer in the other – just hop across the globe.

Lending to small businesses is big business in China (TWIF 8/5)

Hello Fintech Friends, 🚨 Our friends at Sydecar* are hiring a new Marketing Manager in New York, San Francisco, or Seattle to join their team. Sydecar helps you start and run your fund or SPV — so you can focus on making deals, not spreadsheets. 💼 Speaking of jobs - if you're an

PayU focuses on India, SEA and Turkey, sells global biz for $610mm | TWIF - 05th Aug, 2023

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It's all good in the Robinhood (TWIF 8/4)

Hello Fintech Friends, We already have 40 sign-ups for our Mexico City Fintech Trek! If you missed it last week: from October 18th to 20th, we'll be taking a group of 30-50 fintech enthusiasts to fully immerse in the Mexico City fintech ecosystem. We'll be working with our partner Quona

This Week in Policy (8/1)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy updates! Last week brought major developments in crypto regulation, with the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services approving four crypto bills. We delve into what this means for the industry and discuss other crypto regulation updates both in the

Third time is a charm - (31/07)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam July 30 - Latam & Caribbean: only region with funding growth 🚀

No (disclosed) new fintech funding during this week. 😯 Hello to all of you! Thank you to our fintech friends that came out to join us at Casa Prunes for our Summer Social in Mexico City last week. We had 375+ RSVPs and had a special evening connecting our local & global

Banc of California joins the PacWest (TWIF 7/30)

Hello Fintech Friends, Well, it finally happened - another (semi?) beleaguered bank took defensive action and merged to avoid a depositor run. This week, California's PacWest Bank ($36B) announced that it will be acquired by its smaller counterpart Banc of California ($9B) and pay down its brokered deposits. Also this

Funding in Indian fintech startups declined by 67% to $1.4bn in H1 2023 | 29th July, 2023

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Announcing our Mexico City Fintech Trek, Oct. 18 to 20 (TWIF 7/29)

Hello Fintech Friends, It’s starting to feel like the summer doldrums, with new financing and exit activity slowing down until vacations end in September. But that hasn’t stopped the neobanks! Dutch neobank Bunq raised €45 million this week with the goal of expanding to the USA, while UK

A New Bres Low (TWIF 7/28)

Hello Fintech Friends, 🙄 In possibly the least surprising news of the week, (alleged, but not convicted) perpetual fintech fraudster and ex-Bolt co-founder Ryan Breslow is being investigated by the SEC over misleading claims made while fundraising. Seattle Friends! Let’s prove that Seattle is the next fintech hub by enjoying

🎧 Podcast: Hey Fintech Friends ft Benjamin Fernandes (Nala Money)

"I think one thing that's interesting is the African cross border trade volume has doubled in the last two years. And there's no other region of the world where that's happened," - Benji..

Signals: Has fintech remade the corporate card?

They were on 2023’s Time 100’s most influential companies, but where do they go from here?

This Week in Policy (7/25)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy news! This week, we will address major updates on topics ranging from crypto regulation and enforcement to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), payments, and the latest from the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB). Let’s get started! As always, if

Watch out finfluencers - (24/07)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam 23 July - 🇲🇽 Konfío renews credit line with JP Morgan + 💸 Western Union & Ualá partner for digital transfers

$89.5 million in fintech funding (debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Last week, I took a quick trip to Teotihuacán, one of Mexico's fascinating archaeological sites, just an hour away from Mexico City. If you plan your visit on a weekday, you might enjoy the serene beauty of the site

HDFC becomes the world's fourth largest bank (TWIF 7/23)

Hello Fintech Friends, Starting September 6th, we're hosting a virtual Fintech Job Fair to help folks in our 60k+ community find opportunities at amazing companies. Want to join? Click the image below. 👇 Thank you to our first hiring partner, Basis, for working with us to hire amazing people! Want to

Somebody's gotta bank all the influencers (TWIF 7/22)

Hello Fintech Friends, ⛰️ Calling all our Seattle friends - let’s prove that Seattle is the next fintech hub by enjoying the great weather, great conversations, and new connections on a sunny Ballard rooftop this August. Register here to hang out with fellow fintech founders, builders, and operators and become

NPCI expects 700mm UPI users in 3 years | TWIF - 22nd July, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Don’t forget to share with fellow fintech friends! Subscribe Now

Fintech's first virtual job fair (TWIF 7/21)

Hello Fintech Friends, Happy FedNow Day! 💼 Jobs are coming to This Week in Fintech, and they're coming for you!! Starting September 6th, we're hosting a virtual Fintech Job Fair to help folks in our 60k+ community find opportunities at amazing companies. Want to join? Click the image below. 👇 Thank you

Signals: The rocky marriage between sports and fintech

In the wake of COVID, fintech and financial services firms like FTX and PayPal poured millions into sports. The recent crises around fintech and crypto, though, demand a reevaluation of how sports and financial services interact.

🎧 Podcast: Hey Fintech Friends ft Karta Gift Gards

"We're in the business of gifting, do it on your terms your way, the way you want to receive it the way you would want to actually have that experience." - Claire

This Week in Policy (7/17)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy updates. Last week brought forth a highly anticipated decision in the case of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Ripple. The outcome of this case has been eagerly awaited by the entire crypto community since its initiation in 2020. Alongside

Monar or Lunzo? - (17/07)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam 16 July - 🚀 Two new accelerator programs for Peru, Chile, and Colombia 🇵🇪 🇨🇱 🇨🇴

$70 million in fintech funding Hola amig@s fintech, This month brings celebrations of independence for Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, and the United States. Whether you are a proud national of these countries, living abroad, or an international resident, we hope you enjoy the festivities! Speaking of celebrations, don't forget

Neobank consolidation begins to pick up (TWIF 7/16)

Hello Fintech Friends, Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. (👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let us know!) ☯️ Exits 💻 IPOs & SPACs * British business-to-business cross-border payments firm CAB Payments raised £335 million in its London IPO, but its shares slipped in trading. 🤝 M&A - Fintech * Turkish neobank

They wrote fintech off, but fintech didn't write back (TWIF 7/15)

Hello Fintech Friends, Is fintech coming back?  Our collection of fundraises over the last two weeks counts 33 new fintech companies, including: * An NFT lending startup (!) * Startups from all over the US, Brazil, France, India, Singapore, Switzerland, and South Korea. * 22 rounds of $10 million or less, signaling rising interest

Razorpay launched in Malaysia; Japan's PayPay might list in US | 15th July, 2023

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All the biggest fintech stories of the last two weeks (TWIF 7/14)

Hello Fintech Friends, 📰 After a week away from fintech - we're back! And what a week it's been. Goldman is doing all it can to break up with Apple, SVB is suing the FDIC, instant payments are going live in the US - and causing headaches for banks, Monzo is

This Week in Policy (7/10)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another exciting week of fintech updates. This week, we bring you the latest developments in our staple topics: crypto regulation, enforcement, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB). We take you on a journey across different continents as we explore

Open banking needs incentives for collaboration - (10/07)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam 09 July - The IFC lends $50 million to Dimex 🇲🇽

$69.6 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s, Attention all fintech enthusiasts in Mexico City! We are thrilled to invite you to join us for a delightful This Week in Fintech Happy Hour on July 26th. The event will be hosted at Casa Prunes -beautiful setting-,

Signals Q2’23: Every fintech will be an AI company

A roundup of fintech fundraises, exits, and product launches in Q2. Also, early indicators on how AI is impacting fintech valuations.

This Week in Policy (7/3)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another exciting week of fintech updates. In this edition, we will continue our coverage of key topics such as crypto regulation, enforcement, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and payments, not only in the U.S. but also across various countries. We are also thrilled to

This Month in Fintech - China (June 23’)

Hi friends,  Welcome to our monthly China Fintech newsletter. We hope you are having a wonderful summer! For our US readers, happy July 4th and hope this newsletter can add a bit more fun to your long weekend.  June was an exciting month with a lot of movement from Chinese

Where next for Binance? - (03/07)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam 02 July - Visa acquires Pismo 🇧🇷, Mercado Pago for contactless withdrawals in Chile 🇨🇱

$50 million in fintech funding  Hola amig@s fintech, From June 23 to July 8, the 24th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games is underway in San Salvador, El Salvador. Originally planned for Panama City but relocated due to the pandemic, the games have brought together 37 countries

Visa's jogo bonito (TWIF 7/2)

Hello Fintech Friends, 🤑 This week’s fintech exit news was dominated by Visa’s long-rumored acquisition of Brazilian payments provider Pismo for $1 billion, which it beat Mastercard in a bid to acquire. Pismo processes almost 50 billion API calls and $40 billion in transaction volumes annually, with clients in

Fighting financial crime is big business (TWIF 7/1)

Hello Fintech Friends, ☀️ We’ll be taking a break next weekend (July 7th, 8th, and 9th) but will be back with more great fintech in your inbox the week following! 💂 If you are based in London, join us and our friends at Alloy for the next London Fintech Happy Hour

Sardines join forces for safer financial seas (TWIF 6/30)

Happy 4th of July weekend to everyone in the US 🎆 🧺 Fintech Picnic is coming back to NYC! Come join us in Central Park on July 22nd for a break form the hustle to catch up and see your fintech friends. This year, we’ll be partnering with our friends on

Signals Fintech Founders: Backflip's Josh Ernst

Hello Everyone! In today’s edition of Fintech Founders, we will be chatting with Josh Ernst, the CEO & Founder of Backflip. Josh and I actually met early on in my venture career and what I can definitively say is that Josh is one of the most focused, dogged, and genuine

This Week in Policy (6/26)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to our weekly update on fintech policy! In this edition, we bring you the latest policy developments in the world of fintech, with very extensive coverage spanning international crypto regulation, crypto enforcement, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and fintech.

Adyen signs big partnership - (26/06)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam 25 June - ASAAS raised $21 million 🇧🇷, Accesa authorized under Fintech Law 🇲🇽

Hola amig@s fintech, This Saturday, people in Mexico City witnessed the 45th pride parade! With a massive turnout of over 250,000 attendees, this march proudly advocates for the rights of the LGBT+ community. Let’s everyday celebrate unity, visibility, diversity, progress, and financial inclusion for all. Please find

Fintechs are still buying banks (TWIF 6/25)

Hello Fintech Friends, New data were published this week showing that a surprising number of fintech and crypto companies are still out there buying banks: Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. (👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let us know!) 📺Sponsored Content 🛑 Stop your scroll. You won’

Apple is launching a credit card in India, Oxyzo reported $68mm in revenue in FY23 | 25th June, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Note: There will be no edition of TWIF India & Asia next

The UK is back: $60M for Volt, £15M for TreasurySpring, and $235M for Illuminate Financial (TWIF 6/24)

Hello Fintech Friends, Only a week after Andreessen Horowitz chose London as the site of its first non-US office, UK fintechs and fintech-focused VCs are demonstrating why! There was a lot of post-Brexit prognostication about the downfall of the UK tech scene in favor of Dublin, Paris, and other EU

Envisioning the Future of Money Movement (TWIF 6/23)

Hello Fintech Friends, I’m excited to release a project that I’ve been working on for the past five months with Jenny Johnston and the Visa Fintech Partnerships team (especially Dan and Tiffany) - 📜 Envisioning the Future of Money Movement. Over 22 pages, we dive into what it will

Beyond Two Percent: Pride, featuring Rhea Fofana and Evan Dawson

"I do wish sometimes that companies would not just be entirely focused on the fun parts of Pride, the party part of Pride, but also the advocacy work that's so important, and drawing attention to just the constant like legislation and issues that are coming up." -Evan Dawson

This Week in Policy (6/19)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy updates. First and foremost, Happy Father's Day to all the fathers reading this post and to those who celebrated this special day with their fathers. In this week's article, we cover the latest updates related to crypto regulation, both in

Signals: Finally, more regulatory guidance on bank-fintech relationships (Part II)

What federal regulators’ guidance on third-party relationships means for banks and the fintech ecosystem.

TWIF Latam 06/19 - 🇧🇷 Brazil advances crypto regulation

$1.3 million in fintech funding Hola amig@s fintech, Hey everyone! Yesterday was Father's Day! Time to give a big shout out and show some love to all the awesome dads in Latin America, the US, and many other countries around the world. Happy Father's Day! Please find below

UK fintech strikes back - (19/06)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

A fintech SPAC and IPO, what is this 2021? (TWIF 6/18)

Hello Fintech Friends, Fintech exits are happening at a blistering pace, with with one upcoming IPO, a SPAC, and fourteen fintech acquisitions (two for over $1 billion) all announced in the last week. Separately, if you've ever wanted to know what is happening in the Chinese fintech market, look no

The fintech founders are as good as ever (TWIF 6/17)

Hello Fintech Friends, I'm excited about the great fintech founders that The Fintech Fund has backed over the past few months. A viral small business bookkeeping tool, an Asian financial reconciliation platform (in stealth), an integrated financial suite for home healthcare, Australia's leading expense management provider... As popular attention has

PhonePe launched a payment gateway and Digit got a new life insurance license | 17th June, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Don’t forget to share with fellow fintech friends! Subscribe Now

I, AI-powered financial assistant (TWIF 6/16)

Hello Fintech Friends, 🌳 Our annual Fintech Picnic is coming back to New York! Save the date on July 22nd at lu.ma/fintechpicnic 💼 Looking for your next adventure in fintech? Come check out our job board and join our Talent Collective. 🚀 Lastly, a word from our friends at BTV, who

Signals: Finally, more regulatory guidance on bank-fintech relationships (Part I)

What federal regulators’ guidance on third-party relationships means for banks and the fintech ecosystem.

TWIF Latam 12 Jun - Ualá México launches interest-bearing savings account 🇲🇽

$20 million in fintech funding Hola amig@s fintech, This week, we have an important announcement to make: our beloved Christine Chang is bidding farewell to TWIF Latam. Elena, Daniela, and I express our deepest gratitude to her for inviting us to collaborate and for introducing us to the world

This Week in Policy (6/12)

Hello Fintech Friends, What a week! Last week, the crypto and fintech communities were taken aback as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed lawsuits against two giants in the industry: Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, and Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States. Today,

🎧 Podcast: Hey Fintech Friends ft Michael Sindicich (Navan)

"And one of the biggest advantages and huge announcements that we're making, is what we're calling the Navan Connect, where you can actually get this same technology with your Visa or MasterCard." - Michael Sindicich

Another fintech cuts its valuation (again) - (12/06)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

A £1 billion payments IPO comes to London (TWIF 6/11)

Hello Fintech Friends, In a slow fundraising market, fintech exits are happening at a blistering pace, with one upcoming IPO and fifteen fintech acquisitions (two for over $1 billion) all announced this week. Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. ☯️ Exits 💻 IPOs & SPACs * We have a

Harlem-based MoCaFi raises a Series B to help people get banked (TWIF 6/10)

Hello Fintech Friends, We’re excited to share that Griffin, one of our Fintech Fund portfolio companies, just raised their Series A. Griffin provides banking-as-a-service for UK fintech companies and also has an FCA banking license, meaning it can provide fully-verticalized bank support to fintechs. Our fearless podcasters Julie and

New Default Guarantee guidelines for lending | TWIF - 10th June, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Don’t forget to share with fellow fintech friends! Subscribe Now

This Month in Fintech - China (May’ 23)

Hey there fintech friends, It's time for another dose of the latest and greatest news in the world of money moves! We've got a lot to cover this month, from Ant Group's delayed license application to Airwallex's big expansion to Israel. But don't worry, we promise to keep things light

Begun, the crypto war has (TWIF 6/9)

Hello Fintech Friends, Every new industry goes through growing pains as it finds its footing. To butcher an old quote, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then there is a massive coordinated regulatory response to keep you from growing, then you win.” This week, Coinbase and Binance

TWIF Latam June 4 - Banco Afirme launches digital bank Billú 🇲🇽, crypto bill advances in 🇨🇴

$50 million in fintech funding (debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Yesterday, the Mexican states of Mexico and Coahuila elected their governors. The State of Mexico made history by appointing its first-ever female governor, with both candidates being women. The world is gradually changing, and as the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Who are the three new profitable european fintechs? - (05/06)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

Indian lenders draw the attention of private equity (TWIF 6/4)

Hello Fintech Friends, I'll be flying to Tel Aviv in a week to host our first-ever Israeli Fintech Meetup with our friends at TLV Partners. Will I see you there? TLV Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in Israeli entrepreneurs that are pushing the boundaries of what is

Wirecard puts on a fake mustache and changes its name to NomuPay (TWIF 6/3)

Hello Fintech Friends, Come one come all! If you’re at Money2020 Amsterdam this week, we’ll be partnering with our friends at AWS Fintech to co-host a networking happy hour on June 7th. We were excited to see Fintech Fund portfolio company Vault* get the TechCrunch treatment from fintech

Razorpay launched Turbo UPI; Binance granted license in Thailand | TWIF - 03rd June, 2023

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Will we see Universal Basic Income in our lifetimes? (TWIF 6/2)

Hello Fintech Friends, 🗣️ This Thursday, in our Slack community, we’ll host an Ask Me Anything with Art Chang, one of the 2021 Candidates for Mayor of New York City, Chair of the Board of the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, and Founder & CEO of Allie, a builder

Beyond Two Percent: Mental Health ft Jayne Sibley & Saira Rahman

"89% of people said that managing everyday money was a major cause of stress and worry for them. So being able to alleviate that in one way or present people with a solution that helps them and takes that away is why we're here" - Jayne Sibley

Signals: The biggest winner of BNPL is... Mastercard?

The Apple Pay Later launch underscores card networks’ emerging role in the Buy Now, Pay Later market.

This Week in Policy (5/31)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy updates. While Congress remains preoccupied with the heated debates over the debt ceiling, crypto regulation is garnering attention from various international organizations that are striving to establish unified global standards. Within the U.S., the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is

A fintech great bows out - (29/05)

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TWIF Latam 28 May - Citibanamex change of plan 🇲🇽, QED bringing $925 million in fresh funds for global fintechs 🚀

$149 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Happy Memorial Day and ‘puente’ to our US-based fintech friends.  📣  For the VCs and investors in the audience, if you haven’t already done so, be sure to share your input for a first-of-its-kind mapping of diversity in

Fifth Third embeds with Rize (TWIF 5/28)

Hello Fintech Friends, Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. ☯️ Exits 🤝 M&A - Fintech * US regional bank Fifth Third surprised the fintech community this week with the announcement that it acquired banking-as-a-service software provider Rize. The terms of the deal were undisclosed, but Fifth Third’

Tipalti raises $150M and PhonePe adds another $100M (TWIF 5/27)

Hello Fintech Friends, When I'm not writing about great fintech startups, I spend my time investing in them. If you're an early-stage founding team, we have a few more checks to write out of our Fund I, so feel free to reach out! (Fund II coming soon.) 👍👎 Have feedback for

Singapore Fintech Living Room, PhonePe raises yet another $100mm | 20th May, 2023

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The IRS is getting into taxes (TWIF 5/26)

Hello Fintech Friends, We're excited to partner with our friends at TLV Partners to host our first Tel Aviv Fintech Happy Hour on June 15th! I'll be flying there personally for it; who should I meet with while I'm there? TLV Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in

🎧 Podcast: Hey Fintech Friends ft James Mirfin (Visa) & Parilee Wang (Alloy)

"We always talk about fraud, and we talk about financial crime. But I always come back to the fact that there's a human impact to this. So at the end of the day, people are getting taken advantage of, and it's typically the most vulnerable."

Signals: High interest rates? No problem for Robinhood in Q1 2023 earnings

We read Robinhood’s 10-Q so that you don’t have to.

This Week in Policy (5/23)

Hello Fintech Friends, This past week, crypto regulation was the most salient topic in fintech policy debates. We’ll address novel policy issues related to taxing crypto and partisan divides over stablecoins in the U.S. We will also shed light on important updates related to central bank digital currencies

Heading to M2020 Europe? - (22/05)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam 21 May - Uber Mexico granted fintech license 🇲🇽, Colombia to develop digital payment rails á la Pix 🇨🇴

$450,000 in equity fintech funding Hola amig@s fintech, Happy New Moon in Taurus 🌚♉️, apparently full of good luck and abundance.  Cheers to that! 👉 Btw friends, be sure to check out Daniela’s ClimateTech Corner below and send her your comments, questions, and suggestions!   💛 Until next weekend. Até a

PayPal is looking to Xoom out (TWIF 5/21)

Hello Fintech Friends, A big shout-out to Trovata for recognizing our own Helen Femi Williams' podcast Hey Fintech Friends as one of the 5 Top Fintech Podcasts to Stream in 2023 and for Feedspot for including it in their 40 Best Financial News Podcasts! If you're not yet listening to

ZestMoney founders resigned, Paytm launched RuPay credit card | 20th May, 2023

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Procure-to-pay platform Zips up $100 million (TWIF 5/20)

Hello Fintech Friends, The fintech fundraising market is showing signs of life in-spite of the doom-and-gloom of 2023 💪 We’ve had an exciting week at The Fintech Fund, with fund portfolio company Vault announcing its follow-on seed round from our friends at Fin Capital and Gradient, and syndicate portfolio Percent

The fintechs want to help small businesses (TWIF 5/19)

Hello Fintech Friends, It’s hard to believe it’s almost June - one more month and we roll into 2024 planning 💀 For anyone who will be out at Money2020 Europe in a couple weeks, TWIF and the AWS fintech team would love to see you at our Amsterdam Fintech

This Week in Policy (5/17)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another edition of This Week in Policy! We are thrilled to be back after a brief pause and are eager to share updates with you about the latest developments in fintech and digital assets. In this edition, we cover several major policy and legal developments

And the Best British Bank is ...- (15/08)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam 14 May - 80% of Brazilians have used PIX 🇧🇷, Grupo México set to buy Banamex 🇲🇽

Hola amig@s fintech, It has been an eventful week in the region, with significant developments such as the vote for drafting Chile's new Constitution, the end of Title 42 in the US (which impacts Latam migration), and the continuing rise in Argentina's inflation rate. I must say that alongside

Revolut is ready to buy-now (TWIF 5/14)

Hello Fintech Friends, Two more great fintech events in the books this week! First, Osborne hosted our first fintech Delhi meetup of the year, then Cristina and the Community team hosted our spring meetup in New York. If you're based in India, come join us next Thursday in Mumbai -

Minting the next wave of fintech (TWIF 5/13)

Hello Fintech Friends, Incubators and accelerators provide great opportunities for early-stage entrepreneurs to build their products with the resources and support of a community behind them. Snowflake and Moderna were both famously originally incubated by VCs. Earlier-stage startups (at the idea phase) normally are a better fit for incubators – sometimes

Thank you, Delhi! Mumbai, you're up next; Paytm reported $1bn in annual revenues, Razorpay is flipping to India | 13th May, 2023

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Crypto gets ready for semester abroad (TWIF 5/12)

Hello Fintech Friends, Who should we have join us for our next fintech Ask Me Anything session in our Slack? (Which recently crossed 6,800 members! Come join us.) 🌷 Or if in-person is more your thing, we are partnering up with our friends at AWS Fintech to bring together the

Fintech is back?- (08/05)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, Fintech is heading to the moon according to a report from BCG and QED, with revenues set to hit $1.5trn by 2030. Please find another week of fintech news, financings and exits below. Sponsored Content Want to be a This Week in Fintech -

TWIF Latam 07 May - Revolut launches in Brazil 🇧🇷, Nubank grew 33% in one year to 79.1 million customers in Latam 🚀

$29.6 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Happy early Mother’s Day 🦸🏽‍♀️ to those in 🇲🇽🇸🇻🇧🇿🇬🇹 this Wednesday!  And for those of you in Bogotá 🇨🇴, join the TWIF Latam community at Monaco Rooftop on May 17th, 2023 for a spring happy hour sponsored by CIM,

This Month in Fintech - China (April’ 23)

Greetings, fellow fintech enthusiasts!  It's time for our monthly newsletter again. From exciting product launches to licensing updates and everything in between, we've got you covered. So grab a cup of tea (or coffee if you prefer) and let's dive into some Chinese fintech news together! Enjoy, Ning Venture Financing

Peter Thiel may revive fintech SPACs with Asian credit card biz (TWIF 5/7)

Hello Fintech Friends, I love reading along and following the conversations in our Slack Community – it’s clearly all about fintech people helping other fintech people, and I feel like I learn more than I share in there ❤️ 👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let us know! Please find another week of

Delhi NCR Happy Hour, Pine Labs deferred its IPO, CRED doubles its loan portfolio and more | TWIF - 06th May, 2023

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Fake it til you break it (TWIF 5/6)

Hello Fintech Friends, My favorite story this week was that of Array, an ‘algorithmic currency system,’ which put out a press release that announced a $10 million investment from Singaporean investor Temasek, with such quotes as “Array is thrilled to reveal that its valuation after this investment is rumored to

For whom the FDIC receivership tolls (TWIF 5/5)

Hello Fintech Friends, Do you miss the touch, look, and vibe of seeing your fintech friends in-person? Come join Osborne and our TWIF India team in Delhi next week! Subscribe here to join 60,000+ other fintech enthusiasts! 👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let us know! Please enjoy another week of

Valuations down- (01/05)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, Please find another week of fintech news, financings and exits below. Sponsored Content Want to be a This Week in Fintech - UK & Europe sponsor? Reach out to me at michael@thisweekinfintech.com and see our sponsorship information here. 💡This Week in Fintech is a

TWIF Latam 30 April - Belvo acquires Skilopay 🇧🇷, Fairplay and Clara fundraise 🇲🇽

$175.9 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Big fundraising news week after a bit of a pause following Semana Santa.  For those who have Monday off for International Workers’ Day, enjoy the long weekend (and remember to take a break).  Happy May Day! Please

Acquisitions, acquisitions, acquisitions! (TWIF 4/30)

Hello Fintech Friends, It was another banger of a week for fintech M&A: 16 new deals were announced between banks and fintechs, it emerged that JP Morgan has acquired over 40 fintech companies since 2021, and – as a bonus – we may have our first fintech IPO since last year

Vesey Ventures and Anthemis blaze a trail for women in VC (TWIF 4/29)

Hello Fintech Friends, We had some exciting news for The Fintech Fund this week, as our portfolio company Ansa*, led by Sophia Goldberg and JT Cho, came out of stealth. We've missed seeing all of our friends in LatAm fintech, and so we are coming back to Bogotá! Come join

We hosted our first Fintech Happy Hour of 2023, Jupiter gets NBFC license, Stripe launched new products for SEA | TWIF - 29th April, 2023

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Europe jumps ahead of the US in crypto regulation (TWIF 4/28)

Hello Fintech Friends, 🌴 We're coming to Miami for Fintech Americas! Join us on May 4th for some networking, socializing and fun! We will be hosting a Luncheon with Galileo and VU Security at Fontainebleau. Sign up here. We can't wait to see you there :) 🏙️ Also, if you missed this week’

🎧 Podcast: Hey Fintech Friends ft Emily Man

"I saw this firsthand, growing up in China, what made us move from being a cash-based society to something that was pretty much all app and instant payments based. This was the fact that there was a smartphone in everyone's pocket" - Emily Man

Signals: Fintech joins the frontlines of the war in Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is uprooting the global financial system. As new technology accelerates a changing world order, fintech has a renewed responsibility towards its end users.

This Week in Policy (4/24)

Hello Fintech friends, Welcome to another exciting week of fintech policy updates. Last week was marked by several highlights, including the European Parliament's approval of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, which is expected to have far-reaching implications for the crypto industry in Europe, and possibly around the world. As

Another successful London Fintech Happy Hour - (24/04)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, London Calling, and Fintech Answers Thank you to @sytaylor, @MJenkins88, @HelenFemix, and the great @backingthebold team for tonight's UK Fintech Week meetup! pic.twitter.com/xDDvSJyPSA — This Week in Fintech (@twifintech) April 20, 2023 Are you even in fintech in London if you were not

TWIF Latam 23 Apr - Brazil ready for digital real proposals, 🆕 ClimateTech corner, 🔦 Retail x Fintech

$4 million in debt funding Hola amig@s fintech, Happy (belated) Earth Day!  Did you know?  20% of the Earth’s freshwater is in Brazil 🇧🇷with a total of 5,116 square miles of freshwater concentrated in the Amazon Basin. Colombia 🇨🇴 also boasts an impressive ranking as the sixth largest

Pagaya rules everything around me (TWIF 4/23)

Hello Fintech Friends, ⚠️Editor's Note: Because of the double-post from our publishing software glitch on Friday, I'm combining this week's Saturday and Sunday posts to avoid cluttering your inbox. What a week for content! First, we had a great guest post for Signals from Sara Hayden Van Velkinburgh on Why

One unicorn minted globally in Q1 2023, Razorpay sets up an Advisory Council, Adyen launched in Malaysia | 22nd April, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Osborne here! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Don’t forget to share with fellow fintech friends! Subscribe Now

First Bank of Apple (TWIF 4/21)

Hello Fintech Friends, I had a great time with the London fintech community celebrating this year’s UK Fintech Week yesterday! Big thank you to everyone who braved the rain to make it to our Fintech Happy Hour, and to the Fintech Brain Food and Element Ventures teams for co-hosting

Beyond Two Percent: Imposter Syndrome

"Every time you've been in a situation where you feel like an imposter, try to assess the situation, what went well, and what didn't, and then go to other people for feedback." - Katie Evans, Head of PR at Swarm

Why fintech has failed Mexico’s unbanked

The era of fintech was expected to bring millions into the formal financial system in Mexico. Yet from 2018 to 2022, only 3.4 million people opened a formal bank account, begging the question, “Why has fintech failed to meet its potential in Latin America’s second-largest consumer market?”

This Week in Policy (4/17)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another week of fintech policy news. This week, we'll cover some of the latest updates in crypto and stablecoin regulation, enforcement, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and payments. As always, if you are not yet subscribed to the Policy Edition of This Week in Fintech,

Big week for payments - (17/04)

TWIF UK & Europe - The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe

TWIF Latam 16 April - 129 total funding rounds in 1Q23, DM acquires FortBrasil 🇧🇷

$15.8 million in fintech funding Hola amig@s fintech, Feliz domingo tod@s!  Anyone catch this gem on SNL last night?  Que risa 😆 Please find below this week’s front page of Latam fintech news. If you’re reading this on the web, we’d appreciate your support by

The IPO window remains locked shut (TWIF 4/16)

Hello Fintech Friends, In this week's Signals subscriber newsletter, guest writer Emily Tsitrian – a foremr Stripe employee and co-founder of Yeeld – wrote on what everyone is getting wrong in the Adyen vs. Stripe debate. "These analysts deserve respect and are worth a read - quantitative triangulation is hard, but unfortunately,

Clear Street blasts through the fundraising slump with $270 million (TWIF 4/15)

Brought to you in partnership with Finley. Hello Fintech Friends, 📈 Keeping up with the breathless pace of fintech can be hard... as soon as I hit 'send' on yesterday's newsletter, Twitter announced a partnership with eToro to let users trade stocks and crypto on the app. 💡 We're excited to announce

Indian Fintech startups raised $1.2bn in Q1 2023 and Sea Bank reported net profit of $18mm | 15th April, 2023

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Plaid and Visa dive into the instant payments race (TWIF 4/14)

Brought to you in partnership with our friends at Finley. Hello Fintech Friends, One of our main goals here at TWIF is to highlight the incredible work of our diverse community. Our Fintech Frontlines and Builders Series are two social media campaigns that spotlight individuals who are building the future

This Month in Fintech - China (March’ 23)

Hi fintech friends, What a March, right?! In recent years, the Chinese government has been tightening its control over the country's financial systems and technology industry. This has been particularly evident in the government's crackdown on large companies like Alibaba and Tencent. Notably, this past March we saw the establishment

Signals - Adyen vs. Stripe: What everyone is getting wrong

Stripe’s annual letter highlights that payments are not a commodity. What are comparisons of the two payments giants missing?

Stripe vs Adyen: The looming battle - (10/04)

Happy Easter TWIF UK & Europe friends, Please find another week of fintech news, financings and exits below. Sponsored Content Want to be a This Week in Fintech - UK & Europe sponsor? Reach out to me at michael@thisweekinfintech.com and see our sponsorship information here. 💡This Week in Fintech is

New acquisitions for Acorns, SoFi, and Navan (TWIF 4/9)

Hello Fintech Friends, Fintechs are getting more acquisitive! We’re starting to see not only banks and strategics acquiring fintechs, but large fintechs acquiring their rivals as well. Though the market has slowed for fundraises, it continues to be a bonanza for M&A teams. If you’re coming to

Markets are still peachy for Africa's Peach Payments (TWIF 4/8)

Hello Fintech Friends, This week, our Premium Content Editor Sophie Vo covered the last quarter in fintech in Signals. A few insights? Banks are leading the pack as the biggest acquirers of other banks and fintech companies. Over $350 million was still raised by fintech venture funds. Digital business banks,

TWIF Latam 7 April - Kaszek Ventures raises $975 million, FEMSA acquires NetPay

Hola amig@s fintech, Happy Semana Santa (aka Holy or Easter Week). 🐰 Enjoy the long weekend and this week’s front page of Latam fintech news below. If you’re reading this on the web, we’d appreciate your support by sharing and subscribing.   💛 Until next weekend. Até a próxima!

Stripe's annual letter on the payments economy (TWIF 4/7)

Hello Fintech Friends, This was a tough news week for the community. Bob Lee, the creator of Cash App and former CTO of Square, was killed in San Francisco. The tragedy has provoked an outpouring of fintech community sympathy and gratitude for Bob’s life and his impact on ours.

Signals Q1’23: The onset of carbon offsets

Amid bank runs, an AI frenzy, and a shifting venture landscape, one concept quietly drew attention from fintech investors in Q1: Carbon credit markets.

Signals Fintech Founders: Ness's Derek Flanzraich

On swinging big, contrarian bets, and building a full stack fintech. Hello Everyone! Keeping today’s edition of Fintech Founders short and sweet. Today we have the pleasure of chatting with Derek Flanzraich, the founder of Ness. Ness is a health and wellness company looking to fundamentally realign the relationship

This Week in Policy (4/3)

Hello Fintech Friends, As we enter the second quarter of 2023, it appears that this year is shaping up to be the "year of crypto enforcement" given the unprecedented frequency and severity of enforcement actions against crypto firms. The latest of these is the complaint filed last week by the

Meet me at the crossroads - (03/04)

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Mastercard and Visa square off to acquire Brazilian fintech Pismo (TWIF 4/2)

Hello Fintech Friends, 🎙️ This week for Hey Fintech Friends, our host Helen Femi interviewed Commerce VC’s Vivek Krishnamurthy. Come give it a listen on Spotify or Apple! 🌲 Also this week, AWS’ FinTech Africa Accelerator opened applications to take part in an equity-free program focused on supporting early stage startups.

TWIF Latam 2 April - Conekta launches cash withdrawals 🇲🇽, BCB authorizes Nvio (Bitso), Pomelo & WEPayments 🇧🇷

$34 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Argentina’s inflation is now officially at 102.5%. This hyperinflation has not happened since the early 1990s. Goods and services are more than twice the price/cost than they were one year ago. The government has tried

Fintech fundraising is creeping back up (TWIF 4/1)

Hello Fintech Friends, 📈 With 33 new fintech fundraises announced this week, it's starting to feel alive again around here. 🔦 A special spotlight on our Head of Community Cristina Ciaravalli, who did an interview for Women’s History Month this week with Fundrise’s Saira Rahman and the team at VGS.

NPCI introduced MDR on PPI based UPI, SEA Fintech startups raised $113mm | 01st April, 2023

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The regulators are coming for crypto and... so are Nasdaq and Swift? (TWIF 3/31)

Hello Fintech Friends, If you hear that rumble off in the distance… that’s the sound of fintech conference season coming right around the corner. 🌴 If you’re in LA and want to collaborate on a fintech happy hour around June 5th, reach out to Tori on our team at

🎧 Podcast : Hey Fintech Friends #16 ft Vivek Krishnamurthy

But, we try to take ideas from the earliest stages, and help them get to the maximum exposure, right, whether that's helping the most amount of consumers or banks or insurance carriers as possible.

This Week in Policy (3/27)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to another eventful week of fintech policy. Last week saw a number of significant enforcement actions and policy developments related to cryptocurrencies. From the arrest and indictment of Do Kwon, founder of collapsed Terraform Labs, to the Wells notice served to Coinbase, and the White House's

Cheers to Fintech- (27/03)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, ICYMI, we announced our next London Happy Hour last week.  Sign up here! Please find another week of fintech news, financings and exits below. p.s. can you guess which European city is above? Sponsored Content Want to be a This Week in Fintech -

All-female founding teams get 1% of the funding (TWIF 3/25)

Hello Fintech Friends, 🗣️The ratio is not improving for all-female founding teams: per new data from Unconventional VC, women-led startups in Germany raised 1.3% of funding; in the Nordics, only 1.1%. This is something all of us in fintech need to work to improve, and is why we

Kredivo raised $270mm and Kreditbee launched cardless installment payments | 25th March, 2023

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Marry, Fed, Kill (TWIF 3/24)

Hello Fintech Friends, The first Fintech Meetup was an incredible success! While I wasn’t able to make it (and had FOMO for the duration of the conference), it looks like the entire fintech world converged once more for two days in Las Vegas. From what I heard, it was

🎧 Beyond Two Percent: The Male Perspective

"I feel like it's almost as if at least some humans have this, this need to create in groups and out groups, and say, I'm part of this elite group, and we are better than you." Shamir Karkal, Sila

Signals: The Silicon Valley Bank that never was

Like many readers, I chose to open my first business bank account at SVB. SVB is the bank that gave me my first mortgage. Uniquely, it's also the bank that bought my first company. This essay explores my experience selling to SVB, working there, and our disagreements with them over

This Week in Policy (3/20)

Hello Fintech Friends, Happy spring equinox! Today marks the day when sunset and sunrise are 12 hours apart, making the day and the night equally long. Yet as we welcome the arrival of spring, distress in the banking sector continues to impact financial markets, posing significant implications for the crypto

Credit Suisse: to the window or to the wall? - (20/03)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, It has been a rollercoaster of a week with too much being written and tweeted about  SVB.  Real companies and real people, including staff at SVB and SVB UK have been impacted and my thoughts go out to them all. Some informative posts written by

TWIF Latam 19 Mar - Clara raises $90M in debt, EWA Capital launches $10M fund, BBVA Spark launches in 🇨🇴

$107.4 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Whew!  What a fortnight it’s been 🍸.  Sorry about missing last week’s newsletter.  We, as well as probably many of you had erm, quite a lot of things on our minds.  Hope you are all getting

Join our AMA with Frank Rotman (TWIF 3/19)

Hello Fintech Friends, Ask-Me-Anything with Frank Rotman - Thursday, March 23rd Frank Rotman has been a pillar of the fintech community since before it was called 'fintech'. As the Founding Partner of QED Investors, he has led investments into industry trailblazers like Credit Karma, Prosper, Avant, SoFi, GreenSky, LendUp, and

Stripe raises $6.5B at $50B (TWIF 3/18)

Hello Fintech Friends, Who wants to partner with us on our first fintech happy hour in Joburg? Drop me and wiza@thisweekinfintech.com a line! I'd also be curious to hear from founders: which fintech-focused venture capital firm do you think of as having the best reputation? ie: Which is

PhonePe raised $200mm and SEA group launched its digital bank | 18th March 2023

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We all had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day (TWIF 3/17)

Hello Fintech Friends, There is a poignant line at the end of the biopic of 90s rap group NWA: That is how this week feels. We’ve begun a new chapter in fintech and banking. It’s time to see what the aftermath of the last week in banking will

This Week in Policy (3/14)

Hello Fintech Friends, Last week, two competitors - bank land and crypto land - experienced a rare interplay, where significant developments in one caused seismic events in the other. In this post, we discuss the failure of the now infamous three S's: Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank.

Signals: "SVB, Signature, & Silvergate"-gate

Three of the fastest bank runs in US history took place in the past week. A recap on what's happening and our takeaways so far.

Is the music stopping? - (13/03)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, The big news last week was the rapid collapse of SVB and SVB UK, both of which were taken over by regulators.  Insured deposits are likely to be paid out quickly on Monday, the recovery of the remainder of depositors assets will be a managed

Maybe Better's next SPAC will go better (TWIF 3/12)

Hello Fintech Friends, I'm not sure whether I'm the only one feeling this way, but my default expectation with many products today (airlines, banking, Quickbooks, etc.) is that they won't work as planned. Delays, accidental charges, bugs - which can only be resolved through byzantine customer service flows - seem

The Great British Bank-Off (TWIF 3/11)

Hello Fintech Friends, The UK fintech scene doesn't seem to be slowing down, with three new fundraises announced this week - the largest a combined £500 million in debt and equity to British open banking / consumer lending startup Abound. With rumored IPOs for Monzo and Starling around the corner this

Slice acquired stake in a Bank, GoPayLater is facing high defaults | 11th March, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Don’t forget to share with fellow fintech friends! Subscribe Now 🦉🏆 Tweets of

Silvergate reaches the pearly gates (TWIF 3/10)

Hello Fintech Friends, Well... Please enjoy another week of fintech and banking news below. 💬 Quote of the Week This bit from Jorn Lambert at @Mastercard on Tap to pay on phones and impact on expansion of acceptance, new use cases etc was really interesting pic.twitter.com/FadZLqBwxH — Sid Singh

Signals Fintech Founders: Sydecar’s Nik Talreja on storytelling, the founder experience, and the evolution of private assets

TWIF Latam 07 Mar - Evertec acquires PaySmart, Bitso launches debit card in 🇲🇽

$272.3 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Spring is just around the corner, and Mexico City is already ablaze with beautiful shades of purple! If you happen to be in the city, make sure to take a leisurely stroll along Reforma and marvel at

This Week in Policy (3/6)

Hello Fintech Friends, It's been a busy week in the world of fintech and digital currencies, with numerous developments related to crypto regulation, enforcement, central bank digital currencies (CBDC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and cross-border payments. Let's dive in! As always, if you are not yet subscribed to

Is it still revenue if your auditor can't verify it? - (06/03)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, The FT reported that Revolut's auditors were “unable to satisfy ourselves as to the completeness” of these revenues, meaning that references to the company’s revenues “may be materially misstated”. The concern about the not fully verified £477m of revenues (75% of the 2021 total)

Will UK neobanks Monzo and Starling go public this year? (TWIF 3/5)

Hello Fintech Friends, Sharing a message from our premium content editor, Sophie: Check out the Guest Writer overview here. (btw, if you haven't read it yet, check out Sophie's great writeup, ESG is broken– how to fix it) 👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let us know! Please find another week of

CRED launched Tap to Pay, Brankas launched multibank API's & RBI fined Amazon Pay | 05th Mar 2023

Hi fintech friends, Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Don’t forget to share with fellow fintech friends! Subscribe Now 🦉🏆 Tweets of

This Month in Fintech - China (February’ 23)

Hello Fintech friends, Welcome back to the This Month in Fintech - China Newsletter! February was a month of ups and downs for the industry that included significant expansion plans, offset by new regulatory measures. As always, we're here to keep you informed on all the latest news and trends

Goldman's One Million Black Women launches a $225 million credit facility (TWIF 3/4)

Hello Fintech Friends, We're coming to Seattle! We'd love to have you join us for our Seattle Happy Hour hosted by Seattle Bank happening on March 30th from 5-730pm PST. Get your ticket here. Want to join our next one? Drop a line to organizers Cristina and Tori on our

Interchange will get you going, but it won't get you far (TWIF 3/3)

Hello Fintech Friends, We're excited (are you?) to share the winners of our fintech swag contest: * 1st Place: RTP - Ready To Party (Jenny Johnston) * 2nd Place: All About That BaaS (JC Bahr-de Stefano) * 3rd Place: NACHA Average Hat (Jenny Johnston) These and more are all now available at thisweekinfintech.

🎧 Podcast : Hey Fintech Friends #16 ft Sophie Schulman(Visa) & Justin Smith (SamCart)

"It's easier than ever to build an audience online. And it's easier than ever to monetize that audience online. And this is sort of my opinion, but I think that we've shifted from in the future thinking of jobs as a singular revenue stream."

This Week in Policy (2/27)

Hello Fintech Friends, Last week, the regulation of cryptocurrency took center stage as several international organizations made headlines with their discussions and proposals. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the Financial Stability Board (FSB), and the G20 were at

UK open banking hits 7m users - (27/02)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, Interested in attending fintech happy hours in cities across Europe? Sign up here! If you city is not listed, reach out and let us know. Please find another week of fintech news, financings and exits below. Sponsored Content Want to be a This Week in

TWIF Latam 26 Feb - Mercado Pago launches credit card in 🇲🇽, Daviplata grew 55% last year, Minu merges with Plerk

$6.7 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Today, I'll be heading out to join thousands of citizens are expected to take the streets this Sunday in more than 80 cities, rallying in support of maintaining current electoral institutions and assuring that every single person’

Who else is coming to SXSW? (TWIF 2/26)

Hello Fintech Friends, Want to catch up on all things fintech at SXSW? Come join our teammates Alex and Cristina at the Fintech Fortress, featuring fintech executive panels, catered networking breakfasts and happy hours, and a killer game room and pool deck! 👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let us know! Please

Investing in fintech adjacencies (TWIF 2/25)

Hello Fintech Friends, We have a few exciting new investments to share from The Fintech Fund in the next few weeks. My own professional background – before pivoting to early-stage investing – was in building early-stage fintech startups. My favorite part of investing in pre-seed and seed-stage teams is that I get

UPI launched cross border payments with Singapore | 25th Feb, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Don’t forget to share with fellow fintech friends! Subscribe Now 🦉🏆 Tweets of

More fintech events than you could shake a stick at (TWIF 2/24)

Hello Fintech Friends, Our events calendar is kicking into full gear and I hope we get to see you at one of our upcoming fintech meetups! We collaborated with our pan-African City Host and fintech adventurer Wiza Jalakasi to bring 600 people together in Nairobi last week (thank you to

Signals: ESG is broken– how to fix it

The investing world is designed to promote shareholder value, not shareholders' values. Today’s ESG model is ripe for disruption.

This Week in Policy (2/20)

Hello Fintech Friends, I am excited to announce that, starting this week, the Policy Edition will be publishing contributions from you, our valued readers. As a community-driven publication, we believe that everyone has a story to share and a unique perspective to offer. That's why we want to give you

UK fintech funding fell 56% in 2022 - (20/02)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, Interested in attending fintech happy hours in cities across Europe? Sign up here! If your city is not listed, reach out and let us know. Please find another week of fintech news, financings and exits below. Sponsored Content The future of finance is cashless. And

TWIF Latam 19 Feb - Nu posted another record quarter

$23.1 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, It's time to samba! Carnaval has returned to Brazil after a two-year hiatus, attracting over five million people to Rio de Janeiro alone  🇧🇷 Over the next five days, nearly 46 million revelers are expected to participate in

The Worldpay is not enough (TWIF 2/19)

Hello Fintech Friends, 🗣️ I really enjoyed this open and frank conversation on intersectionality and identity with two fintech founders, Nadia of Tome and Neepa of Themis*. I hope we can facilitate more of these conversations; there are very real human questions that underlie how we navigate in the fintech world,

Singaporean neobank Aspire raises $100 million (TWIF 2/18)

Hello Fintech Friends, This week we saw 32 new fintech fundraises, 3 fundraises over $100 million, Metaverse commercial opportunity calls – we are so, so... back? This week was also the thrilling conclusion of Jenny Johnston’s 3-part real-time payments overview. If you missed them, you can catch all three segments

PhonePe, InsuranceDekho and Aspire raised mega funding in India | 18th Feb, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Don’t forget to share with fellow fintech friends! Subscribe Now 🦉🏆 Tweets of

The coins are stable but the regs are not (TWIF 2/17)

Hello Fintech Friends, Sometimes we are confronted by news that transcends our day-to-day lives in importance, and reaches across our immediate projects, aspirations, and rivalries. Last week’s devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria has already claimed 42,000 lives and affected countless others. In his outgoing speech in December,

🎧 Beyond Two Percent: Finance and technology go beyond “intersectionality”

"People go through identity transformations at multiple points in their life. And I think our products don't really allow for a lot of flexibility for that transformation" - Nadia

Real-time Real Talk: A Real-time Payments Download (3 of 3)

Part III - Unblocking and Unlocking What needs to be true For FedNow to take off, many things need to be true. Below are my top five: * Bank incentives * Consumer, merchant, and B2B adoption * Ideally interoperability * Access for non-bank PSPs * Communication Bank incentives FedNow is fundamentally a service to banks.

This Week in Policy (2/13)

Hello Fintech Friends, This week, thousands of families in Turkey and Syria are mourning the loss of their loved ones after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in Gaziantep province near the Turkish-Syrian borders. The earthquake, one of the deadliest this century, has so far claimed the lives of over

Fintech in the Baltics is booming - (13/02)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, The Baltics reported nearly a 4x increase in fintech investment in 2022, anchored by three $100m deals, demonstrating increasing development and maturity of the ecosystem. Also if you were not aware, there was a massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria, with the current deathtoll standing

TWIF Latam 12 Feb - PicPay acquires BX Blue, Ripio & Visa launches debit card in 🇦🇷

No (disclosed) new fintech funding! 😯 Hola amig@s fintech, For those in Mexico City, get ready for a blast of creativity and innovation because it's art week! We are taking inspiration from the bold colors, innovative designs, and imaginative expressions that make the art world so exciting. And the world

Robinhood wants its shares back (TWIF 2/11)

Hello Fintech Friends, Our podcast extraordinaire Helen Femi Williams interviewed Rodney & Travis, the co-founders of SoLo Funds, on building their company, the state of banking in Black communities, and why community banking matters. Listen in here. "In the event that that person would have an emergency, like a flat tire

Digital Lending Apps in India are banned, $150mm raised by SEA Fintech Startups | 11th Feb, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Don’t forget to share with fellow fintech friends! Subscribe Now 🦉🏆 Tweets of

Where are all the consumer bank deposits going? (TWIF 2/10)

Hello Fintech Friends, If you are a recruiter or in charge of hiring for a fintech startup, I’d love to connect with you! We’re planning a few things specifically focused on fintech jobs and connecting the right candidates to the right workplaces, to shorten the hiring timeline for

Real-time Real Talk: A Real-time Payments Download (2 of 3)

Part II - The Why and How Why does real-time matter? All-day, every-day real-time gross settlement First, real-time gross settlement (“RTGS”). What is it? Breaking it into parts, we have real-time and gross settlement. Real-time settlement is when payments’ clearing (sending the message) and settlement (moving the money) occur more

This Week in Policy (2/6)

Hello Fintech Friends, It seems that not only crypto is having a winter. Last week, the northeast U.S. was hit by a combination of a record-shattering low temperature and powerful wind that was truly “brutal.” I hope all of you were safe and warm. Hang in there, spring is

Signals Fintech Founders: Getaway's Ali Nichols

Friends, Romans, Fintech Aficionados - We are back with the first Fintech Founder interview of 2023. And we’re going to be talking about the one thing that Millennials far and wide all love, but will never have. No, I am not talking about unlimited access to avocado toast (always

Is this the new bank branch?- (06/02)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, We are putting out a call out for some rockstar fintech folks in Europe that are eager to help build out our events and community in 2023. If you have a "get it done" mentality, are based in a fintech hub in Europe and interested

TWIF Latam 05 Feb - fintech took $4B of $7.5B regional VC funding in 2022, BuenTrip Ventures launches fund II

$152.1 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, Hello from beautiful Nayarit, Mexico! Let's kickstart Friendly February together and spread positivity by making someone else's day a little brighter. Join the movement and keep the good vibes going! 🤙🏼 Please find below this week’s front

MNT-Halan in Egypt and Zopa in the UK join the unicorn club (TWIF 2/5)

Hello Fintech Friends, A few highlights from this week: 💡 Power, one of our Fintech Fund syndicate portfolio companies, was acquired by Marqeta in a $275 million all-cash deal (Marqeta’s first acquisition). 🕵️ Our portfolio company TrueBiz, a one-stop shop for KYB, announced their seed round (where we invested alongside our

This Month in Fintech - China (January’23)

Hello Fintech friends, Welcome to the January edition of This Month in Fintech - China! Lunar new year fell in January this year. After 3 years of tight pandemic controls, I was able to celebrate this new year with my family in my hometown (The Yellow Mountains). I included a

The stablecoins wanna know how you'd rate them (TWIF 2/3)

Hello Fintech Friends, Our fintech events are back with a bang! 🔥 In New York, we're hosting our first happy hour of 2023 on Feb 8th at The Glass Ceiling, sponsored by video dating app FilterOff. 🏋️ Also in New York, we’re partnering with our good friends at Founder League to

🎧 Podcast : Hey Fintech Friends #15 ft Rodney Williams & Travis Holoway (SoLo Funds)

In the event that that person would have an emergency, like a flat tire or medical bill, or the pet needs a new procedure, all of a sudden, where does that person get money when they don't have may have limited savings So that was a eureka moment, it happened at a very, very intimate level

Building a financial life ledger: Portabl and the promise of Dodd Frank 1033

Hi Fintech Friends 👋 Today, we have something special for readers - our first ever sponsored guest column, written in collaboration with our friends at Portabl. Portabl powers reusable, consumer-permissioned data based on data ownership.The team is on a mission to the simplest path for users to be trusted anywhere

Real-time Real Talk: A Real-time Payments Download (1 of 3)

2023 is promising to be an exciting year for payments, maybe. In the US, we should be getting our first new bank payment rail since the 1970s (the last one was regular ‘ole ACH in 1978, not counting Same Day ACH which rolled out in 2010).[^1] In 2022, the

This Week in Policy (1/30)

Hello Fintech Friends, Thank you to those who shared their thoughts on our TWIF surveys and the new TWIF Slack channel, TWIF finnovation! By the way, TWIF finnovation is open to everyone, so make sure to join if would like to closely engage with the TWIF team and community. By

Legacy banks are not catching up - (30/01)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, Despite common rhetoric that incumbent banks are catching up or have caught up with challenger banks, a follow up study by Built for Mars (link in the Long reads section below) reveals they are in fact not catching up. Putting out a call for our

TWIF Latam Jan 28 - Mexico’s fintech ecosystem grew 26% last year

$17.3 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, 29 days into 2023 - how’s it going so far?  As TWIF continues to grow in the region as well as globally, we’d love your input.  Would you take a couple of minutes to fill

Stripe starts the clock on Schrödinger's IPO (TWIF 1/29)

Hello Fintech Friends, We had a great guest writeup this week from Lakestar investor Youmna Sirgi on what the launch of the Wise platform tells us about fintech bundling. If you’re interested in the transition from direct to embedded fintech services, and what happens to an ecosystem when everyone

The pre-seed and seed valuations are coming down too (TWIF 1/28)

Hello Fintech Friends, Do you believe in angels? We hope so, because our editors Julie VerHage-Greenberg and Helen Femi Williams got to sit down with Monica Murthy, FinTech Sales & Partnerships Lead at Alloy, and Jenny Johnston, Investor at Better Tomorrow Ventures, to talk about all things angel investing. Give it

The banks will have their own wallet (TWIF 1/27)

Hello Fintech Friends, We're putting out a call for our most creative community members! After many requests we’re finally rolling out One Fintech Swag Store To Rule Them All. Our team has already designed some 🔥 swag - but we want to hear from *you*. We’re holding a design

Signals: What Wise Platform tells us about fintech bundling

When Wise went public in 2021 at an £8.75 billion valuation, it already had more than 10 million customers, was processing more than £5 billion in cross-border transactions per month, and scaling quickly. But organic growth comes from unexpected places, so when Wise noticed an uptick in sign-ups from

This Week in Policy (1/23)

Hello Fintech Friends, Three weeks after the District Court for the Southern District of New York set October 2, 2023 as the start date of the trial of FTX’s ex-CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, the whole FTX debacle is quickly retreating to the background. For the first time since FTX’s

TWIF UK & Europe (23/01) - UK still top in Europe

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, Welcome back after a short break whilst I got some much needed winter sun. Last year the UK attracted $12.5bn in fintech investment, down from $13.5bn in 2021, but remaining larger than the next 10 European countries according to Innovate Finance. Please find

TWIF Latam 21 Jan - Global VC dropped 35% last year, Amplifica Capital launches first fund

$194.6 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, #watercooler: Shakira and Bizarrap's new song became the fastest Latin video to reach 100 million views on YouTube in the platform's history, doing so in less than 72 hours of release!!! Mind-blowing 🤯 the only other artists to

Which bank will be the next to buy a fintech? (TWIF 1/22)

Hello Fintech Friends, So far in 2023, we’ve tracked 40 fintech and bank M&A deals, with a number of bank/fintech deals like JP Morgan’s stake in Viva Wallet, MUFG’s purchase of Kanmu, Banco Itaú’s acquisition of Prex, and now American Express’ acquisition of Nipendo.

PhonePe scoops up a whopping $350 million (TWIF 1/21)

Hello Fintech Friends, Ahhh - 31 new fintech rounds this week; either nature is healing or founders are doing their pre-fundraise process press. I had to edit the title of this one due to a late monster round from India's PhonePe, which is preparing to spin out from parent Flipkart.

This Week in Fintech - Asia | 21st Jan, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Happy New Year, 2023! Hope you had a great start to the year! We're running a quick reader survey. Appreciate you spending 30secs to help us improve this newsletter. Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel

Who had a Wyre hail mary out of bankruptcy on their bingo card? (TWIF 1/20)

Hello Fintech Friends, Mexico City is looking like the breakout winner of our poll for the next Fintech Trek destination – stay tuned. Our amazing Community team (Cristina, Analisa, Mateo, Tori, Puneet, and Carina) have a great slate of 2023 fintech events coming up, so I hope you're socialization-starved and ready

This Week in Policy (1/17)

Hello Fintech Friends, Happy MLK Day! As we remember the message of MLK’s immortal speech, I have a Dream, which is perhaps one of the most famous speeches in the English language of all time, have you ever wondered what MLK’s grade was in public speaking in his

Two weeks into 2023, we have two billion-dollar fintech acquisitions (TWIF 1/15)

Hello Fintech Friends, I’d like to share a quick recommendation for SheFi, a decentralized finance incubator founded by my friend Maggie that is currently on its eighth cohort. SheFi empowers women and non-binary folks to unlock financial freedom through crypto education, experimentation, and community. They offer a 14-week educational

TWIF Latam 15 Jan - Santander launches new digital bank

$10.7 million in fintech funding (equity and debt) Hola amig@s fintech, As part of our commitment to providing you with a streamlined and informative experience, we are excited to unveil a new, reduced-noise format for our newsletter. We read the news so you don’t have to 😉 For

Fintech companies still raised *checks notes* $40 billion last year (TWIF 1/14)

Hello Fintech Friends, We’re taking this year to spend more time focused on you: what you like about This Week in Fintech, what could be improved, and what you’d want to see us do next. We’d love to hear from you in this 3-question survey! 😊 / 😔 Let us

This Week in Fintech - Asia | 14th Jan, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Happy New Year, 2023! Hope you had a great start to the year! Note: We've moved from Substack to Ghost recently. If you face any issues receiving these updates, please let me know? Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s

Where should we host our 2023 Fintech Trek? (TWIF 1/13)

Hello Fintech Friends, Moving into the new year and the post-covid lockdown era, we're focused on bringing together our community of fintech enthusiasts - not just online, but offline as well. One of our initiatives to bring people together across fintech ecosystems is our Annual Fintech Trek, where we curate

Beyond Two Percent: Episode Four - The Ins and Outs of Angel Investing

In this episode, hosts Helen and Julie speak to Monica Murthy, FinTech Sales & Partnerships Lead at Alloy, and Jenny Johnston, Investor at Better Tomorrow Ventures, about Angel Investing!

This Week in Policy (1/9)

Hello Fintech Friends, Happy New Year! At the turn of a very tough year for crypto, the implosion of FTX continues to be at the forefront of crypto policy debates. However, the developments over the last week suggest that most of 2023 might see a brief hiatus of FTX legal

TWIF UK & Europe (09/01) - Happy 2023

The latest in fintech news across UK & Europe

TWIF Latam 08 Jan - Fiserv acquires Yacaré

TWIF Latam 08 Jan - Fiserv acquires Yacaré, a16z's guide to growth metrics, $11 million in equity funding Happy 2023 dear readers! Two things are plaguing my newsfeed lately: Fintech predictions for 2023, and the most creative ways ChatGPT can help you work smarter. Do you have a favorite? send

Asian fintech M&A activity is heating up 🥵 (TWIF 1/8)

Hello Fintech Friends, I hope you have a relaxing, empty Sunday planned, because there are a lot of Deeper Reads in this week’s newsletter, including a long list of 2022 recaps and 2023 predictions. Speaking of predictions, I wrote for Forbes this week about the future of fintech in

This Month in Fintech - China (December’22)

Hello Fintech friends, Hope you all had a great holiday season with friends and families! China has unexpectedly lifted all the Covid restrictions in December and is going through a surge of covid cases. Why the government decided on this move remains unclear, but the bigger question for all of

🌶️It's looking to be spicy year for fintech fundraises (TWIF 1/7)

Hello Fintech Friends, I hope you all enjoyed the one week with no fintech fundraises, because it is 2023 and fintech venture rounds are back, with 4 rounds of over $100 million in this week's newsletter. Many of these announcements are probably from months-old rounds, teeing up investor interest for

This Week in Fintech - Asia | 07th Jan, 2023

Hi fintech friends, Happy New Year, 2023! Hope you had a great start to the year! Note: We've moved from Substack to Ghost recently. If you face any issues receiving these updates, please let me know? Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s

Signals Q4'22: Spend money to spend money to make money

What's your fintech New Year's resolution? (TWIF 1/6)

Hello Fintech Friends, Happy 2023 - did you miss us? It’s a new year and with new years come new opportunities. Let’s pursue them together! 🚀 My 2023 goal for TWIF is to radically simplify, double down on our core competencies, and keep the blinders on so that we

This Week in Policy (12/26)

Merhaba fintech dostları! Need a hint? Think of the “home country” of Santa Claus! Last week, the extradition of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former CEO of FTX, from the Bahamas to the U.S. captivated everyone’s attention both in the crypto world and beyond. Criminal law discussions, as well

This Week in Fintech - Asia | 24th Dec, 2022

Hi fintech friends, Welcome to the weekend of the year! We made it. Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Thank you, dear

TWIF UK & Europe (23/12) - Merry Christmas

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, Programming Note 1 - as Monday 26th is a public holiday, I am sending the last edition of the year early.  We will return on Monday 2nd January 2023. Programming Note 2 - We have switched to a new newsletter platform.  Whilst this should result

Exploring the Fintech Hubs of the Future: Abu Dhabi & Dubai

Dear Fintech Friends, I hope this note finds you well, and starting to unwind and recharge for next year. I couldn’t be more excited to share a special edition of This Week in Fintech from the UAE, where we just hosted our inaugural Abu Dhabi and Dubai Fintech Trek.

This Week in Policy (12/20)

Fintech Friends … Hola and Salut! Whether you rooted for Argentina or France, you would probably agree that the two teams gave the world perhaps the best World Cup final in history on Sunday. Congratulations France for exemplary resilience, and congratulations Argentina for the third World Cup title! Last week was

Beyond Two Percent: Episode Three - What It’s Like to Be a Woman in Venture Capital

This week's roundtable focuses on venture capital, and we're lucky to be joined by Jillian Williams, Partner at Cowboy Ventures, and Ana Cristina Gadala-Maria Principal at QED Ventures.

TWIF UK & Europe (19/12) - Large European fintech slashes valuation 70%

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, According to Fintech Global, Saudi Arabian fintech investment is up nearly 20% this year through the first three quarters.  BNPL provider Tamara grabbed the largest deal, a $100m Series B led by Sanabil. Please find another week of fintech news, financings and exits below. This

TWIF Latam 18 Dec - Open Co acquires BoletoFlex, PayU expands to Central America

Hola amig@s fintech! We are about to conclude 2022, and the fintech sector doesn't stop, this week we have new rounds of investment, new acquisitions, partnerships and regulatory news. We’ll be taking a short-break from our regular programming for the next two weeks – we look forward to seeing

If you're looking for your next adventure, check out our fintech Talent Collective (TWIF 12/18)

Hello Fintech Friends, We’d love to hear your fintech predictions for 2023! Send us your most controversial and outlandish takes by replying to this email, and we’ll post our favorites in the first edition of the new year. Programming Note: We’ll be taking a break the last

50,000 reasons to say thank you 🙏(TWIF 12/17)

Hello Fintech Friends, We were pleasantly surprised to see we crossed 50,000 readers this week. I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for being here. As rewarding as it is to compile this newsletter every week, it would be nothing without the great readership and community

Now is the time to double-down on fintech (TWIF 12/16)

Hello Fintech Friends, There is an old English curse that goes “may you live in interesting times.” Say what you will about this year - it has certainly been interesting. Or, as Index Ventures’ Mark Goldberg put it, “last year was the party; this year is the hangover.” Markets and

Hey Fintech Friends #14 ft Gil Akos & Nicole Stiller

Helen Femi Williams looks at the latest fintech news, discusses serious and non-serious fintech matters, and shares some of our most recent "Signals" article. This week's friend is Gil and Nicole!

This Week in Policy (12/13)

Hello Fintech Friends! The crypto world is still grappling with the aftermath of the implosion of FTX, which not only has affected tens of crypto firms but also is giving rise to some big changes in crypto policy, which we cover this week. As always, if you are not yet

TWIF UK & Europe (12/12) - Five hours to read out list of charges for payments executive

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, Q3 fintech funding in Germany falls by 20% and projected full year numbers look likely to be 15% lower than 2021.  Without the huge $400m Series D of insurtech wefox, the situation would be even more bleak. The charge sheet against Wirecard boss Marcus Braun

TWIF Latam 11 Dec - fintech took 58% of the fundraising pie last month

Nu raises $330 million for Mexico, MeLi & Meta testing WhatsApp payments in Brazil, $373.5 million in fintech funding (equity + debt)

Which crypto companies do you think Goldman will buy? (TWIF 12/11)

Also: Galaxy Digital gets a self-custody platform and JG Wentworth gets into the fintech game.

This Week in Fintech - Asia | 11th Dec, 2022

Fintech news, updates and fund raise announcements from Asia for the week ending 11th Dec, 2022.

In a slow year for fundraising, London fintechs still raised $9.5 billion (TWIF 12/10)

Nubank finds $300 million more for Mexico and Allica Bank closes a £100 million Series C

Fintechs are in hot water for fraudulent covid loans (TWIF 12/9)

And - new product launches from Galileo, Robinhood, Paystack, Zimpler, and more.

Signals: The FTX scandal happened because of centralization, not crypto

This Week in Policy (12/5)

Salam kawan fintech! It sounds like Arabic, but it is not. It is rather the official language of a relatively small, sunny, tropical island in Southeast Asia which is one of the greatest crypto hubs on the planet and the world's most 'business-friendly' crypto country, according to a recent report

TWIF UK & Europe (05/12) - Time for fintech awards season

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, Fintech investment in Turkey in 2022 is set to nearly 4x to just shy of $250m according to Fintech Global. A trend is starting to become clear of smaller country’s fintech ecosystems still growing strong while those that were previously leading the pack, slow

This Week in Fintech: Special Guest Jillian Williams

Nik sits down at Money2020 with Cowboy Ventures' Jillian Williams to talk about the defining moment of the decade, what lifestyle changes we'll see in our lifetimes, and (of course) fintech.

Our Dubai and Abu Dhabi Fintech Trek kicks off in just a week (TWIF 12/4)

Also, India's CRED acquires an underwriter and Chinese fintech giant MICT buys a telco

TWIF Latam (04 Dec)

$18 million in equity financing

This Week in Fintech - Asia | 04th Dec, 2022

Fintech news, updates and fund raise announcements from Asia for the week ending 04th Dec, 2022.

B2B fintech investment outpaced B2C this year, but crypto outpaced everything (TWIF 12/3)

Also, India's KreditBee raises $80 million and Keyrock raises $72 million

This Month in Fintech - China (November’22)

Hello Fintech friends, November was a chaotic month for China with the riots over the continued zero-covid policy. People have raised a lot of concerns on the negative economic impact of covid controls. One most recent examples of it is that Alibaba’s annual Singles Day has experienced the slowest

Would you go to your boss for a savings account and a loan? (TWIF 12/2)

Elsewhere: Brazilian Central Bank open-sources PIX and Twitter teases payments.

Hey Fintech Friends #12 ft Adaeze 'Dezzy' Onwumere

Helen Femi Williams looks at the latest fintech news, discusses serious and non-serious fintech matters, and shares some of our most recent "Signals" article. This week's friend is Dezzy!

This Week in Policy (11/28)

Hello Fintech Friends! I hope you all enjoyed a relaxing break, which was absolutely deserved after the past tumultuous weeks in crypto land. Do you know that some communities in the U.S., primarily Native Americans, do not celebrate Thanksgiving Day and instead observe what they call a National Day

TWIF UK & Europe (28/11) - Two more UK fintechs show signs of trouble

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, The European Women Payments Network (EWPN) released its shortlist of nominees for their annual awards.  Good luck to all the awesome nominees. Please find another week of fintech news, financings and exits below. This Week in Fintech is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts

Nu México offers deposits, BCB authorizes Visa WhatsApp payments (TWIF Latam 27 Nov)

$32.3 million raised in fintech funding (equity + debt)

Indian and Hong Kong fintech acquisitions heat up (TWIF 11/27)

PhonePe buys ZestMoney for $300 million and Quantifeed buys UK rival Alpima

This Week in Fintech - Asia | 27th Nov, 2022

Fintech news, updates and fund raise announcements from Asia for the week ending 27th Nov, 2022.

P2P lender Prosper Marketplace, est. 2005, is back with a fresh fundraise (TWIF 11/26)

Elsewhere: Ant Group can still raise $1.5 billion and Balance finds $350 million to lend to customers

Nirvana Money, Stilt, Onbo, and Glorifi shut down, but the light is at the end of the tunnel (TWIF 11/25)

Also - Klarna launches an open banking product, Plaid launches an ML risk engine, and Griffin opens its sandbox

This Week in Policy (11/22)

Hello Fintech Friends! As you know, the Policy Edition took a brief break last week because the This Week in Fintech team gathered in N.Y.C., along with 500+ fintech professionals and thought leaders, for The Fintech Formal. It was such a wonderful opportunity to meet so many talents

TWIF UK & Europe (21/11) - A bankruptcy worse than Enron is an achievement

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, “Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here,” said John Ray, the new FTX CEO leading the restructuring who previously oversaw the liquidation of Enron. Check out

This Week in Fintech Latam (18 Nov)

Hola amig@s fintech! Saludos desde Medellin reveling in the post-concert glow from Bad Bunny’s World’s Hottest Tour 🐰, which is on track to be the highest grossing tour of the year, having raked in $31.5 million (!) from two shows at SoFi Stadium alone.  YHLQMDLG ✌🏽 tl;dr: * $96

The fintech SPACs are back (TWIF 11/20)

JD.com is going to market, Intesa Sanapolo sells its Nexi stake, and Thompson Reuters acquires SurePrep for $500 million

Who knew there was so much dental fintech? (TWIF 11/19)

Elsewhere: A fun FTX acquisition story, diverse partnership raises $25M, and our Dubai fintech meetup

This Week in Fintech - Asia | 19th Nov, 2022

Fintech news, updates and fund raise announcements from Asia for the week ending 19th Nov, 2022.

Announcing our partnership with Visa and TWIF Finnovation board! (TWIF 11/18)

Elsewhere, Unit is coming for corporate charge cards, Klarna is coming for shopping, and JP Morgan and Mastercard is coming for pay-by-bank products.

Signals Fintech Founders: Vergo’s Rich Kane on fintech competition & entrepreneurship

Signals Fintech Founders: Vergo’s Rich Kane on fintech competition & entrepreneurship

Hey Fintech Friends #11 ft Kiaan Pillay

Helen Femi Williams looks at the latest fintech news, discusses serious and non-serious fintech matters, and shares some of our most recent "Signals" article. This week's friend is Kiaan Pillay!

Beyond Two Percent: Episode Two - Closing the investing gap

In this episode, hosts Helen and Julie speak to Margot de Broglie, Co-Founder of Your Juno, and Katie Perry , General Manager Innovation at Public

TWIF UK & Europe (14/11) - Co-mingled. Colluding. Illiquid. Bankrupt. Hacked

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, Spanish fintech funding is trending down, counter to last weeks trend of Portugal and Switzerland hitting record high’s in 2022.  Spain’s fintech funding is projected to fall over 50% from 2021’s $985m level. The crypto industry faces its toughest challenge yet with

This Week in Fintech Latam (13 Nov)

Hola amig@s fintech, As we go through a massive market turmoil, and venture vibes seem a bit off, it’s a great time to remember that creativity is unlimited and communities are where magic happens✨ Jorge here, gearing up for a busy and exciting NFT Art Week in CDMX

No buyer materializes for FTX (TWIF 11/13)

And Bill.com, Worldline, and Tribal all go shopping for fintech acquisitions.

Late-stage fintech multiples are climbing back up to 2-3x revenue (TWIF 11/12)

Hello Fintech Friends, We’ve noticed from our own investing that pre-seed valuations are coalescing around $5-15M, while seed rounds are slightly broader at $12-25M. Obviously, there are a few outliers in both directions (as evidenced by some of the rounds below…) Is this consistent with what others are seeing?

This Week in Fintech - Asia | 12th Nov, 2022

Fintech news, updates and fund raise announcements from Asia for the week ending 12th Nov, 2022.

What impact will the FTX collapse have on fintech and financial services? (TWIF 11/11)

Elsewhere: Latin American fintechs are on fire! And JP Morgan continues to launch new products.

Signals: When it rains in crypto....

This Month in Fintech - China (October’22)

This Month in Fintech - China (October’22) Hello Fintech friends, The much anticipated Fintech Formal is happening tomorrow night (11/11) at the Metropolitan Club. Please get ready to meet some awesome fellow fintech folks and check out the exciting things that are happening in the fintech world! We

This Week in Policy (11/7)

Hello Fintech Friends! We have an eventful week ahead! Tomorrow, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. Observers wonder if U.S. voters will renew their confidence in the Biden administration or take America in another direction.

TWIF UK & Europe (07/11) - Two European countries hit record fintech investment in 2022

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, Switzerland and Portugal’s fintech ecosystems have hit record high investment already in 2022. Portugal’s fintech sector surpassed €1bn in investment in 2022, the first time. Fundraising was dominated by blockchain and crypto companies. In Switzerland, fintech investment is projected to surpass $1.1bn.

This Week in Fintech Latam (06 Nov)

The first winter World Cup ever is almost here! I’m sure we can still find more coincidences to point out before Nov 20. Andrea here, writing from my boarding gate to Bogota after an incredible few days in Cali. I have a feeling this month is going to be

Another tax software provider gets snapped up for $720 million (TWIF 11/6)

Hello Fintech Friends, What do people think the first order of business will be at the OCC’s new Office of Financial Technology? Help us nominate our 2022 Fintech Formal Awards winners below: Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. Sponsored Content Rutter is a Universal

Fintech funding dropped 38% last quarter, but Portugal passed €1 billion raised (TWIF 11/5)

Hello Fintech Friends, With layoffs and hiring freezes starting to roll through the fintech industry, we’d love to know how we can help. We curate a Talent Collective - an anonymized community of fintech specialists and legends looking for their next roles - open for employers to look through.

This Week in Fintech - Asia | 05th Nov, 2022

Fintech news, updates and fund raise announcements from Asia for the week ending 05th Nov, 2022.

All the banks now want their own crypto platforms (TWIF 11/4)

Hello Fintech Friends, We are a week away from our annual Fintech Formal, and this year, we’re partnering with the Make A Wish Foundation to transform lives, one wish at a time. Help us create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses by donating here. And hope to see

Hey Fintech Friends #10 ft Kurt Lin

Helen Femi Williams looks at the latest fintech news, discusses serious and non-serious fintech matters, and shares some of our most recent "Signals" article. This week's friend is Kurt Lin!

This Week in Policy (10/31)

Dia dhaoibh a chairde fintech! It is Halloween! So, think of where All Hallows Eve was originally celebrated before it turned into modern-day Halloween! As always, if you are not yet subscribed to the Policy Edition of This Week in Fintech, make sure to subscribe below and also manage which

TWIF UK & Europe (31/10) - What will Rishi Sunak mean for fintech in UK?

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, The UK welcomed a new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, recently, but what does that mean for fintech? Check out this good summary of his track record so far and Wise’s Adnan Chowdhury has three ideas the new PM could tackle. Please find another week

This Week in Fintech Latam (30 Oct)

Happy Halloween and Día de Muertos!  With two months left of the year, also a great time to do some reflection.  Check out this framework from VC investor Sahil Bloom. tl;dr: * $43.6 million in venture financing. * $792 million in seed investment has been deployed in Latam as of

This Week in Fintech - Exits and Deep Reads (10/30)

Hello Fintech Friends, We have a couple spots left for our our private NYC dinner this Tuesday with SoftServe (featuring a Michelin star chef). If you’re a CIO, CTO, COO, or engineering leader at a bank or Series A+ fintech, we’d love to have you join! Reach out

This Week in Fintech - Fundraises (10/29)

Hello Fintech Friends, A couple weeks ago, we announced our online fintech community at thisweekinfintech.com/community Since we announced it, we’ve grown to over 5,000 members (with 200+ signing up in the last couple weeks) but this is just where our work begins! There is so much

This Week in Fintech - Asia | 29th Oct, 2022

Fintech news, updates and fund raise announcements from Asia for the week ending 29th Oct, 2022.

This Week in Fintech (10/28)

Hello Fintech Friends, This week, I attended another exceptional Money2020 (I’ve seen estimates that between 15k and 20k fintech enthusiasts were there with me). I have a few thoughts and reflections from the conference which I’ve added in their own section below. As a result, you can expect

This Week in Policy (10/24)

Hej fintech vänner! Trying to guess the language? Think of the country that is not only the first issuer of banknotes in Europe but also the current world leader in phasing them out and going cashless. Not sure yet? Think the Nobel Prizes. As always, if you are not yet

The state of European fintech looks bleak (24/10)

Hello TWIF UK & Europe friends, We’re also excited to share Make A Wish 🌟 as the official non-profit partner of this year’s Fintech Formal. Help us spread the love on 11/11 and make a wish come true! We’ve set out a $20,000 fundraising goal and I