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’

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

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 -

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

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