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Institutional DeFi
DeFi protocols are financial infrastructure. Like any technology infrastructure, they need applications built on top.
June 29, 2022 • Andrew Beal
In the Summer of 2018, I went to the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, UK. I didn’t know anything about Formula 1 before that race, but became an immediate fan and have been watching consisten...
Funding Trends & Themes — Week 6/18–6/25:
Weekly Fintech and Crypto Report
June 28, 2022 • Roger Portnoy
Overview Fintech investing never sleeps. In the past week, there was nearly US$1.5bl invested in 26 companies that I identified through Crunchbase that fit my particular definition of a fint...
Fintech in the Developed World — New Funding and Themes June 12-June 19
The bigger question being pondered within the VC community is portfolio resilience
June 21, 2022 • Roger Portnoy
Overview While I will discuss new fundings this week, perhaps the bigger question being pondered within the VC community is portfolio resilience. This is of course for those that have weathere...
eCommerce transactions pave the way for in-store retail success
80% of shoppers calling on retailers to invest in technology such as frictionless payments
June 20, 2022 • Jat Sahi
The UK has recently seen an encouraging improvement to retail footfall, with customers more inclined to visit shopping destinations in person, according to the British Retail Consortium. But e...
How the war in Ukraine affected the Fintech world
Russia's war in Ukraine affected all the CIS countries and somewhat all the world. As well the war influenced fintech companies, whose rapid development was observed after the pandemic.
June 15, 2022 • Yulia Barabash
Russia's war in Ukraine affected all the CIS countries and somewhat all the world. As well the war influenced fintech companies, whose rapid development was observed after the pandemic. L...
What’s Falling Faster Than Funding for Fintech? — Not Much
Funding and valuations for tech is declining. Even companies that had large rounds in the past are getting less and less as they move toward additional raises.
June 13, 2022 • Chris Rigoni
Funding and valuations for tech is declining . Even companies that had large rounds in the past are getting less and less as they move toward additional raises. Fintech especially has ta...
Fintech Landscape Funding & Trend Assessment in May 2022
11 big deals happened in May
June 9, 2022 • Roger Portnoy
Funding Overview: During May, across the various segments that I monitor across the Fintech landscape, there was approximately US$1.6bl in earlier stage funding announced. This was all...
21 Lessons: What I learned creating and killing a startup
If your idea is great, needed, and you are ready to spend the next 10+ years of your life in that industry you should go for it.
June 8, 2022 • Alice Kasper
This article could save you and your cofounder $1.1MM+. “Oh no, someone checked out.” — My cofounder was on the other line. It was 2 days before Christmas, 2.4 weeks past Hanukkah. The long t...
Bank transformation: implementing real-time payments made easy
A significant 39% of demand deposit accounts (DDAs) in the US are still not connected to the Real-Time Payment RTP Network
June 6, 2022 • Anthony Walton
Even with a significant upturn in instant digital transactions during the Covid years, a significant 39% of demand deposit accounts (DDAs) in the US are still not connected to the Real-Time Pay...
Fintech and Open Source
Even though banking "as a service" continues to solve many problems, our banking infrastructure needs to be further evolved, and open source will drive the next generation of infrastructure.
June 2, 2022 • Isabella Ferreira
The regulatory framework that financial services must comply with, complex payment architectures, and fraud are some of the reasons why financial services are difficult and expensive to build [...