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Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021

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2019 saw a stampede of fintech unicorns. Dana Stalder is a partner at Matrix Partners, where he invests predominantly in fintech, consumer marketplaces and enterprise software. 2019 saw a stampede of fintech unicorns. 2019 looks to continue another lights-out year for fintech startups. More posts by this contributor.

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Fintech predictions and opportunities for 2023

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Fintech has fallen a long way from the highs of 2021, and while 2022 was largely about the reset of the funding environment, 2023 is going to be a year of recalibration for fintech companies. Larger companies are more likely to cut back on internal innovation efforts and technology investments that are not core to the business.

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A decade of fintech failures: 4 innovations that didn’t live up to the hype

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Grant Easterbrook Contributor Share on Twitter Grant Easterbrook is a fintech consultant based in Amsterdam. Much has been written about the success of fintech and how this wave of technological innovation has changed consumers’ lives. He also co-founded Dream Forward, which was acquired in 2020.

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Square’s bank arm launches as fintech aims ‘to operate more nimbly’

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Known for its innovations in the payments sector, Square is now officially a bank. In a statement, Square CFO and executive chairman for Square Financial Services, Amrita Ahuja said that bringing banking capability in house will allow the fintech to “operate more nimbly.”. The trend of fintechs becoming bank continues.

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Visa takes a swipe in fintech, builds new online marketplace

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The relationships between banks and fintechs are multi-faceted. Well, today, an announcement by global payments giant Visa is aimed at helping facilitate banks and fintechs’ ability to work together. I talked with Terry Angelos, senior vice president and global head of fintech at Visa, to understand just exactly what that means.

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Nigerian fintech Okra raises $3.5M backed by Accenture Ventures and Susa Ventures

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The last five years have seen a plethora of fintech applications in Nigeria (and Africa, in general) grow at an astonishing rate. If anything one can learn from the Nigerian fintech ecosystem over the past two years is that with growth comes regulatory scrutiny. investors in African fintech. Image Credits: Okra.

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Ghanaian fintech Dash raises $32.8M seed to build connected wallets for Africans

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They are responsible for communication between banks and fintechs to settle transactions for consumers and businesses swiftly. An alternative payment network with connected wallets allowing a mobile money user to transact with a bank account would fix this problem, and that’s the premise of Ghana-based fintech Dash.

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