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👉 Top things to know in Fintech
FinTech Sandbox Announces Lineup. ½ Kenya’s GDP traded on app. Better.com is firing another 3K employees. BAAS fintech Q2 has added the Helix brand. WSB introduces a conference tracker fund. SocialGood app adds $14.2 million round. Fiserv adds former UnionPay chief. Bain Capital launches a crypto fund. Eventus has announced a new CTO. Long-awaited Biden crypto measure. RBC has rolled out the ‘Split w/Friends’ tool. FINOS, Linux Foundation work together. Dollar General goes to BNPL. Airtel, Axis partner in fintech service. Glean AI secures another $10.8 million round. ACI Worldwide adds PayPal, Venmo. Dash taps $32.8 million for portfolio offerings. Egyptian banks introduce fintech fund Cega adds $4.3 million at a valuation of $60 million. Propel has raised $50 million to continue growing. BNPL is the newest form of shadow debt. PPRO has bought Alpha Fintech. Stax achieves unicorn status when raised. Stellar taps $7 million to fix the credit system. Gridline has added a $9 million raise for growth. WalletConnect raises $11 million. Finextra, Finastra work together. NCR wants to promote open banking. AvidXchange aims for growth after the IPO. Sovos & Comply Exchange work together. Kueski now reaches 1 million consumers. Paysend supports real-time wire transfers.
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McDonald’s closes Russian stores. Pump: Insiders gave warning signs. Could be looking at a liquidity crisis. Spotify is investigating outages. Aircraft owners lose jets to Russia. The US and UK are banning Russian oil imports.
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📚 Thought-provoking statement: It’s been noticed that many retail businesses want to hit bottom perfectly, while a professional will tell you that’s hardly possible.
Get the knees of bears and the shoulders of bulls, and you’ll do great.
Go for the tops and bottoms perfect, and you’ll probably miss out.
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This post Top news in Fintech and beyond for March 9, 2022
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