The fall of Germany-based payments company Wirecard, which filed for insolvency amid an accounting scandal over a missing $2B, is now affecting app users that depend on its payment services.
Read MoreFIS Ventures plans to invest $150 million in fintech start-ups over the next three years.
Read MorePost-COVID-19 opportunities can come from thinking big and acting boldly now.
Read MoreThe current economic situation is the first true test for fintech companies born as a result from a previous global crisis: the Great Recession.
Read MoreAs negative headlines and gloom-and-doom opinions swirl about the future of start-up investment, the well-known venture capital firm 500 Startups has gone to the source by surveying nearly 140 early-stage investors.
Read MoreCompared to other areas of finance — like banking, payments, and insurance — asset management has been slower to adopt technology-fueled transformations.
Read MoreMicrosoft, the gigantic technology company founded in 1975, is coming together with Plaid, the fresh-faced fintech that allows users to connect their bank accounts to an app.
Read MoreStart-ups in the MassChallenge Fintech 2020 cohort have been a-movin’. Progress made in just three months includes pilot projects, proofs of concepts, and revenue acceleration.
Read MoreDuring this time of uncertainty and change, fintechs are responding in inspiring and innovative ways.
Read MoreUnderstandably, headlines this week were basically 100% coronavirus, 100% of the time. The bad — even devastating — news is clear, and there’s no shortage of it. The eternal optimist in us wanted to come out of this week with a few glasses that looked half full.
Read MoreWe’ve been monitoring the updates coming from industry conference organizers in response to COVID-19.
Read MoreThe gender disparity in fintech is well documented. In light of these statistics, the innovation world is waking up to the need for change and the benefits gender equity holds.
Read MoreAARP is concerned about the financial well-being of people as they age, but that goes beyond Social Security and Medicare to include fintech and healthtech. Senior Vice President of Innovation and Product Development Andy Miller shares how AARP partners with start-ups and also develops products internally.
Read MoreA few fintechs will take center stage (literally) during the annual SXSW Pitch, a competition during which start-ups present their technology to a panel of judges in front of a live audience.
Read MoreWe took note this week of a few fintech start-up funding rounds.
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