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Empire Startups is the largest community of FinTech entrepreneurs, investors, and bank innovators in the world. Every 2 weeks we'll deliver interviews with top thought-leaders, venture funding news, curated podcasts, events, and more.
HIGHLIGHTING FINTECH LEADERS
OUR INTERVIEW WITH IÑIGO RUMAYOR
By 2022, 65% of Americans are predicted to be using digital banking. Powering the digital banking bonanza are FinTech firms dedicated to building the alphabet soup of tools and technologies.
NYC-based Arcus sprang forth from the famed Silicon Valley seed accelerator Y Combinator in 2013 to build the financial platforms of tomorrow. The company is “bankifying” the user experience – an enigmatic way of saying the company provides payments as a service (PaaS) infrastructure to power FinTech and the banks of tomorrow.
Co-Founder and all-things-revenue Iñigo Rumayor knows a thing or two about striking the right balance of pursuit and passion. He has assembled an all-star troupe driven to make banking as a service (BaaS) and the digital revolution available to everyone.
Unplug from your news feed and join us for this rousing interview with our dear friend Iñigo…
FINTECH NEWS
BetaKit
Chime the latest US tech company to expand to Vancouver
Chime, a consumer FinTech firm headquartered in San Francisco, has opened an office in Vancouver and legally incorporated in Canada.
Techcrunch
What China’s fintech market can teach the world
If you want to know what the future of finance looks like, head east, where it’s already been laid down in China. Digital payments through...
Payments Source
Visa updates Fast Track accelerator, enables launch of LGBT+ preferred name card
Visa has added two tools, called Partner Toolkit and Visa Ready for Fintech Enablers, to its Fast Track program, which is designed to accelerate the...
FinTech Ranking
Bella is a new challenger bank with a text-based interface
Meet Bella, a new challenger bank launching on November 30th, TechCrunch reports. The company is trying to differentiate itself with two distinctive features. First, you...
FINTECH JOB BOARD
FINTECH VENTURE FUNDING
Arcus Announces Funding from Citi Ventures
It’s to be expected that the past two weeks were light on deals, as much of the world was anxiously refreshing a news provider of choice. Many in FinTech are undoubtedly utilizing this relative calm to pen the “What Biden Means for Fintech” blog posts. Here at Empire, we are instead asking: “What should the federal government's role be in FinTech?" Our brain trust has agreed on these seven primary questions:
- Can regulation be used to spur competition? (Think open banking.)
- How can regulators engage the innovation community? (The last Small Business Administration FinTech Conference was five years ago.)
- Should fiscal policy be used to promote investing in startups? (E.g. tax incentives and credits.)
- What can be done to see real-time payments in the Biden-era?
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FINTECH PODCASTS
What's one of the easiest ways to stay up on FinTech trends? Here's a short list of a few of close friends of Empire who just happen to have 🔥 podcasts.
Join The Future Farm's Vladi and Nektarios, in a “naked” conversation with the people who have been through it all. We’ll talk to business founders, investors, life partners and other ecosystem players about the personal challenges that business builders face when pursuing their dreams and passions.
LATEST EPISODE
For Fintech’s Sake is a broad look at the world of fintech. Host, Zach Anderson Pettet, explores the stories at the intersection of finance and technology from the perspectives of Founders, Investors, and Incumbents.
LATEST EPISODE
Fintech Insider is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. Hosted by a rotation of experts and joined weekly by fantastic guests, they discuss the latest news within the industry.