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HIGHLIGHTING FINTECH LEADERS
OUR INTERVIEW WITH KATHERINE SALISBURY
Americans are facing a savings crisis, reports CNBC. 41% of working adults set aside 5% of their annual income or less for emergencies or financial goals. Fintech to the rescue!
The mobile-first banking app Qapital is in a league of its own. Split between Stockholm and NYC, the company landed a somewhat recent $30M Series B to grow the company. The company is making big waves with new offerings, such as a Qapital Visa debit card and investing with Qapital.
This week, we’d like to introduce you to Katherine Salisbury, Co-founder, and Chief Strategy Officer. Previously a legal force of nature, Katherine divides her time between her elite sports management agency, soccer fandom, her family, and personal finance stardom.
Grab your chips and chair and join us for our interview with Katherine…
FINTECH NEWS
Bank Innovation
Google deploys its OCR tech for new mortgage product
Google Cloud is embedding itself further into the financial services industry with the launch of its new mortgage application and origination tool, Lending DocAI. The...
BetaKit
Shopify commits $130 million to help create one million new Black-owned businesses in the US
Shopify has partnered with Operation HOPE, a non-profit organization focused on financial literacy and education, on an initiative aimed to create one million new Black-owned...
Fortune
PayPal will soon offer Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency purchase options
PayPal announced Wednesday that it will soon begin letting users buy cryptocurrency within its app. The news was hailed as transformative by advocates of decentralized...
Fintech Finance
Clair raises $4.5m seed round to disrupt the payday lending industry
Clair, an early stage fintech startup based in New York City, wants America’s 82 million hourly workers and 57 million gig workers to get paid...
FINTECH JOB BOARD
FINTECH VENTURE FUNDING
Possible Finance raises $11M over Zoom; makes remote working permanent
Is there no FinTech gospel? Many of our Empire faithful are perplexed that the ecosystem continues to cite different venture round statistics each week. The data across CB Insights, Crunchbase, Pitchbook, and Empire simply differ.
The problem: FinTech has no creed and is loosely defined. In a past report, we highlighted how startups game the system when they announce rounds – but even this is contingent on the definition of FinTech. Here at Empire, we start with the CB Insights sector schema, while expanding into two areas: business insights and digital banking [...]
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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.
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.
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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.