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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 NEKTARIOS LIOLIOS
The World Economic Forum reports a “mental health crisis in entrepreneurship”. Entrepreneurs and leaders are waking up to the unique challenges faced by start-up founders. Four-time co-founder and sense maker Nektarios Liolios left to #buildabetterfuture.
Nektarios is a master-builder with a star-studded start-up resume. He founded three companies in six years and is a consummate pro and all-around stellar start-up guru. After ten years of watching entrepreneurs struggle he founded his fourth startup, The Future Farm, to offer a platform to help entrepreneurs when it is #timetotalk. No one should struggle alone.
Power-down that spreadsheet, silence your phone, kick back, and join us for our talk with Nektarios...
FINTECH NEWS
American Banker
Coronavirus crisis plays to the strengths of secured credit cards
Even though card-issuing banks and lenders have a lot on their plates in dealing with the economic fallout of the pandemic, the secured credit card...
Forbes
The Fed’s Balance Sheet Is Driving The Stock Market
The Federal Reserve balance sheet totaled $4.17 trillion as the stock market was declining on February 17. At the March 23 lows for the major...
Mobile Payments
QR codes get a new life as COVID-19 recover spurs contactless payments
As restaurants, independent retailers and micro-businesses begin their recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic, a growing number of merchants are embracing QR code technology as...
BetaKit
Montreal’s new international AI research hub opens, announces board of directors
The new Montreal-based international research hub, which will focus on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) and data governance, has officially launched activities, announcing its board of...
FINTECH JOB BOARD
FINTECH VENTURE FUNDING
Openly closes $15M in Series A round to execute a multi-state expansion
As we close the books on Q2 (the quarter not banking platform) it’s no surprise that VCs were social distancing themselves from deals. As many funding rounds aren’t immediately public the early data is only a proxy, but at the moment we’re looking down 25% vs Q1 and off almost 100% YoY! But nom nom nom – FinTech continues to eat the world, says Alex Lazarow at Forbes. With over 30 funding rounds reported this week, we believe Alex.
We begin with the California-based eCommerce solution Scalefast and a $22M Series B raise to turbocharge the direct-to-consumer space. Next, Karat’s $4.6M seed is helping to launch this novel digital bank building “the black card for creators”. This bank skips traditional credit scores, basing the application and rates on total social media followers […]
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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.
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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.
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