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HIGHLIGHTING FINTECH LEADERS
OUR INTERVIEW WITH JOHN STREET CAPITAL
J.K. Rowling, Mark Twain, and even Dr Seuss put pen to paper under a pseudonym. It’s far less common in the overly transparent, occasionally intrusive, personal brand-building, social-media era. Anyone using a pseudonym, we thought to ourselves, must truly be in it for the love of the game. Or rather, for the love of FinTech.
This week I caught up with the author behind a curtain of John Street Capital. The folks at JSC tweet FinTech goodness @JohnStCapital and move to Medium when the twitter threads get unwieldy. We love the mystique, but at the end of the day, regardless of who’s behind the handle, we’re happy to have them in the FinTech community.
FINTECH NEWS
The Changing FinTech Landscape: A Snapshot of M&A Themes and Trends
FinTech is redefining the manner and pace in which financial products and services are delivered. The COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, has accelerated demand for digital...
Robinhood’s Guinea Pig for Upending Public Offerings: Itself
The stock trading app is opening its initial public offering and investor presentations to everyday investors. The risks are significant
Play2Pay raises $13M to convert mobile user engagement into bill payment
The Miami-based startup has a straightforward mission. It wants to give consumers a way to reduce their bills — it claims by an average of...
Cardless raises $40M to help more brands launch custom credit cards
The startup, which is out to give brands and tech companies a way to launch custom co-branded credit cards, has raised $40 million in a...
What Consumers Really Want from Their Banking Providers
From online budgeting tools to face-to-face financial advice; from P2P payments to good old chip-based credit cards – new data confirms consumers want it all....
Collateral Pay Debit Card: Buy Now, Repay Later, Keep the Crypto
While crypto debit cards have been around for years, offering a convenient way to use crypto for common transactions, they all suffer from the same...
Charles Schwab sets aside $200M in SEC robo-advisory probe
Charles Schwab disclosed in a regulatory filing it expects to pay $200 million to resolve a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation concerning its robo-advisory business.
FINTECH VENTURE FUNDING
Play2Pay raises $13M to convert mobile user engagement into bill payment
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.
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.