Daily Fintech Newsletter | Mar. 30th
Hi!
In case you missed it, please see below today's most relevant fintech news.
Check out this great Open Banking Report from FT Partners featuring the full landscape in Europe and the US. Link here.
What skills do you need to invest in pre-seed and pre-revenue startups that are run by founders in their early 20s? Well, you need to be an investor team also made up of early 20-somethings. Link here.
Zaver, a Swedish fintech that enables merchants to accept cardless payments and offer buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) as an option, has raised $5 million in new funding. Link here.
Plaid, the fintech giant, has announced the inaugural cohort of startups in its new accelerator program, FinRise. Link here.
Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pineapple Payments and will continue to provide payment processing services to Pineapple Payments merchants while enhancing its seamless delivery of an array of customer-focused, innovative solutions. Link here.
Stripe announced that fundraising platform GoFundMe has deployed its technology to ensure those in need are able to receive donations from those able to support quickly and efficiently. Link here.
Visa has become the first major payments network to settle transactions in USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin backed by the US dollar. Link here.
Yanmo Omorogbe is Bamboo’s Chief Operating Officer. On TechCabal Live, she explained that the startup’s mission was focused on giving Nigerians a means for growing and earning returns on their investments. Link here.
This ends my Daily Fintech Newsletter. Let me know if there are any questions or news/insights worth mentioning in the next newsletter. Until the next!
Regards,
Marcel van Oost
marcelvanoost.com
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