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Sunday, April 2, 2023

Companies

Fintechs Maintain Optimism in the Face of SVB Collapse

The collapse of $212 billion-strong lender Silicon Valley Bank sent shockwaves through financial markets in the middle of March. With hundreds of digital-first companies relying on SVB for their day-to-day operations, many across the industry sounded alarms at the severe repercussions of such a critical company folding overnight...

Leaders

Mexican Fintech Clara Plans to Boost Footprint in Colombia With $90M...

The Mexico City-based fintech known as Clara has attained a great deal in its three short years of doing business. Clara’s offerings in bill pay, financing, and corporate card management brought it unicorn status in 2021, and last year the company began to build into the fertile fintech market of Colombia...

Features

Dubai Fintech Polygant Launches First-in-Kind Open-Source Crypto Exchange Platform

One of the most compelling promises of Web3 has been its ability to facilitate technological development and financial freedom independent of traditional bureaucracy and digital architecture. With blockchain powering a wave of decentralized finance (DeFi) innovations...

Popular Articles

The Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology of 2022

The Financial Technology Report is pleased to announce The Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology of 2022. Perhaps no industry today is as dynamic as financial technology. Thousands of new fintechs are launched each year, but only a small percentage demonstrate the staying power to last in such a competitive market...

The Top 50 Financial Technology CEOs of 2022

The Financial Technology Report is pleased to announce The Top 50 Financial Technology CEOs of 2022. This year’s awardees represent some of the most accomplished and innovative leaders across the sector...

The Top 100 Financial Technology Companies of 2022

The Financial Technology Report is pleased to announce The Top 100 Financial Technology Companies of 2022. The fintech industry has been scorching hot in recent years—spurred on in part by the pandemic—but lately, world events seem to have doused that fire with a little cold water...

The Top 25 Financial Technology CTOs of 2022

The Financial Technology Report is pleased to announce The Top 25 Financial Technology CTOs of 2022. The areas of expertise of this year’s awardees run the gamut from B2B payments to currency exchange, data security, and financial infrastructure, among many others...

The Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology of Europe for 2022

The Financial Technology Report is pleased to announce The Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology of Europe for 2022. This year’s awardees represent some of the most accomplished women leading organizations and teams across various segments of the financial technology sector...

The Top 25 Financial Technology Leaders of New York for 2022

The Financial Technology Report is pleased to announce The Top 25 Financial Technology Leaders of New York for 2022. From founders to CEOs and COOs, this year’s awardees represent some of the most innovative technologists and bold operators ushering in the next generation of financial services...

Fintechs Are Having a Harder Time Recruiting Top Talent Than Ever Before

The rise of fintechs over the last decade has brought with it considerable changes to how and where we work. Seeing the fortunes made virtually overnight by successful fintech startups, top-level executives from a wide variety of industries have been drawn to high-paying jobs in the industry...

The Top 25 Financial Technology COOs of 2022

The Financial Technology Report is pleased to announce The Top 25 Financial Technology COOs of 2022. The job of Chief Operating Officer is increasingly in demand as new FinTechs continue to be created and already established FinTechs face the turbulent global economy that has been beset by pandemic, war, and inflation, among other things...

Stripe CEO Urges Better U.S. Fintech Regulation

There is a prevailing attitude among many in the fintech industry that heightened regulation will be the death of innovation. U.S.-based companies have rankled at the prospect of increased oversight from government bodies such as the House Financial Services Committee, which even now is working on legislation for expanded supervision of fintech products such as cryptocurrency and other digital assets...

Can Banking-as-a-Service Save Marqeta?

Oakland, California-based fintech Marqeta has had a difficult year. With a 50% downturn in its stock price since the first quarter of 2022 and an ongoing search for a new chief executive, some in the industry have questioned how much longer the payment services company can hang on...