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This week we cover the digital banks race to capture the next generation, the strange story of Lanistar - a hyped new London fintech with big ambitions and €15m already raised - that is now in troubles with the financial regulator, Google plans for its Pay app, Bitcoin new price spike that is triggering fear of missing out once again, plus much more.
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Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday relaunched its U.S. payments app, introducing paid promotions to the service and opening a waitlist for bank accounts being launched next year with Citigroup Inc and 10 other institutions.
Italian mobile payments outfit Satispay has raised €93 million in funding from a share sale to a clutch of international investors, including Square, Tencent, LGT LIghtsone and TIM Ventures.
African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has raised a $30 million Series B funding round led by Ribbit Capital with participation of Bezos Expeditions — the personal VC fund of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
With bitcoin surging to the cusp of its 2017 all-time high, backers are hoping fewer frenzied retail investors means less chance of a crash this time around.
Alessandro Ravanetti- Freelance content writer and copywriter. Working in the fintech industry since 2011, I built and managed digital companies with distributed teams and international partners, gaining experience with both startups and large corporations. I am an independent expert with the European Commission, FundingBox and the Eureka Network, and an advisory board member of SXSW. alessandro.ravanetti@startupdigestmail.com
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