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How is it going? Has the US election stressed you out? You are not alone. That was pretty intense!
Here we cover China halting Ant Group’s record breaking IPO, the impact of the election on finance and fintech, the Visa - Plaid merger, a few new interesting funding rounds, plus much more.
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Decades late to the global cash management industry ruled by Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, Goldman hopes to leapfrog rivals by offering a fresh approach.
German fintech startup Vivid Money has raised a $17.6 million Series A funding round (€15 million). Ribbit Capital is leading the investment. Today’s funding round gives Vivid Money a valuation of $117 million (€100 million). Vivid Money is quite a young startup as the company started accepting customers just a few months ago.
Deutsche Börse has finalized a $15 million investment round in Clarity AI, which is a Spanish Fintech company that leverages Big Data and machine learning (ML) to help investors and traders understand the social impact of their investment portfolios.
A growing regulatory assault on Ant is forcing a reassessment of how much the fintech giant is worth and whether the company’s growth will be crimped by Beijing in the years ahead.
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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