Nov 30, 2020

You Can't Ignore BNPL, Lessons from Wirecard and Lanistar, Female Founders Losing Out on Capital Piling

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This week we cover buy-now-pay-later as one of the most hyped trends in fintech, the gender gap in fintech and the lag of female founders in getting funding, the lessons that we should learn from what happened with Lanistar and Wirecard, plus much more.

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Alessandro

This Week in Fintech

Buy Now Pay Later: Love It or Hate It, You Can’t Ignore It

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is one of the hottest trends in fintech. But as regulators begin to look closer at BNPL, can you trust it?

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Female Founders Lose Out on Capital Piling Into Fintechs

As a record amount of venture capital flows into the fintech industry, female entrepreneurs are lagging behind their male counterparts in attracting funding.

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Regulating Fintech in Europe: Lessons From Wirecard

The default of Wirecard highlights several problems in the regulation and supervision of Fintech companies, with regulatory holes in investor protection, customer protection, and financial stability. This column argues that their oversight requires understanding their business model and combining regulation and supervision based on both entities and activities.

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Funding, Merger & Acquisitions

Pre-Seed Fintech Firm Financial Venture Studio Closes on Debut Fund

Fintech has come into its own the past few years. Once an area of investment widely derided and avoided by VCs due to its regulated nature and entrenched incumbents, fintech has now emerged as one of the most popular categories for investment, buttressed by multiple, multi-billion dollar exits in just the past year like Plaid.

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Japanese Bank SMBC Takes $30m Stake in UK Challenger OakNorth

The deal is at a discount to OakNorth’s overall valuation, compared to its most recent $440m financing round by SoftBank

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WealthTech firm Addepar Raises $117m in Series E Funding

Silicon Valley firm Addepar, a wealth management technology provider has closed a $117m Series E funding round, led by WestCap Group.

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Something More for You to Read

Top Valuation Step-ups of 2020 Dominated by Fintech, Lockdown-Friendly Names

Recent investor enthusiasm for late-stage companies in the US has translated into mega-deals and gigantic valuation step-ups.

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Fintechs Should Learn the Lessons of Wirecard and Lanistar

Following the stories of Lanistar and Wirecard, European fintechs need to understand that payments is a difficult regulated sector.

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Answered: 5 Questions About Forging a Career in Fintech

Learn how to forge a career in fintech with this insight and advice from professionals working in the field.

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Review: A Premature Declaration of Fintech Victory

Anne Boden’s “Banking on It: How I Disrupted an Industry” covers all the bases of a standard startup book: breezy platitudes, neat a-ha moments, and near-death experiences reinterpreted after the fact as blessings.

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Closing the Gender Gap in Banking and Fintech (podcast)

A podcast interview featuring Neha Mehta, founder of FemTech Partners going through the status of the banking industry - an industry founded by men, run by men, with products created for men.

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Techstars Startup Digest Fintech is curated by:

Alessandro Ravanetti - Fintech writer, copywriter & content strategist. Working in the fintech industry since 2011, previously as a founder and now as a consultant. Independent expert with the European Commission and SXSW advisory board member.
alessandro.ravanetti@startupdigestmail.com

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