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Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021

TechCrunch

4-year founder vesting is dead. For the fourth straight year, the publicly traded fintechs massively outperformed the incumbent financial services providers as well as every mainstream stock index. Jake Jolis is a partner at Matrix Partners and invests in seed and Series A technology companies including marketplaces and software.

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Israeli fintech Personetics raises $85M for tools to help incumbents personalize banking services to compete with neobanks

TechCrunch

Today a startup that is building tools to help incumbent address this challenge is announcing a round of funding on the back of a lot of demand for its services. It has also been on a fundraising run, with this round adding up to $160 million raised since the start of 2021. That’s a common thing.”

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Binance founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao shares his vision of web3 opportunities at TC Sessions: Crypto

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The blockchain giant processed $34 trillion in trading volume in 2021, it says, and the exchange shows few signs of resting on its laurels as it pursues bold new bets to diversify its business. At the forefront of these changes is Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao. Zhao is worth an estimated $65 billion.

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Why fintechs are buying up legacy financial services companies

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It used to be that if you were a fintech startup or, for lack of a better term, a digitally native financial services business, you might be eyeing an acquisition from an incumbent in the industry. The deal closed in February 2021 , leading to a very quick and surprising second-quarter profit. So what’s going on here?

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Most fintechs partner with banks; Varo became one, and says it’s paying off

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billion at the time of its last raise in 2021. I caught up with Colin Walsh, the company’s chief executive and founder, to get an update. CEO and founder Colin Walsh. In 2021, Varo’s gross revenue was $74 million. It has raised nearly $1 billion since its 2015 inception and was valued at $2.5 And if so, why?

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Monzo Makes Money Work For Everyone

Y Combinator

But the company will end 2021 with revenues close to 2x its pre-pandemic peak, in spite of continued low interest rates, reduced travel, and depressed pandemic spending. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer. This did not happen by magic. expectations.

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Undock raises $1.6M to help solve your group scheduling nightmares

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But we seem to be in a calendrical renaissance, with incumbents like Google and Outlook getting smarter and smarter and newcomers like Calendly growing significantly. Founder and CEO Nash Ahmed wouldn’t go into too much detail about the technology that allows Undock to accomplish this.