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By Christopher Robbins What a week it was in digital wealth! In Wealthtech and Investments, Shaping Wealth is offering...

Friends, Labor Day is nearly here - where did the summer go?  While we all ponder that question, the digital wealth industry marches forward with more M&A (and technology to support it), new ways to profit from capital markets and a sideways look at Fed Chair J. Powell's performance with a tongue in cheek analogy to a famous ditty from Britney Spears. READ UP!

By Christopher Robbins This week in digital wealth we had a lot of wealthtech activity. So much, in...

Facebook is now Meta. Fiserv is doing its part to bolster crypto mainstream adoption among consumers and merchants. Fintechs are coming to America for their IPOs. Mark Cuban’s NBA team is going further down the bitcoin rabbit hole, and Visa is in the hot seat with regulators.  

Mastercard is about to expand the crypto economy all the way down to the grassroots level. Its huge and brilliant. Mastercard is ready to announce that thousands of banks and millions of merchants on its vast payments network will soon be able to integrate crypto into their products. When you really dig deep, its a game changer.

Greetings Fintech Friends! This week we explore the Budget Reconciliation Bill and its impact on American prosperity, delve into Mastercard's major new leap into crypto and report on a $900M funding round for a Berlin-based mobile banking app plus more. Read up! Cindy Taylor, Publisher

While it’s no secret that inflation has reared its head in the economy, one tech billionaire now warns that hyperinflation could be on the horizon. A legacy asset management firm that dates back to 1939 has collaborated with one of the cryptocurrency industry’s most innovative wealth management platforms. Corporate America is making it easier for consumers to buy bitcoin and use it for payments. Facebook as the world knows it might be a thing of the past. 

Amazon, the fourth largest company in the world, is hiring a digital currency and blockchain expert. And why? Amazon is looking to accept Bitcoin payments most likely by the end of the year. Now this is HUGE news (unless you are short Bitcoin) and the ramifications are enormous.

Fintech firms are hitting on all cylinders lately, making a splash in some of the trendiest deals in the capital markets and helping to shape the financial industry of the future. In fact, one of the mega IPOs of the year so far involves a payment technology unicorn that is about to become a household name. Whether it’s real estate opportunities, SPAC deals or digital currencies, financial technology companies ranging from mobile banking startups to payments platforms are setting the pace.

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