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Financial advisors & investors already know that risk is integral to creating a well-functioning investment portfolio for their clients—but chances are good that clients have a completely different perspective on risk.

After last week's report, we had some concern that the fintech VC sector was starting to lose it's luster. For the first time, we saw a Top 5 deal come in under $100M, and it's been some time since we've seen that. Not to fear. Apparently last week was a temporary "seasonally adjusted" blip, and here we are back in $200M+ territory again.

he Fed meets this week, and the markets will be looking for signs about the anticipated tightening of monetary policy. Goldman Sachs says to prepare for at least four rate hikes in 2022. Fintech stocks and bitcoin are far from their peaks as investors flee risk for now. Despite the market storm, one banking fintech could be ready to dip its toe into the publicly traded waters. Google has made a key hire in hopes of improving its standing in the digital payments space. 

Friends, this week the VC numbers ratcheted down QUITE a bit in the fintech sector. What gives with that? It's probably coincidental that it has coincided in some part with the dramatic stock market declines in the US this week, because these deals take some time to close, but still, the coincidental timing is quite curious.

With the holidays and then COVID hitting our household, we've taken a brief respite from publishing our weekly...

Earnings season is underway, and banks are obsessed with their chief rivals — fintechs. VCs can’t get enough of fintechs either, but in a good way as funding levels continue to rise. Meanwhile, neither cryptocurrencies nor fintech stocks have been able to win over investors so far in 2022, except for one meme coin. Amazon and Visa have found a way to coexist in the U.K. 

With the holidays, we took a week off from this column, but we're back at the end of the year and HOLY CANNOLI - have we got some big deals to include - including a $1B Equity transaction. Just goes to show that you can't be asleep at the wheel if you're covering the fintech sector - it doesn't sleep - and the money keeps flowing in ever larger transactional amounts.

Fintech CEOs must be keeping their New Year resolutions close to the vest. Nevertheless, we still rounded up the latest happenings across the industry, including how banks are responding to the spread of the omicron variant.

This article highlights market and economic predictions that are so obvious they should be called, certitudes. Here's a peek at what we believe the future will bring for cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DeFi and the broader markets.

Greetings Fintech Friends! 2022 is almost here and, with it, our annual round of predictions for the fintech sector for the coming yearfrom some of the best and brightest minds in the business.  And don't miss this week's #DwealthMuse podcast, too, with our 2021 HODLdays Highlight Reel. Read (and listen) up!