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By Teresa Leno Last week CB Insights released its State of Venture Global | 2022 recap report, and as many anticipated, VC...

Last week we took a brief summer break from publishing this column.  We're back with several deals...

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By Gregory Bilecki TWIDW 4/26/22: Fed News & Market Impacts, Musk buys Twitter and Stripe...

More money flowed into the fintech sector this week, in an interesting mix of categories and locations. ...

Apple is in growth mode and is eyeing merchant payments in addition to the metaverse. Consumers are spending and saving money even in the face of the pandemic. Walmart’s fintech arm has joined the race for a financial super app. JPMorgan made a fintech splash in Greece.

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. 

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. 

Discussions between the U.S. and Moscow could lead to sanctions on Russia targeting the financial and tech sectors. Meanwhile, the CEO of a major tech company has decided if you can’t beat them, join them in fintech.

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.