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Fintechs continue to grab the spotlight on a global stage as venture capital chases startups and the pipeline continues to grow for more mature companies to list in the public markets, mostly through SPACs. The pace of deals does not appear to be slowing down as fintech billionaires are minted overseas while Asia and Latin America seek to raise their profile for tech innovation. The Robinhood of Pakistan’s investment app is one of two fintech related rounds just announced. And millennials are fueling a transformation in banks to a more digitized business model. Let’s dive in.

The fintech ecosystem has expanded to include offshoots, such as insurtech and auto fintech, for example. It gives companies a unique calling card, and it seems everybody wants a slice of the fintech pie these days. You can’t blame them, given the rate at which fintechs are reaching unicorn status as Silicon Valley and Wall Street alike pile into these names. This past week was no different.

Joel Bruckenstein, president of Technology Tools for Today (T3), has launched registration for the T3 Advisor and T3 Enterprise conferences. Formerly run as two separate events at different venues at different times of the year, the post-pandemic plan for 2021 is to run the two events back-to-back beginning Monday September 27 and concluding on Friday, October 1, 2021, in Denton, Texas.

Orion Advisor Solutions announces the completion of its acquisition of HiddenLevers, lays out an ambitious 12-month roadmap charting the integration of HiddenLevers’ enhancements to Orion’s wealthtech platform

Tipalti, the leading global payables automation platform, announced its acquisition of Approve.com, a cloud procurement solutions provider, to expand its portfolio of financial operations offerings.

With 2020 behind us, and new occupants in the White House and the halls of Congress, many are wondering where the digital wealth sector (a/k/a "fintech") is headed

ADCM, DBA Willow, a registered investment advisor focused on socially and environmentally responsible wealth management is partnering with Blockchange Inc, the digital asset management platform for professional wealth managers, to launch a Separately Managed Account (SMA) option for digital assets

aymynt Financial Group, a Boston-based fintech company, announces the MYNT PayCard, a multicurrency hardware wallet. Using advanced microchip technology, the MYNT PayCard is a reloadable smart card that allows users to store and spend multiple cryptocurrencies.

SOMERSET, N.J., Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 1Kosmos, the next-generation, contact-free authentication solution, today announced the availability of 1Kosmos BlockID on Auth0 Marketplace, a newly-launched catalog of trusted technology integrations to extend the functionality of Auth0's identity management platform. 1Kosmos BlockID, an identity solution powered by advanced biometrics and Blockchain technology that verifies the identity of employees and customers who require physical and logical access to facilities, systems, and applications, with the utmost levels of identity and authentication assurance per the NIST 800-63-3 guidelines.

The e-commerce sector has been the biggest winner from the pandemic. Exclusive data released today from cross-border payment specialist PingPong has shown strong global growth at the end of a year that has seen Covid-19 permanently shift consumer spending patterns from offline to online.