EPISODE · Apr 16, 2022 · 4 MIN
Daily FinTech Podcast - April 17th, 2022
from Connecting the dots in FinTech... by Marcel van Oost · host Marcel van Oost
Sign up for my Daily Fintech or Daily Digital Banking Newsletters here. Check out my latest podcast episode below: Welcome to another episode of our Daily Fintech Podcast. THE NEWS HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY IS After an unprecedented run-up, venture funding to Latin American startups fell in the first quarter of this year. Overall, investors put $3.4 billion into funding rounds in Q1 of 2022—down 30 percent from Q4 2021. JUST IN: On April 13th, decacorn Brex revealed that it is making a big push into financial software with the release of a new spend management product called Brex Empower. And it’s making the leap with one high-profile customer already signed up — DoorDash. ALSO: Dozens of famous faces, including Bruce Willis, Drake and Paris Hilton, have invested in MoonPay, buying into the crypto payments platform's promise of helping celebs reap the benefits of Web3.
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Sign up for my Daily Fintech or Daily Digital Banking Newsletters here. Check out my latest podcast episode below: Welcome to another episode of our Daily Fintech Podcast. THE NEWS HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY IS After an unprecedented run-up, venture funding to Latin American startups fell in the first quarter of this year. Overall, investors put $3.4 billion into funding rounds in Q1 of 2022—down 30 percent from Q4 2021. JUST IN: On April 13th, decacorn Brex revealed that it is making a big push into financial software with the release of a new spend management product called Brex Empower. And it’s making the leap with one high-profile customer already signed up — DoorDash. ALSO: Dozens of famous faces, including Bruce Willis, Drake and Paris Hilton, have invested in MoonPay, buying into the crypto payments platform's promise of helping celebs reap the benefits of Web3.
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