Daily Fintech Podcast - March 24th, 2022

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 Australian FinTech start-up Cape has raised $3.1m in pre-seed funding from backers including Mercury Capital’s principal partners Clark Perkins and Ben Hawter, Investible, and a bevy of angel investors including Stripe’s regional start-up lead Tom Richardson and a bunch of early Atlassian employees. JUST IN: The Argentinian Financial Information Unit (UFI) anti-money laundering regulator is reportedly working to force cryptocurrency firms to report their movements. ALSO: The Nordic-based payment service provider Avarda chose European open banking leader Aiia, a Mastercard company, to enable open banking payments through its white-label payment solutions for a wide range of retailers and merchants. FURTHERMORE, Canadian tech leaders called upon Canada’s federal government to appoint an open banking lead and start implementing the other recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Open Banking in last year’s long-awaited report. And their request was met, PwC Canada digital banking director Abraham A. Tachjian has been chosen to kickstart open banking efforts in the country.