Daily Fintech Podcast - March 27th, 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 ClearBank CEO Charles McManus announced that the company had secured £175m in funding. JUST IN: Temenos, the banking software company, announced that Rakuten Europe Bank has signed with Temenos to deliver banking services including Rakuten Pay on the Temenos Banking Cloud. ALSO: Robinhood has announced a new debit card, branded as the Robinhood Cash Card. The new card will replace Robinhood’s current Cash Management debit card, originally announced in 2019. FURTHERMORE, Intergiro  is now emerging as part of this embedded banking movement, calling itself “a financial cloud” on which almost any kind of company can offer banking services. Visa announced a new offering with DoorDash, a leading last-mile logistics platform, to help enable faster payouts to eligible Dashers across Canada. LET’S HEAR ALL ABOUT MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: Digital bank Chetwood Financial Limited has acquired its core banking provider Yobota to extend its banking-as-a-service capabilities. AS FOR PARTNERSHIPS ComplyAdvantage and Resistant AI have partnered to expand their offering for the financial industry. Amsterdam–based fintech Mollie is continuing its global expansion in a partnership with carmaker Mazda Motor Europe.