This week we had a bit of everything. A big bank acquisition of a fintech, a fintech buying a bank, the almost obligatory weekly announcement of another fintech going public, a mega-round for a Brazilian fintech and a DeFi implosion. It was an interesting week. Here are what I consider to be the top 10 […]
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