Top Fintech News Stories for January 14, 2021

Here are the top news stories from our daily newsletter today:

  • Affirm’s IPO Takes Off Like a Rocket Ship – LendIt Fintech News
  • LendingPoint Banks $125M In First Equity Investment – Crunchbase
  • Blend raises $300 million Series G at $3.3 billion valuation – FinLedger
  • After busy tenure, acting OCC head calls it quits – American Banker
  • Walmart’s Fintech Deal Threatens a Much Deeper Banking Incursion – The Financial Brand
  • Rapyd raises $300M on a $2.5B valuation to boost its fintech-as-a-service API – Techcrunch
  • Profitable MX closes on $300 million to grow fintech data platform – FinLedger
  • Anchorage Becomes First OCC-Approved National Crypto Bank – Coindesk
  • Fintechs that get bank charters should be subject to CRA. Period. – American Banker
  • Fed considers regulating AI used by financial institutions – FinLedger
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