Top Fintech News Stories for Oct. 14, 2021

Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today:

  • Tala grabs $145M to offer more financial services in emerging markets – TechCrunch
  • Stripe recruits for new crypto team – Finextra
  • Bank reports 60 percent more loan approvals by using alternative data – LendIt Fintech News
  • New custom fintech stock market ticker launches – LendIt Fintech News
  • Podcast 319: Augusto Lins of Stone Co – LendIt Fintech News
  • U.S. falls behind in adopting digital-only banks – finLedger
  • Will Loan Volume Shrivel as Debt-Wary Gen Z Hits Their Borrowing Prime? – The Financial Brand
  • Halo Investing, a Platform for Protective Investments, Secures $100M+ via Series C Round led by Owl Capital – CrowdFund Insider
  • Banks, government perform triage as software vulnerabilities multiply – American Banker
  • ‘Banks can look at you and say, we don’t want to look at you’: Payability wants to serve the seller-entrepreneur – TearSheet
  • John K. White

    John has been in communications since graduating from Creative Communications at Red River College Polytechnic in Winnipeg in 1992. He launched one of Canada's first digital-only local news sites called Winnipeg First in 2007, which led to digital editor postings with the Winnipeg Free Press and Edmonton Journal. In 2012 he joined Bankless Times as managing editor, later becoming president and CEO. He and the Bankless Media co-founders completed a sale and exit in August 2021.