Fintech Focus For August 31, 2020

Quote Of The Day: Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fintech Movers: Banks have something most technologists don’t have enough of: Banks have domain expertise. Technologists tend to discount the exchange value of domain knowledge. And that’s a mistake. - TechCrunch

• Amazon gets into financial services.
• Refining your real estate technology.
• Sterling Trading will expand globally.
• DOJ’s antitrust chief talks blockchain.
• MEMX has updated rollout schedule.
• BBVA builds gender-neutral chatbot.
• SweepCast intros order flow insights.
• Stratify raises $4.9M for budget tech.
• Virus drives surveillance tech spend.
• Mastercard aims for touchless tech.
• Barclays eyes digital token category.
• Nationwide implements Speed Layer.
• Railsbank buying Wirecard Solutions.
• Nerdwallet bought Know Your Money.
• Habi eyes real estate tech expansion.
• FTX bought portfolio tracker Blockfolio.
• Clearwater to roll out modules for tech.
• FinTech Collective funds Fondeadora.

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Ahead of the November 10, 2020 event, this newsletter highlights disruptive innovators working to create positive and diverse change in financial services.

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Watch For This: The government in Beijing has grown increasingly irritated over the massive amounts of illegal funds flowing into gambling outside the country through online gaming and video streaming and has launched a series of crackdowns. - Asia Sentinel

• Rethinking Australia’s defense, security.
• Social media thought to censor views.
• You can use GoPro Hero as a webcam.
• Hedge fund managers are raising fees.
• 25 of the best colleges for your money.
• Next transformation for capital markets.
• Musk trots out pigs in Neuralink demo.
• Success factors in age of open banking.
• Tesla the target of a ransomware attack.
• It’s okay to put your dream job on hold.
• McCormick eyes Bridgewater’s recovery.
• Disrupting Bloomberg’s share of market.

Market Moving Headline: In light of short-term, momentum-driven activity and poor structure on both sides of the market, the risks for a near-term correction have increased. That said, heavily-weighted index constituents are still in an uptrend and all sectors saw gains. As of now, the path of least resistance is still up. - Benzinga

• Companies report record performance.
• Recovery to be slow despite a vaccine.
• Home prices hit record, bubble to burst.
• Japan’s Abe is out, but legacy will last.
• Amazon Fresh and future of shopping.
• Mega venture funds not slowing down.
• House to vote on weed legalization bill.
• 3 assets that help you weather inflation.
• DeFi locked crypto doubles in a month.
• Tech startups prepare to flood markets.
• Looking at China’s economic resilience.
• BlackBerry establishes push for China.
• Buffett eyes Japan, makes a new stake.
• Walmart wants to be new TikTok owner.
• Boeing sending Max to Canada for test.
• Ways telehealth can change healthcare.
• Corvette team shifts to EV, autonomous.