Fintech Focus For September 30, 2020

Quote Of The Day: The man with a new idea is a crank, until the idea succeeds. - Mark Twain

Fintech Movers: Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, took a strong stance against employee-driven corporate activism over the weekend, explaining that, going forward, his company would be “mission focused.” - Coindesk

• ButterflyMX secures $35M in round.
• Goldman Sachs eyes digital assets.
• Square rolls out QR-based features.
• TMX provides market data to Yahoo.
• MIT will prevent blockchain attacks.
• Facet Wealth raised a $25M round.
• USM rolls out mobile app for brokers.
• Deposit Solutions launches in US.
• Goldman launches FX trade engine.
• Capitalize launched a 401K initiative.
• CTIM taps Bloomberg for workflow.
• Kadena embraced DeFi technology.
• LendingTree added bank accounts.
• Argentine fintech Ualá has launched.
• Personal Capital eyes literacy, tech.
• Congress is examining fintech banks.
• Refinitiv is moving away from Eikon.
• Azlo launches subscription banking.
• Amazon launched a new way to pay.

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Watch For This: At least 39 states did not have enough money to pay all of their bills at the end of 2019, leaving them ill-prepared to shoulder the costs of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report. - Accounting Today

• Latin America struggles with hunger.
• The most powerful women in finance.
• Democrats released smaller relief bill.
• Colorado’s startup scene flying high.
• UK faces second wave, Brexit issues.
• Florida lifted its restaurant restrictions.
• Data: Robinhood users not reckless.
• B2C know-how boon to supply chains.
• Making life better for the middle class.
• Masters behind JPMs spoofing, fraud.

Market Moving Headline: Based on [a] cross-country regression, the dollar should have depreciated by 12 percentage points more than it has (11 percentage points if we do not include Russia and Turkey). [I]nterpret these gaps as the appropriate measure of the dollar’s exorbitant duty in the COVID-19 crisis. - Tellimer

• Allianz Global Wealth Report for 2020.
• Japan’s factories are increasing output.
• Oil holds lower on demand, recovery.
• US to sue Google, DOJ seeks support.
• Inflation targeting not formula based.
• Stocks likely to return to record highs.
• An analysis on oil market rebalancing.
• Seattle intros a pay rate for Uber, Lyft.
• Disney lays off nearly 28K employees.
• Companies are curbing long-term debt.
• Kroger, Ocado intro CFC in Michigan.
• Mortgage market to weaken on relief.
• Google, Fitbit fight for deal approvals.
• SUV demand has grown significantly.
• Gold buying from central banks climbs.
• Consumer confidence posts big gains.