Top News In Fintech And Beyond For March 17, 2022

👉 Top Things To Know In TradeFi

• Wealthface added premium trading.
• A Reddit AMA with Voyager’s CEO. VYGVF
• Coinbase introduces new Pay offer.
• MEMX to launch options exchange.
• FTX adding crypto license in Dubai.
• DTCC adds clarity to T+1 transition.
• EQONEX, Capitalise partnering up.

👉 Top Things To Know In Fintech

• American Express eyes metaverse. AXP
• Play2Pay selecting Miami for office.
• Marlette adding $225M in Series E.
• EU is proposing simpler settlement.
• Perfios has acquired fintech Karza.
• Versana launching new loan fintech.
• Kamino adds $6.1M funding round.
• Luno launches new investment arm.
• SCMP spins off blockchain venture.
• Mastercard beefs up BNPL network. MA
• Onuu adding $6M in Seed A round.
• Shift4, Giving Block start campaign.
• CFPB urged to tackle BNPL market.
• Exodus starts trading on Securitize.
• Baselane launches a bank platform.

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👉 Interesting Reads

• Zelensky’s TV show now on Netflix. NFLX
• Americans would risk a nuclear war.
• Instagram looking to push out NFTs. FB
• Citadel opens up after $7B windfall.
• Chernobyl turmoil. Workers trapped.

🔦 Spotlight: JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM projects pension and sovereign wealth funds are poised to rebuild risk-on positions that have fallen in value between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising inflation -- with a potential $230 billion equity-buying spree that could boost beleaguered global equity markets by as much as 10%.

Source: Bloomberg