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Fintech Insider 578: News – Challenger Bank Champion Nubank Plans NYSE IPO
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Gwera Kiwana, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week’s guests include:
- Eric Johansson, Tech Editor, Verdict
- Douglas Mackenzie, Chief Content Officer, Fintech Finance
- Gustavo Brigatto, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Startups
With soundclips from:
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- Hasan Luongo, VP of Global Marketing, Chipper Cash
- Oli Cook, CEO & Co-Founder, Ekko
We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:
- Brazil’s Nubank targets over $50 billion valuation in U.S. IPO – 6:30
- Chipper Cash gets $2B valuation with $150M extension round led by FTX (sound clip from Hasan Luongo, VP of Global Marketing, Chipper Cash) – 18:30
- Eco-conscious debit card Ekko launches on first day of COP26 (sound clip from Oli Cook, CEO & Co-Founder, Ekko) – 32:23
- Klarna sets collision course with Amazon in reported $1bn Pricerunner deal – 45:05
- ING to wind down Payvision – 54:14
- New UK fintech Cleva launches money management platform for carers – 56:00
- Greenlight Creates a Platform for the 45% Of Parents Who Are Not Confident Investing – 57:28
- Quentin Tarantino to offer seven uncut scenes from ‘Pulp Fiction’ as NFTs – 58:38
- Bluefin and Basis Theory Partner to Enable Unified Tokenization Across Digital and In-Person Payments Read more
- Invest Bank and AUTON8 Build Partnership to Drive Digital Resilience and Banking Agility Read more
- ING’s AI Roadmap: Platform, People, and Agentic AI Read more
- UK-fintech Provided Over £17.5m in Emergency Wage Advances to More Than 55,000 Employees in the Last Year Read more
- TreviPay Announces AI-Powered Growth Center to Help Enterprises Predict Buyer Behavior and Drive B2B Sales Read more

