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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

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:

    • 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
  1. Nexi Extends Tap to Pay on iPhone to Merchants in Switzerland and Finland Read more
  2. Duco appoints Margaret Franco as Chief Marketing Officer Read more
  3. Deutsche Bank Launches Bizum for Businesses in Spain Read more
  4. Equifax UK Launches Cloud-Native Intelligence Suite for Commercial Lenders Read more
  5. ABNB Federal Credit Union Chooses Eltropy’s AI-Powered Unified Conversations Platform to Modernize Member Communications Read more
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