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Fintech Insider 648

June 25 2022

Fintech Insider 648: News – Starling Pulls Back From Ireland While Stori Becomes Mexico’s Latest Fintech Unicorn

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and Amy Gavin, 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:

  • Sarah Kocianski, Independent Fintech Strategy Consultant
  • Douglas Mackenzie, Chief Content Officer, Fintech Finance

With soundclips from:

  • Katie Llanos-Small, CEO, Iupana

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

  • Starling pulls Irish bank application as international focus shifts – 3:25
  • Stori becomes Mexico’s latest fintech unicorn following massive funding round – 14:35
  • Brothers launch DIY investment platform for ESG investors – 27:40
  • Several fintechs post growing revenues despite global downturn – 38:20
  • Instagram’s new payments feature lets users buy products via DMs – 48:55
  • Half a trillion dollars wiped from fintechs – 50:12
  • Christie’s is getting into venture capital with a new fund for tech startups making financial tools for the art market – 52:00
  • A pop-up ice cream truck is selling ‘Eat the Rich’ popsicles shaped like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg – 53:40
  1. Gemini Launches Staking and Derivatives for EU Customers

    Crypto

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  2. Pave Finance, an AI-Powered, Institutional-Grade, Personalized Wealth Management Software Company Raises $14m in an Oversubscribed Seed Financing

    Funding

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  3. ebankIT to Unveil Industry’s Leading AI Transactional Banking Assistant Using Agentic AI at FinovateFall 2025

    Fintech

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  4. Varo Bank to Accelerate Responsible and Customer-Focused AI Efforts with New Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Asmau Ahmed

    Hiring

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  5. Tangram Taps INSTANDA to Accelerate Launch of Fully Customizable E&S Insurance Product for Security Guard Industry

    Insurtech

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