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Thursday, August 14, 2025

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

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
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  2. B4B Payments Expands Global Capabilities Read more
  3. PSECU Selects AKUVO to Modernize Collections Read more
  4. LHV Partners with Luminance to Transform Legal Operations Read more
  5. Trust Payments Expands Pennies Partnership to Historic John Bell & Croyden Pharmacy Read more
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