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Will Coinbase become a neobank or a superapp? (TWIF 11/14)

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Hello Fintech Friends,

Welcome to the 708 new readers who’ve joined us since last we…

Will Coinbase become a neobank or a superapp? (TWIF 11/14)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to the 708 new readers who’ve joined us since last week. You’re joining 225,000+ other subscribers. Today's newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Persona. Hello from our annual TWIF & Stablecon offsite! 👋 I'll be heading to Miami for the inaugural Fintech

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November 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM

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Behind every great fintech, there is a great bank (TWIF - China 11/13)

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Hi Fintech friends,

Fintech in China and beyond is mo…

Behind every great fintech, there is a great bank (TWIF - China 11/13)

Hi Fintech friends, Fintech in China and beyond is moving fast, with fresh partnerships and new tech making cross-border payments and digital assets easier than ever. This week’s content specifically highlights show how banks and fintechs are working together to shake up the way money moves across the globe.

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November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM

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🎧Sierra CEO & OpenAI Chair Bret Taylor Live at Money2020: AI Bubbles, Software’s Future, & Why Sierra Wins

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🎧Sierra CEO & OpenAI Chair Bret Taylor Live at Money2020: AI Bubbles, Software’s Future, & Why Sierra Wins

Listen on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple In today’s episode, Ryan Zauk sits down with Bret Taylor, Co-Founder & CEO of Sierra and Chairman of the Board at OpenAI, live at Money2020. Bret’s career is the stuff of valley legend…he is the former Co-CEO of Salesforce, former CTO of

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November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM

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J.P. Morgan Rolls Out JPMD on Base (TWS 11/13)

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PLUS: Coinbase and BVNK end acquisition talks, BVNK now at $30B APV

J.P. Morgan Rolls Out JPMD on Base (TWS 11/13)

PLUS: Coinbase and BVNK end acquisition talks, BVNK now at $30B APV

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November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM

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Exclusive: District Cover Raises $6M To Help Urban Businesses Access Insurance

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Exclusive: District Cover Raises $6M To Help Urban Businesses Access Insurance

District Cover, a tech-enabled commercial insurance agency, has raised $6 million in funding, the company tells This Week in Fintech exclusively. Founded in 2022, Nashville, Tenn.-based District Cover says it aims to improve insurance access and literacy for small businesses located in urban cores, particularly those in high-crime and

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November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM

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Signals: A not-so-stable year in fintech

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Hello, Fintech Friends!

Maybe it’s confirmation bias, but it feels like fintech has narrowed to stablecoins…

Signals: A not-so-stable year in fintech

Hello, Fintech Friends! Maybe it’s confirmation bias, but it feels like fintech has narrowed to stablecoins. That’s where all the action is: new stablecoins, new blockchains, and a steady wave of M&A rumors as traditional players try to buy their way into relevance. The center of gravity

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November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM

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Largest Indigenous VC Fund Raised $64 Million (TWIF - Africa 11/10)

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Hi Fintech friends 👋

I’ll be in Lagos, Nigeria from Nove…

Largest Indigenous VC Fund Raised $64 Million (TWIF - Africa 11/10)

Hi Fintech friends 👋 I’ll be in Lagos, Nigeria from November 14th to 17th 2025 and would love to connect with those building or investing in Fintech - mainly stablecoins. Let’s connect. Here are the highlights of what happened in African Fintech this week; * The Nigerian government backed a

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November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM

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An iDEAL time for a rebrand - TWIF UK & Europe (10/11)

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An iDEAL time for a rebrand - TWIF UK & Europe (10/11)

The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe for week ending 10th November 2025.

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November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM

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TWIF LatAm November 09 - Cloudwalk Raises $780 Million Through a FIDC

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Hola amig@s fintech,

We hope …

TWIF LatAm November 09 - Cloudwalk Raises $780 Million Through a FIDC

Hola amig@s fintech, We hope this next week goes well, and that the fintech industry in LatAm keeps giving us wonderful news to cover. If you like our content, stay in the loop by subscribing and following us! You can also find us on LinkedIn! 🩵 Until next weekend. Até

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November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM

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But how quick and cheap are stablecoins really? (TWIF 11/9)

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But how quick and cheap are stablecoins really? (TWIF 11/9)

Hello Fintech Friends, Today’s newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Silicon Valley Bank. Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. Have feedback for us? Let us know. Find me at @nikmilanovic, @twifintech, and @ndm SPONSORED A new report from Silicon Valley Bank

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November 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM

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The $500M Ripple effect (TWIF 11/8)

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The $500M Ripple effect (TWIF 11/8)

Hello Fintech Friends, Today’s newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Silicon Valley Bank. Please find another week of fintech financing events below. Have feedback for us? Let us know. Find me at @nikmilanovic, @twifintech, and @ndm SPONSORED A new report from Silicon Valley Bank explores why

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November 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM

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Do public markets matter anymore? (TWIF 11/7)

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Hello Fintech Friends,

Welcome to the 2,100 new readers who’ve joined us since last week. You’re joining 225,000+ other subscrib…

Do public markets matter anymore? (TWIF 11/7)

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to the 2,100 new readers who’ve joined us since last week. You’re joining 225,000+ other subscribers. Today's newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Plaid. This week's fintech news is led by the announcement that investment manager Charles Schwab will

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November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM

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Ripple raises $500M at $40B (TWS 11/6)

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PLUS: Lessons from the stablecoin front lines

Ripple raises $500M at $40B (TWS 11/6)

PLUS: Lessons from the stablecoin front lines

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November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM

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A week of firsts 🎯 (TWIF - MENA 06/11)

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Marhaba, fintech friends!

I came across a post on LinkedIn earlier this week from Sarwa…

A week of firsts 🎯 (TWIF - MENA 06/11)

Marhaba, fintech friends! I came across a post on LinkedIn earlier this week from Sarwa, a UAE-based investment app that is also an interesting barometer for how over 100,000 retail investors in MENA are thinking, and it caught my eye. Gold, silver and bitcoin made it into the top

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November 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM

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Canadian fintech Venn offers 2% yield to lure Canadian SMBs from big banks

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The Toronto-based fintech is …

Canadian fintech Venn offers 2% yield to lure Canadian SMBs from big banks

The Toronto-based fintech is offering higher yields on Canadian and U.S. dollar accounts in an attempt to disrupt the Canadian Big Six banks’ grip on business deposits.

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November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM

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Mobile Money Companies Are Becoming Bank (TWIF - Africa 11/03)

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Hi Fintech friends 👋,

Here are the highlights of what happened in …

Mobile Money Companies Are Becoming Bank (TWIF - Africa 11/03)

Hi Fintech friends 👋, Here are the highlights of what happened in African Fintech this week; * Francophone Unicorn Mobile Money Fintech secured banking license. * The most Active Fintech country in Africa considered establishing a single authority that would licence and regulate all fintechs in the country. * Kenya’s largest commercial bank

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November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM

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Unlocking Embedded Finance Opportunities with Adyen

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"$185 billion market is still untapped"

Unlocking Embedded Finance Opportunities with Adyen

"$185 billion market is still untapped"

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November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM

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Stablecon Lands $750K Strategic Investment from Events Venture Group To Take Conference Global

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In the early fall of 2024, Nik Milanovic and Dennis Sem came to a realization: th…