As the sun sets on 2020 and we look back at this past year nearly everything is viewed through the...
I look at how the news about the spread of the coronovirus are cracking the global economic machine. Some may argue that the number of people effected is still low -- but that misses the entire point. The shock of a global pandemic has revealed weakness in the financial machine, sending the stock markets falling 10% year-to-date. Gross domestic product growth is expected to slow by billions of dollars, governments and central banks are unable to implement policy to compensate with rates at historic lows and borrowing at historic highs, public market valuations will tumble arithmetically, and private Fintech companies will lose a path to exit. At least that's what the conspiracy theorists want you to think!
The year has started out strongly for fintech M&A with four significant deals announced in just the first two months;...
Credit Karma is best known for offering free credit scores; they now have 100 million users and are valued at...
Over the weekend we learned that Intuit, the makers of TurboTax, Mint and Quickbooks, is close to acquiring Credit Karma,...
Credit Karma has had huge success in the US providing free credit scores and recommending products for their users; they...
One of the best ways to learn what is going on during the current crisis is to attend live virtual...
While most of the fintech world has been focused on small businesses since the onset of the crisis there is...
askRobin is based in Estonia but serves consumers in Latin America; the company first started in Mexico in late 2017,...
Credit Karma is positioning itself to be more than just a place to check your credit score; the company currently has 80 million customers and currently has advantages in significant scale and the data it houses; they are now looking at using chatbots with their acquisition of “Penny” to further their relationships with their customers. Source