Fed Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said that FedNow will launch a country-wide interstate highway for payments in about six months.
Fiserv‘s acquisition of First Data points to the power of fintech and the threat it poses to more traditional payments...
Brothers Patrick and John Collison have revolutionized how payments are transacted on the internet through their startup Stripe; source provides details on their backgrounds and the development of the business; reports on how the company has grown to provide services for more than 100,000 businesses and their new partnership with Amazon. Source
UK based digital bank Monzo has raised a $143mn series F round as the company gets set to launch in...
The company raised $100 million from Tiger Global Management, valuing the company at $22.5 billion; Stripe last raised a $245...
Over the last 3 years fintech has accounted for 20 percent of all growth stage funding across Europe, more than...
Executives from Goldman Sachs and Stripe sparred last week at CB Insights Future of Fintech event about where the industry...
There has been considerable buzz around Facebook’s Libra project and what it means for the monetary systems; fintech companies are...
Acorns Targets Babies With New Custodial Account Capital raises $9M for its AI-based ‘capital as a service’ funding platform for...
In this conversation, we chat with Hany Rashwan – the founder of Amun and 21Shares. Hany built the company that put out the first physically backed crypto Exchange Traded Product (ETP). In simpler terms, he created a vehicle for people to buy crypto assets, such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, on the stock market. Alongside Cathie Wood of ARK, 21Shares recently submitted a Bitcoin ETF to the SEC. While he waits for the US to get on board, Hany's products are already offered all over Europe, with more than $3 billion under management.
More specifically, we touch on his early entrepreneurial mindset which lead him to building successful businesses, how currency devaluation in Egypt pushed him to create 21Shares, what an Exchange Traded Product (ETP) is and how it related to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), the regulatory landscape for crypto-backed ETPs, and so so much more!