Top Fintech News Stories for June 15, 2021

Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today:

  • Kabbage Adds Digital Checking to Platform – CrowdFund Insider
  • VCs boost investment in Black- and Latinx-owned fintechs – American Banker
  • When Will Amazon Offer A Checking Account? – Forbes
  • The Lend Academy P2P Forum is Now Being Run by deBanked – LendAcademy
  • Chime Leads U.S. Neobanks With Aspiration and Current on Its Heels – The Financial Brand
  • On approval from OCC, payments platform Adyen lands bank charter – finLedger
  • Goldman Sachs just tapped Stephen Scherr’s chief of staff to serve as CFO of its consumer business. Read the full memo announcing the promotion. – Business Insider
  • Why a high-cost consumer lender is buying a tiny Utah bank – American Banker
  • The drive to be a digital-native bank – The Finanser
  • Bitcoin Republic – Forbes
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