Fintech News Issue #262 April 2nd, 2020
Podcasts & Videos
How will fintechs survive a new financial crisis?
— via Roll CallFintech Beat sits down with Jonah Crane to discuss how important (or not) is size in surviving the economic slowdown, and whether firms and customers can transition regulatorily and technologically in time to protect themselves.
Top Stories
Coronavirus Drives 72% Rise In Use Of Fintech Apps
— via ForbesThe coronavirus pandemic is resulting in a sharp increase in people using fintech apps.
Microsoft partners Plaid to turn Excel into a fintech app
— via FinextraMicrosoft has teamed up with Plaid to let people automatically import their bank and credit card account data into a new personal finance tool called Money in Excel.
Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says the government can use Square's money-transfer app, Cash App, to send money faster to consumers.
FinTech Articles
Let fintechs make SBA loans
— via American BankerAmerica’s 30 million small businesses are facing an unprecedented challenge as COVID-19 requires people to stay at home, and business owners to shut down to prevent the spread of the virus.
8 New Fintech Ebooks to Read While in Covid-19 Quarantine
— via Fintechnews SwitzlerandThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a global shutdown never seen before.
How Did the Chinese Fintech Industry Respond to COVID-19?
— via Crowdfund InsiderWith the outbreak of the COVID-19, more and more people and groups have joined the fight against it
Cybersecurity: 7 Hidden Risks of Fintech Industry
— via Payments JournalThe fintech services have made a great transformation in terms of market value and are expected to reach nearly 4.8 trillion by the end of 2020.
I didn’t know the COVID-19 situation would happen and hold the economy and our freedom to move, at ransom.
Fintech During The Coronavirus Pandemic: Helping People With Mental Health Conditions Manage Money
— via ForbesThe public seen taking their one period of daily exercise permitted during the coronavirus lockdown at Primrose Hill in London, United Kingdom.
There are 30 million small businesses in America, and in the face of government-ordered quarantines, many are on a death spiral as their revenues approach zero and expenses accumulate.
Whilst the current pandemic induced crisis is yet to reach its peak, and is leaving a trail of personal and economic destruction, we should expect a new landscape to emerge, in many respects, when the dust settles.
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