Top Fintech News Stories for August 25, 2021

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

  • Blockstream Raises $210M, Acquires Mining Chip Manufacturer Spondoolies – Coindesk
  • Klarna hits 20m American users – Finextra
  • PitchIt Podcast #17: Antonio Diaz of Dapp – LendIt Fintech
  • Banks’ Poor Use of Data Drives Business Customers to Fintechs – The Financial Brand
  • Visa Buys a CryptoPunk NFT – LendIt Fintech
  • Fiserv strikes up a bevy of new partnerships – Banking Dive
  • Does decentralized finance really help the underbanked? – American Banker
  • ‘The banking pendulum is beginning to swing’: Circle plans to become a national digital currency bank – Tearsheet
  • BBVA’s dynamic security code Aqua card enters LatAm – finLedger
  • Brazilian fintech Cora raises $116M Series B as Tiger Global, Tencent sign on as investors alongside Greenoaks – TechCrunch
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