Top Fintech News Stories for February 17, 2021

Here are the top news stories from our daily newsletter today:

  • Buy Now, Pay Later Isn’t Winner Take All – The Wall Street Journal
  • How Apple Pay Helps ‘Cheat’ Banks Out Of $250 Billion In Payments – Forbes
  • Virtual control: the agenda behind China’s new digital currency – The Financial Times
  • Morgan Stanley creates bot that does junior analysts’ work — faster – American Banker
  • Is ‘Clubhouse’ The Next Social Media Platform for Financial Marketers? – The Financial Brand
  • SeedFi closes on $65M to help financially struggling Americans get ahead – TechCrunch
  • Here Comes the Virtual Real Estate Boom – CoinDesk
  • Venmo Credit Card Now Available to All Eligible App Users – NerdWallet
  • Old Guard vs. Vanguard: Banks, FinTechs, Big Tech Duke It Out Over Digital-First – PYMNTS
  • Podcast: How this bank’s digital brand is succeeding where others have failed – American Banker
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