Financial service companies and fintech startups are continuing to raise funds, hire and are steadily being acquired despite the harsh economic climate created by the COVID-19 pandemic. So reports Crunchbase.

Several of Britain’s top fintechs are racing to plug gaps in the government’s coronavirus relief efforts, namely by executing rapid loans to struggling businesses. So reports CNBC.

Facebook’s controversial cryptocurrency project was given a makeover with the hopes it will now be more alluring to skeptical watchdogs and regulators. So reports Reuters.

Despite a decade of rapid growth, fintech saw a steep drop from 2018 to 2019, according to a recent report from Crunchbase. So reports Vator.