Top News In Fintech And Beyond For May 20, 2022

👉 Top Things To Know In TradeFi:

• FTX US adds stock and ETF trading
• Coinbase planning listed derivatives (NASDAQ:COIN)
• Bitso launches new app in Colombia
• Coinbase to start in-house think tank
• Binance hired on former DOJ official
• Abby Johnson - Fidelity’s hiring push
• Crypto.com pushes crypto payments

👉 Top Things To Know In Fintech:

• S&P starts new DeFi strategy group (NYSE:SPGI)
• Atom Bank appointed new tech lead
• Virgin Money rolled SME dashboard
• Kabbage founders start fintech Keep
• Xendit banks $300M in fresh funding
• Babel Finance, FQX launched eNote 
• Peek raises $2.5M to stream leading
• Planto, Cogo hone ESG fintech offer
• Block’s business booms due to BTC (NYSE:SQ) (CRYPTO: BTC)
• Upstart to cut excess loan exposure
• Miami mayor welcoming BNPL Zilch
• BlockTower, Centrifuge team on DeFi
• Plaid expands into ID and fraud tech
• Jack Henry, Array collab on finhealth (NASDAQ:JKHY)
• Check-it choosing Nordigen for tech
• Signs of a crypto VC slowdown seen
• 21Shares enters US Market w/ETPs 
• Visa AI to eliminate pending charges (NYSE:V)
• Elevandi launches FinTech Advisory
• Praxent supports new advisory tech
• PAYSTRAX aims headcount doubling
• Neon will expand after a $300M raise
• Round13 aims crypto, DLT investing
• Tether cut commercial paper holding
• Marqeta adds Evolve, Trust partners (NASDAQ:MQ)
• Digital bank Neon tripled its revenue
• Allegacy, NCR, Google team on data (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG)
• Glue42 has added AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB)
• eCarbon closes initial funding round
• Virtu seeking expansion of RFQ-hub (NASDAQ:VIRT)
• Revolut token to reward users loyalty 
• Sagard NewGen adds Horizon stake
• Square bought old partner GoParrot 

👉 Interesting Reads:

• Benzinga talks VeeCon conference
• ‘The Rock’ to compete with the NFL
• Pimco: Navigating end of bond bull 
• Crypto aims to regenerate the world
• Cathie Wood unpacking inventories
• Barclays - all stablecoins are at risk (NYSE:BCS)
• Investigating rising newborn deaths
• PFL raises & added Alex Rodriguez
• A16z talks building future of gaming
• Sustainability of economic systems
• Ken Griffin decries WFH distraction
• China is in talks w/Russia to buy oil
• Subprime loan delinquency troubles
• China warned over Taiwan situation