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☆ Fintech VCs are readying their checkbooks as cash-strapped startup founders run out of options
  + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Fintech funding has been on a decline from 2021's peak levels, but VCs see signs of a rebound. VCs are itching to get back to dealmaking as they see early signs of a rebound in the fintech industry. Cash-strapped founders who didn't want to fundraise in a down market and get valuations slashed are running out of options and time. They dominated the fintech market in the past several years, but the shine is wearing off, Shriner said. Fintech VCs will get to spend more time on due diligence, looking beyond so-called "vanity metrics," Fernandez said.
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☆ Banks vs. Fintechs: Why all the billions in the world can't help Wall Street crush its digital rivals
  + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Bianca Chan | Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +15 min
To compete, banks have written fat checks to acquire fintechs — tech, talent, and all. But on Wall Street, old habits die hard, and Goldman has struggled to make Marcus, a big fintech bet, a success. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Wall Street leaders have been at the helm of a push to get their employees back to their desks. It's more that the very things that make Wall Street, well, Wall Street are preventing it from embracing the ethos of Silicon Valley. And perhaps, for Wall Street, that's the moral of the story.
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