All articles by Eric Johansson

The UK going cashless won’t leave people behind – YouLend boss

The UK is thundering towards becoming a cashless society. While this might be great for SMEs, people fear it may leave people behind

African fintechs enjoy record funding but market volatility could stop the party

The African fintech industry faces numerous challenges, but market stakeholders are still bullish about its future.

African fintechs enjoy record funding, but market volatility could stop the party

A perfect storm of market volatility, red tape and poor infrastructure threatens to pop the African fintech bubble

Criminals use Meta sites and Telegram in crypto scams

Over 46,000 victims have lost $1.1bn in crypto scams since the start of 2021. The FTC singles out Meta and Telegram sites as popular breeding grounds for fraudsters.

CTO Talk: Q&A with Sergej V. of Kernolab

The Kernolab CTO reveals what people get wrong with embedded finance and why it’s suddenly become all the rage in fintech circles

Revolut’s embedded finance partner Modulr bags $108m in Series C

Modulr taps General Atlantic for Series C as competition in embedded finance heats up and fintech funding dries up

Why the fintech industry should be worried

“Google for law” startup LawAdvisor scores $5m investment

Google Maps founder among angel investors backing LawAdvisor’s seed round

Why the fintech industry should be worried

Investment is cooling down, startups are firing hundreds of employees, and fintech stocks are dropping.

Bitstamp CEO is out after short term in charge

Bitstamp has a new CEO, barely 18 months after Julian Sawyer took on the role