Benzinga | Oct 28, 2021 05:25PM EDT

Fintech Focus For October 29, 2021

Quote To Start The Day: "There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else."

Source: Sam Walton

One Big Thing In Fintech: Voyager Digital (OTC:VYGVF), one of the fastest-growing, publicly-traded cryptocurrency platforms in the United States, today announced a $75 million investment from Alameda Research ("Alameda").

Source: Voyager

Other Key Fintech Developments:

* Matt Damon in crypto campaign.

* Flutterwave adds passageways.

* AmEx added to digital checking. (NYSE:AXP)

* Clio has unveiled payments tech.

* Confluence added new solution.

* Visa invested in Deserve fintech. (NYSE:V)

* LiquidityBook launches product.

* Mesh intros SaaS for payments.

* CoinList added $100M funding.

* BBVA, 500 Global created tech. (NYSE:BBVA)

* CAPEX.com introduces QuantX.

* Cion no longer in stealth mode.

* Klarna, Stripe are partnering up.

* Ondato secured seed fundings.

* Quicknode adds $35M Series A.

* Circle looks to more compliance.

* MOEX added stocks, fast data.

* Companies competing on BNPL.

* Washington National, FIS team.

* SkyBridge offers Kraken equity.

* Anchorage surpasses $2B value.

* Umbrella launches on Polygon.

* Wells Fargo hones digital offer. (NYSE:WFC)

Watch Out For This: An exchange-traded fund (ETF) that shorts the price of Bitcoin futures contracts might soon be available on Wall Street.

Source: Decrypt

Interesting Reads:

* Stripe targeting carbon removal.

* TikTok tests tipping functionality.

* India fortifies borders with China.

* AI spyware taking over schools.

* Facebook changes name, ticker.

Market Moving Headline: Amazon Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares dropped more than 4% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported weaker-than-expected results for the third quarter and delivered disappointing guidance for the critical holiday period.

Source: CNBC