405. News: Is the fintech M&A bubble about to burst?

Mar 2, 2020

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Will White is in New York and joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include:

Jon Zanoff - Managing Director, TechStars
Adam Granoff - Senior Vice President of Digital Payments, Mastercard
Hayden Field - Associate Editor, Entrepreneur Magazine
Edwina Johnson - Chief Operating Officer, Alloy

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

Intuit to buy Credit Karma for $7.1 billion (01:36)
JPMorgan in talks for UK digital bank (09:48)
Monzo introduces new credit score tool (18:21)
Morgan Stanley to buy E-Trade (23:54)
Grab raises money amid Gojek merger rumours (30:59)
Revolut achieves $5.5 billion valuation (35:33)
From hole-in-the-wall to hotspot (44:48)

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Special Guests: Adam Granoff , Edwina Johnson , Hayden Field, and Jon Zanoff.