Top News In Fintech And Beyond For March 18, 2022

👉 Top Things To Know In TradeFi

• Cboe innovates, intros nano S&Ps. (BATS:CBOE)
• EQONEX, Bifinity grow partnership.
• Robinhood works on stock lending. (NASDAQ:HOOD)
• Ondato has teamed up with STEX.
• SIX, LMAX to launch crypto futures.
• Raiz Invest partnered with Pokitpal.
• Turbo FinTech launches crypto bot.
• Aquis takes over UBS FTF Limited. (NYSE:UBS)
• Lime Financial empowering traders.
• CEX.IO awarded for DeFi platform.
• Voyager selling point: better prices. (OTC:VYGVF)
• MarketAxess intros tradable index.

👉 Top Things To Know In Fintech 

• Mass Fintech Hub shows schedule.
• Treehouse adds $18M seed round.
• Jack Henry signing on three banks. (NASDAQ:JKHY)
• Bridgit raises $7.7M for BNPL offer.
• Zappix is extending reach in fintech.
• Stripe got deal with Blockchain.com. 
• Block Earner securing $6.4M seed.
• Private markets eye electric trading.
• Baselane intros a banking platform.
• Ripple honing developer initiatives. (CRYPTO: XRP)
• Policygenius adds $125M in round.
• Payrails adds $6.4M in seed round.
• DTCC unveiled ITP Data Analytics.
• TrueLayer appointed Amazon exec.
• InvestorLink helping out w/offerings.
• Acasa secures $4.7M for proptech.
• PayPal helps get money to Ukraine. (NASDAQ:PYPL)
• Mina team taps FTX+more for cash.
• Block joins $41M funding for Kyash.

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• M. Levine: Nickel can’t find a price.
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• Ford is shipping cars without parts. (NYSE:F)

🔦 Spotlight: The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage exceeded four percent for the first time since May of 2019.

Source: FreddieMac