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Fintech Business Weekly
fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com · Group blog · on HN since 2020
A Substack newsletter covering fintech news, including banking-as-a-service, regulation, sanctions issues and bank charters.
What HN saysHN commenters recommend it for fintech news and link its posts on partner bank scrutiny, regulatory risk and a startup's bankruptcy troubles.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Kontigo: Y Combinator's Venezuelan Sanctions Evasion Startup2 people · 4 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 2Evolves problematic partners bankruptcies2 people · first shared 2023
- 3Mercury's High Risk, High Rewards Strategy Runs into Regulatory Reality1 people · 22 points · first shared 2025 · 12 comments on HN
- 4Goldman Sachs Launches APIs for Banking-as-a-Service1 people · 4 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 556% of Unbanked Americans Don't Want a Bank Account1 people · 3 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 6Trust Me: Wise, Circle, Ripple Seek Bank Charters, Fed Master Account Access1 people · 3 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 7Everything You Wanted to Know About POS Lending vs. BNPL1 people · 3 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 8As Regulatory Scrutiny of BaaS Grows, Rumors Swirl1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 9What Will Happen to the 6k US Small Local Banks?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 10How are US consumers using fintech apps?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 11Borrowers from “fintech” lenders are more likely to default1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 12How Would a Biden Presidency Impact Fintech?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 13Solid fintech platform faked revenue numbers1 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 14Fidelity Blocking Plaid – Prioritizing Spin Off Competitor1 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 15Is Synapse's Meltdown Fintech's FTX Moment?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
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rmesters · 2021-05-27
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willmadden · 2023-03-09
Not to spread FUD, but a friend of mine shared this with me some time ago. It's a good article. I suggest reading it.
https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/p/evolves-problematic-partn…
healsjnr1 · 2022-09-14
I think this is very relevant: https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/p/with-blue-ridges-occ-agre…
TL;DR my understanding is that if you host a banking API you are going to get a lot of scrutiny on who your customers are.
And you can expect an increasing level of compliance regulations heading your way to help regulate and prevent the problems described in the parent.