FinTech Newscast

FinTech Newscast


Ep 49 – Goldman Goes Retail and Facebook Goes to Washington

July 20, 2019

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Goldman Sachs is fueling Lendable’s platform with $249 million https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-fuels-alt-lenders-platform-with-249-million-2019-7

Raisin picks up $28M backing from Goldman Sachs https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/16/goldman-sachs-backs-raisin/

Congress Unites to Take Aim at Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/technology/big-tech-antitrust-hearing.html

Facebook privately pitched its cryptocurrency plan last month to regulators. They were left even more scared. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/16/facebook-privately-pitched-its-cryptocurrency-plan-last-month-regulators-they-were-left-even-more-scared/?utm_term=.f88a9a7ceae4

A.I. has a bias problem and that can be a big challenge in cybersecurity https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/17/ai-has-a-bias-problem-that-can-be-a-big-challenge-in-cybersecurity.html