This week's Monday Brief: Plaid's curious expansion; and Maersk's big blockchain win.
Lessons from the rise, fall and rebirth of blockchain-consortia efforts at transforming trade finance.
VC Aileen Lee, who invented the term 'unicorn', reviews a decade of growth and predicts a new boom.
Fintech founders say Salt Edge's new report shows the dangers if banks treat APIs as a compliance exercise.
The firm brings aboard Frank Troise to extend deal-making to Asia, starting with virtual banks.
DigFin’s entirely subjective review of recent pitches by fintech startups.
Banks are creating barriers for fintechs to access data, but they impede open banking at their own risk, fintechs are getting their data anyway.
How a Hong Kong fintech’s elevator pitch led to connecting Hong Kong consumers to overseas banks.