Category: FinTech

  • Did John Pierpont Morgan sink the Titanic?

    It’s Valentine’s Day. A day full of love. A day that makes me think of the film Titanic, which tells the love story of Jack and Rose and the greatest ship disaster in history. But then it also raises a question: was the iceberg the issue? Just for Valentine’s Day, here is a different version……

  • Did John Pierpont Morgan sink the Titanic?

    It’s Valentine’s Day. A day full of love. A day that makes me think of the film Titanic, which tells the love story of Jack and Rose and the greatest ship disaster in history. But then it also raises a question: was the iceberg the issue? Just for Valentine’s Day, here is a different version……

  • Did John Pierpont Morgan sink the Titanic?

    It’s Valentine’s Day. A day full of love. A day that makes me think of the film Titanic, which tells the love story of Jack and Rose and the greatest ship disaster in history. But then it also raises a question: was the iceberg the issue? Just for Valentine’s Day, here is a different version……

  • Did John Pierpont Morgan sink the Titanic?

    It’s Valentine’s Day. A day full of love. A day that makes me think of the film Titanic, which tells the love story of Jack and Rose and the greatest ship disaster in history. But then it also raises a question: was the iceberg the issue? Just for Valentine’s Day, here is a different version……

  • Did John Pierpont Morgan sink the Titanic?

    It’s Valentine’s Day. A day full of love. A day that makes me think of the film Titanic, which tells the love story of Jack and Rose and the greatest ship disaster in history. But then it also raises a question: was the iceberg the issue? Just for Valentine’s Day, here is a different version……

  • Ghanaian fintech Affinity bags $8M to scale digital banking in a mobile money-driven market

    Africa’s top digital banking platforms typically come from high-growth, populous markets like Nigeria, South Africa, and Egypt. But Affinity Africa, an upstart from Ghana, wants to join the conversation. The startup has raised $8 million in seed funding to expand its financial products further across the country, where mobile money is the dominant financial tool.…

  • Sheel Mohnot says the fintech market is ‘hot again’

    “The fintech market is hot again,” said Sheel Mohnot, fintech investor and founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV). “And we are going to see some more exits in the near future.”  According to recent reports, fintech funding is on the rise, with global investment hitting $60 billion in the first half of the year alone,…

  • Stripe mulls employee shareholder sale at $85B-plus valuation

    Stripe is in talks for another shareholder sale that could value the company at “at least” $85 billion, according to multiple reports and a source familiar with the matter. The Information first reported the news that the payments infrastructure giant is working to sell employee-owned stocks. The move would help workers gain some liquidity as…

  • VC Sheel Mohnot talks about Twitter fame, fintech, and the truth about AI startups

    If you follow fintech on X, it’s very likely that you have come across the account of Sheel Mohnot, co-founder and general partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures. With over 150,000 followers, Mohnot has built an impressive presence on the social media site. Interestingly, many of his posts have nothing to do with venture capital. Mohnot…

  • Will AI replace McKinsey?

    I shared a post the other day by Usman Sheikh, a serial investor based in Dubai. The post is asking the question whether AI can replace consultants although, to be more pointed, specifically McKinsey. How could that happen? McKinsey have the best and brightest minds in the world: they only hire graduates at the top of……