VISA’s $5.3B Plaid Purchase Gets Canceled; Walmart Launches FinTech Startup; Affirm IPO Affirms Hot Demand in ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’

Weekly FinTech Digest | Week 2

This week (11-15 January) was a week that just kept on giving… From VISA & Plaid getting a no-go for their acquisition to retail giant Walmart announcing a FinTech startup. Also, Affirm IPO has beaten all the expectations and is now worth over $28 billion, while China is rumored to nationalize both Alibaba & Ant Group. And obviously many more super inte…