Thiel Leads $52M Round in BitPanda; Amazon Debuts Hand-Scan Payments; Square Launches QR Codes

Weekly FinTech Digest | Week 40

Last week (28 September - 2 October) was yet another interesting week in FinTech this year. Crypto-trading firm BitPanda has raised $52 million in its first funding round, led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures, Cloud-based digital banking technology vendor Alkami has raised $140 million in a funding round led by D1 Capital Partners, Amazon launched Amazon…