Daily FinTech Podcast - April 17th, 2022

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Welcome to another episode of our Daily Fintech Podcast.

THE NEWS HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY IS

After an unprecedented run-up, venture funding to Latin American startups fell in the first quarter of this year. Overall, investors put $3.4 billion into funding rounds in Q1 of 2022—down 30 percent from Q4 2021.

JUST IN:

On April 13th, decacorn Brex revealed that it is making a big push into financial software with the release of a new spend management product called Brex Empower. And it’s making the leap with one high-profile customer already signed up — DoorDash.

ALSO:

Dozens of famous faces, including Bruce Willis, Drake and Paris Hilton, have invested in MoonPay, buying into the crypto payments platform's promise of helping celebs reap the benefits of Web3.