622. News: Inflation strikes for Amazon sellers and SEON raises for global expansion

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622. News: Inflation strikes for Amazon sellers and SEON raises for global expansion

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Benjamin Ensor and Nicole Perry are joined by some great guests to talk about he most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Amazon adds inflation charges in the US, SEON raises $94m for fraud prevention and first tweet NFT flops at auction. All this and more on today's show!

Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Nicole Perry, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week.

This week's guests include:

  • Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst
  • Bence Jendruszak, Co-founder & COO, SEON

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

  • Amazon is adding a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge - 3:30
  • Fraud prevention fintech SEON raises $94m to expand globally - 14.30
  • US consumer agency sues TransUnion for deceptive marketing - 27:15
  • Decacorn Brex expands into financial services, lands DoorDash as a new customer - 36:55
  • Robinhood revives plans to launch in the UK with deal to buy crypto app Ziglu - 46:00
  • Better.com announces more layoffs, citing mortgage market turbulence - 47:10
  • Nubank secures $650m credit line for expansion in Mexico and Colombia - 48:45
  • NFT of Jack Dorsey's first tweet struggles to sell - 50:15

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Special Guests: Bence Jendruszak and Kate Drew.

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