• How to tell whether a fintech app such as Chime is a scam

    PUBLIC DEFENDER

    Brian Livingston

    By Brian Livingston

    We’ve recently seen an explosion of activity in the field of fintech — financial technology — which is causing ripples in the old-school world of banking and Wall Street.

    The most-downloaded fintech app in the first six months of 2021, according to data firm Apptopia, belonged to Chime Financial, Inc., a seven-year-old, San Francisco–based unicorn that’s a darling of Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

    Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.27.0 (2021-07-19).