Welcome to this week's edition of The Fintech Files. I'm Yolanda Bobeldijk, FN's fintech correspondent, keeping you up-to-date with the latest developments in financial technology and innovation.

Accelerate, decelerate 
Remember Startupbootcamp? In years gone by its fintech accelerator programme was a legitimate way for fintechs to engage with investors and financial institutions. But Fintech Files can reveal that the organisation has now shut its accelerator programmes in London and New York. Why? Because banks aren't willing to pay for an approach that no longer works.