The Tearsheet term sheet: The definitive guide to fintech jargon

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Zeitgeist 2022: Tearsheet’s guide to the financial terms nobody understands

• There were a lot of disappointments last year. What never failed us, though, was the financial space's ability to invent new words.
• We've updated our Termsheet for 2022 to help you sound like you know what we're all talking about.

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WTF is social commerce?

• Social commerce is the buying and selling of products on social networking websites and apps.
• The global social commerce industry is expected to balloon to $604.5 billion by 2027.

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WTF is a banking desert?

• Bank deserts exist in areas without banks.
• Access to financial services has a sociological and financial impact on people.

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WTF is stablecoin?

• Stablecoin is a kind of cryptocurrency that’s tied to a reserve asset that helps stabilize its market value.
• Here’s everything you need to know about stablecoin.

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WTF is a SPAC?

• Special Purpose Acquisition Companies go public and use the funds to acquire a company after.
• More investors are becoming fluent in SPAC-speak.