Things we’re reading today include … X ‘End Goal’ Revealed After Elon Musk Teased A Crypto Payments Bombshell (forbes.com) Crypto Is Anything But Strong Right Now – Bloomberg Gaza’s banks targeted by armed groups (lemonde.fr) Opinion: In Canada, we bank where we buy – The Globe and Mail Investors Were Burned by European Banks for…
This week’s main blog discussions include … There is no next big thing in banking I’ve been trying to think of the next big thing. Someone asked me on a conference call: what’s the next big thing? I’ve always been on top of the next big thing. Whether it’s the metaverse, AI, blockchain, cloud computing…
Things we’re reading today include … Nearly 200,000 people have signed petition to stop bank spying powers — Big Brother Watch Government could snoop on Landlords’ bank accounts … (landlordtoday.co.uk) Goldman Sachs removes bankers’ bonus limit – BBC News Deutsche Bank Plans to Double Assets in Southeast Asia, Middle East in 5 Years – Bloomberg…
Things we’re reading today include … Jack Dorsey’s Block is under investigation by US Prosecutors for crypto lapses, says NBC (fxstreet.com) Reporting on Crypto-Assets – why you need to act now on CARF! | UK Finance Nearly 500 Fintech deals were completed in Q1 (digit.fyi) FinTech Australia and Thai Fintech Association Partner to Unleash Growth…
Things we’re reading today include … Meet Froda, the unique morph between a tech company and a bank – Maddyness UK Statistical release: BIS international banking statistics and global liquidity indicators at end-December 2023 Royal Bank of Scotland and its sad, sad tale of hopes dashed | The Herald (heraldscotland.com) 3-year-old British fintech Abound becomes…
Things we’re reading today include … HSBC CEO Noel Quinn to Retire in Surprise Announcement – Bloomberg Starling Bank’s SaaS business can be bigger than the bank, says its boss, who has no ambitions to be a future Starling CEO – Tech.eu SoFi reports strong Q1 revenue and profits | Fintech Nexus Top 10 fintech…
Things we’re reading today include … Stripe’s big changes, Brazil’s newest fintech unicorn and the tale of a startup shutdown | TechCrunch Digital bank Monzo expands fundraising to £500m in deal with top tech investor | Business News | Sky News Volt: Meet the fintech taking on Visa and Mastercard’s duopoly (cityam.com) Capital levels are…
This week’s main blog discussions include … I just debanked my bank … before they debanked me There’s a huge furore in Britain about debanking: the process where a bank says we cannot trust you anymore so get lost. It happened to Nigel Farage, a high profile figure, and now it’s happened to me. What…
Things we’re reading today include … Consensys sues SEC over Ethereum crackdown (crypto.news) Stripe Brings Back Cryptocurrency Payments Via Circle’s USDC Stablecoin (coindesk.com) Enhancing fintech programs, empowering innovation | Mastercard Newsroom Walmart-backed fintech One launches ‘buy now, pay later’ services, source says | Reuters Deutsche Bank first-quarter 2024 earnings (cnbc.com) “This way for modern banking”:…
Things we’re reading today include … JPMorgan in U.S-Russia sanctions war after overseas court orders $440M seized from bank (cnbc.com) Chase Bank down as customers say app signing them out and website crashes blocking them from cash – Mirror Online Barclays profit falls as mortgage lending and investment bank squeezed | Evening Standard Swiss National…
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