Things we’re reading today include … Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland down: Mobile app and online banking outages affect millions of customers Aussie bank blasted over plans to close branches and force customers to go online: ‘Devastating’ Millions of Nationwide customers to notice money missing from bank accounts from today Raiffeisen Bank shares tumble…
Things we’re reading today include … Barclays hit by major IT outage on tax deadline day – BBC News Moment customers surge around Barclays’ cash machines for ‘free money’ Barclays says IT glitch that locked people out of their accounts has been resolved | UK News | Sky News Santander boss gives major update on…
This week’s main blog discussions include … Five key impacts of #Brexit five years on Five years ago, on 31 January 2020, the UK left the European Union. BBC Verify, the BBC’s fact checking service, just wrote a really interesting report on the impact. They cite analysis in five key areas: trade, immigration, travel, laws…
Things we’re reading today include … UK fintech jobs market booms Fintech Investment Director At Lloyds Banking Group Highlights Key Financial Technology Trends For 2025 Deutsche Bank profits collapse as German economy reels A message from Christian Sewing on Deutsche Bank’s 2024 results Statistical release: BIS international banking statistics and global liquidity indicators at end-September…
Things we’re reading today include … Trump Media Launches Fintech Brand With Bitcoin and Crypto Focus – Decrypt Donald Trump lashes out at Federal Reserve after central bank keeps rates steady Formance raises $21M to build the AWS for fintech infrastructure | TechCrunch Failed fintech start-up will leave creditors £100m out of pocket The bank…
Things we’re reading today include … Elon Musk’s X partners with Visa to offer digital wallet X is ‘barely breaking even’ as the big banks get antsy over their debt Head of Czech central bank wants it to buy billions of euros in bitcoin Hackers steal $85 million worth of cryptocurrency from Phemex Fintech firm…
Things we’re reading today include … Nvidia shares sink as Chinese AI app DeepSeek spooks US markets – BBC News Bitcoin falls below $98,000 as cryptocurrency market hit by tech stock declines Political interference in central banks risks economic harm, ECB president warns | The Guardian DWP will take money from bank accounts when balance…
Things we’re reading today include … PayPal fined by New York for cybersecurity failures Trump orders crypto working group to draft new regulations, explore national stockpile | Reuters Leak Reveals Musk’s Doge Could Be About To Trigger A Bitcoin-Inspired Price Game-Changer 1 Top Cryptocurrency to Buy Before It Soars 120%, According to a Former Goldman…
This week’s main blog discussions include … Digital Trust: How do you know you are you? For many years now, we have been talking about digital identity. The core is how to prove you are you. You have to be identified, verified, authenticated and approved. You would think with so many layers of monitoring access…
Things we’re reading today include … Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology – The White House Trump Issues Executive Order to Boost Cryptocurrency Industry – The New York Times Trump orders crypto working group to draft new regulations, explore national stockpile | Reuters Davos 2025: Is the cryptocurrency era about to begin? | World…
