Things we're reading today include ...
- What would Google do to reboot banking?
- Norway is the world’s most cashless country – but its central bank isn’t keen on bitcoin
- Wall Street banks diverge in views on bitcoin boom
- Bank lending to fossil fuel industry down 9% in COVID-hit year
- Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser calls for Zoom-Free Fridays
- David Cameron lobbied Bank of England to help finance firm where he worked
- ClearBank: Third of fintechs face regulatory scrutiny due to agency banking partners
And a special: McKinsey report on payments, issue 31, including:
- US digital payments: Achieving the next phase of consumer engagement
- The future of payments is frictionless-now more than ever
- Reimagining transaction banking with B2B APIs
- Building a successful payments system
- A strategy for a new normal in European payments: An interview with Worldline CEO Gilles Grapinet
- Banking utilities: Succeeding amidst acceleration
- European consumer finance: Moving to a “next normal”
- How the COVID-19 crisis may affect electronic payments in Africa
Chris M Skinner
Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, TheFinanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal's Financial News. To learn more click here...