Valentine's Day often results in a few breakups and this week saw the 2019 marriage between FIS and Worldpay come to an end as FIS announced they will be spinning off Worldpay Merchant Services. Our quizmaster was back on vocals again but rising prices turned our stomachs more than his singing did!
Here are the links to the stories we spoke about:-
- The news about FIS and Worldpay was picked up by multiple channels
- If you’re a Belieber then you might be interested in this story
- And we can’t disagree with the Wise Guy – chatgpt is just one bit of current technology that is turning us all into suckers
- Admit it – you thought the Olive Oil Times story was fake, didn’t you?
- We almost choked on our breakfast with this one
- The big banks are no longer worried about Fintechs eating their breakfast though
- The CB Insights report referred to in the article is worthwhile downloading for more info
- Has the Wise Guy started a new side hustle?
- Monzo in the news for tracking cyberslacking
- Meanwhile, Interpol are trying to figure out what the metaverse is
- Sam Bankman Fried gets a new friend
- Things are going to pot in Germany
- But that’s not what Fintechs should be worried about as life gets a bit tougher for them in the future
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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...