RIP Tina Turner – she might not have been the first to sing “Simply The Best” but she certainly was one of the greatest artists of all time in our books. Another great lady to hit the headlines this week was “The Darling of Starling” – Anne Boden, who announced she will be stepping down as CEO after achieving record profits.
In other news, Klarna made a surprising change this week too.
Links to the stuff we spoke about:-
- Klarna made a bold move and calls on other providers of credit to consider doing something similar
- WeWork stock dropped nearly 25% – we didn’t know they were still a thing, did you?
- Newchip files for Chapter 11
- Who will replace the Darling of Starling as CEO?
- Will N26 ever be able to IPO?
- It will be interesting to see what the lawsuit against HSBC brings to light given the rumours around SVB employees
- We wish the CFO of Wise a full recovery – but the market didn’t react well to the news of the CEO taking some time out at the same time
- Some astonishing stats in the banner on this page from Andreessen Horowitz about American healthcare
- Crypto and drugs ………
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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...
