Things we're reading today include:
- Is crypto to blame for Hamas? | Fortune Crypto
- Investors Prefer Market-Based Security For Crypto To Legal Protections (forbes.com)
- Ascend Money becomes Thailand’s FinTech unicorn with $150m funding (ibsintelligence.com)
- Jes Staley's City ban is a seismic event for UK financial services - here's why | Business News | Sky News
- Trump Deceived Deutsche Bank, Former Exec Testifies – Mother Jones
- Why Metro Bank 'got caught in the trap of its own ambitions' - Business Live (business-live.co.uk)
- Metro Bank’s problems are not yet over - The Banker
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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...