Things we're reading today include:
- Third of UK adults use mobile contactless payments at least every month | Evening Standard
- More UK consumers turn to cash in cost-of-living crisis | The Herald
- Santander promises to become 'digital bank with branches' despite closures and profit slump (gbnews.com)
- Temperature Check on 4 Fintech Trends in 2024 - Finovate
- Ferrari extends cryptocurrency payments to European dealers
- BlackRock leads as ether ETFs rack up $100mn on first day of US trading (ft.com)
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...