Things we’re reading today include:
- The bank of Starbucks: Coffee retailer has $1.77 billion in unredeemed gift cards - MarketWatch
- Big UK banks need to do more to be ready for potential failure, says Bank of England | Banking | The Guardian
- SEC investigating Wall Street banks over ‘billions’ in lost interest payments (ft.com)
- Revolut alumni forge paths as founders in stealth | Sifted
- France doesn’t have a consumer neobank. That might be about to change. | Sifted
- I'm retiring after 40 years as a fund manager and this is what I've learnt: Richard Buxton on life as a professional investor (msn.com)
- 38 startups have become unicorns so far in 2024: Here's the full list | TechCrunch
- What Google Antitrust Ruling Means For GOOG, Big Tech Competition - Bloomberg
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...