I recently did a podcast and webinar with the Institute for International Finance (IIF). The timing was great because they’ve just produced a set of three reports about digital transformation in partnership with Deloitte. I can thoroughly recommend the three reports so here they are: Realizing the Digital Promise: Part …

Things we’re reading today include: Fintechs distance themselves from Wirecard Barnier rejects UK bid to preserve City’s rights via trade deal Coronavirus: How lockdown has affected my money Coronavirus: UK economy hit by worst contraction in 41 years UK on track for V-shaped recovery, says Bank of England economist The …

During my MoneyBox interview about Wirecard (see end of this blog), Paul asked me the question: how could this happen again? What’s next? And I said, we learn from our mistakes. Progress never stops. Wirecard won’t shut down FinTech. It will amend it. This means this is not the end …

Things we’re reading today include … City executives lead corporate governance drive Wirecard: Financial watchdog lifts restrictions on payments Santander set to hire William Vereker as UK chairman Digital payments rules must be updated now Coronavirus: A visual guide to the economic impact Has CMA been put back in its …

Things we’re reading today include … Fed puts restrictions on bank dividends after test finds some banks could be stressed in pandemic Deutsche Bank interns complain of cancellations on legal issues EY prepares for backlash over Wirecard scandal Four killed after gunmen attack Pakistan Stock Exchange Economic recovery hinges on …

Some of us are old enough to remember Arthur Anderson and Enron, a mixture of two companies that created an accounting mess bigger than any seen before in corporate history. That was until Ernst & Young (EY) and Wirecard. Interestingly, there have been many auditing mess ups in the past …

The main blog headlines are … Is FinTech getting it wrong? Focus on needs and wants A friend of mine, Alessandro Hatami, wrote an interesting piece on Sifted that I shared in my news yesterday. He claims that neobanks like Monzo and Starling are not reinventing banking at all. They’re …

Another day and another headline about Wirecard: ‘The money’s gone’: Wirecard collapses owing $4 billion Wirecard’s Missing Billions Forces Out CEO, Panics Lenders Wirecard: Former boss arrested over €1.9bn scandal How Wirecard fooled most of the people all of the time Inside Wirecard EY failed to ask for Wirecard bank …

Things we’re reading today include … US Treasury sent $1.4bn of pandemic aid to dead people The IMF downgrades its global growth forecasts How Wirecard fooled most of the people all of the time Reserve Bank warns of 25% GDP loss by 2100 unless action taken on climate change Inside …

There are lots of ways in which FinTech is changing the world, and the one we love to discuss the most is financial inclusion. The figures stun me. Over a billion people have been banked in the last decade, according to the World Bank. 69 percent of adults – 3.8 …

Things we’re reading today include … Zopa granted full banking licence Bank staff accused of ‘interrogating’ and turning away pensioners who travelled miles, claiming their visits weren’t essential Britain nearly went bust in March, says Bank of England 3 APIs That Could Revolutionize Banking Banks: back to the office SoftBank: …

A friend of mine, Alessandro Hatami, wrote an interesting piece on Sifted that I shared in my news yesterday. He claims that neobanks like Monzo and Starling are not reinventing banking at all. They’re just modifying and improving it. Alessandro then goes on to cite the key things that banking …

Things we’re reading today include … Wirecard: Former boss arrested over €1.9bn scandal Twitter apologises for business data breach White household income in UK 63% higher than black households, ONS finds ‘You can’t pay cash here’: how our newly cashless society harms the most vulnerable New Zealand seizes £72m of …

Forbes just launched a list of the world’s best banks, based upon a survey of over 40,000 consumers in partnership with Statista. I’m always wary of such surveys as, like influencer lists, they often reflect the world they want and miss a lot of what’s really happening. Nevertheless, there are some …

Things we’re reading today include: Dear Monzo, Starling and co; We’re still a long way off the perfect neobank Wirecard crisis looms large over Europe’s fintechs How banks are planning to bring staff back to the office Big tech expected to shake up wealth management industry The new face at …