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Things worth reading: 16th January 2025

Things we’re reading today include … Cryptocurrency Growth Outpaces Mobile Phones and the Internet Klarna and Stripe strengthen partnership Trump’s new SEC leadership poised to kick start crypto overhaul, sources say | Reuters The Bank of England’s new approach to bank stress testing – speech | Bank of England Europe: largest banks by market cap…

Things worth reading: 15th January 2025

Things we’re reading today include … Trump’s plan for a strategic bitcoin reserve could trigger a crypto ‘arms race’ and reshape the global economic order UK fintech warned against complacency as investment drops – The Banker Bank of England and NYDFS swap staff with expertise in emerging payments and digital assets Bank of England plans…

Things worth reading: 14th January 2025

Things we’re reading today include … Binance Faces US Class Action Lawsuit After Supreme Court Rejects Appeal – Fintech Singapore Looking to Buy PayPal in 2025? Here’s the Fintech Stock’s Secret Weapon. | The Motley Fool Big Tech’s Big Bet on Trump – The New York Times Report: Donald Trump to Issue Crypto Executive Order…

Things worth reading: 13th January 2025

Things we’re reading today include … Whale frenzy: 1 billion XRP accumulated in 48 hours means THIS for price! – AMBCrypto Lloyds bankers could face bonus cut if not in office two days a week | Lloyds Banking Group | The Guardian ‘Of course I remember the bank strikes,’ my mother says. ‘Your dad took…

The Finanser’s Week: 23rd December 2024 – 12th January 2025

This week’s main blog discussions are all about 2025 and what people predict … The World in 2025 Welcome to 2025! As usual, at the start of the year, there are a whole raft of predictions as to what will happen. I used to write my own personal predictions and review them at the end…

Things worth reading: 10th January 2025

Things we’re reading today include … UK fintech funding races ahead of Europe European fintech funding tumbles in 2024 amid geopolitical instability – Tech.eu Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland makes HUGE change in bank branches | The Sun Six big US banks quit net zero alliance before Trump inauguration | The Guardian Bank of…

Things worth reading: 7th January 2025

Things we’re reading today include … Why US Banks are Leaving the Net Zero Banking Alliance ‘X Money’ Leak Reveals Elon Musk’s Game-Changing Plan As Bitcoin Nears $100,000 Price Trump’s Wall Street accident waiting to happen Making of the most connected bank in Bangladesh PSD3’s Global Reach Brings US Firms New Challenges Fintech Sector in…

Things worth reading: 6th January 2025

Things we’re reading today include: ‘Trump bump’ adds almost $2 trillion to crypto market EU crypto regulation MiCA comes fully into force FinTech Ad Spending Climbs 45% in Last 3 Years Shawbrook aims to kickstart London IPO market with £2bn float The banking system’s net zero reckoning Investment banks prepare for 2025 crunch More records…

The Finanser’s Week: 16th December – 22nd December 2024

This week’s main blog discussions include … The Top Ten Blog Posts for 2024 2024 has been a bumper year for this blog. According to Google Analytics, the blog has 175,000 active users, an increase of 30% over 2023, with near 300,000 views and a million interactions and so, as usual, I share the most…

The Top Ten Blog Posts of 2024

2024 has been a bumper year for this blog. According to Google Analytics, the blog has 175,000 active users, an increase of 30% over 2023, with near 300,000 views and a million interactions and so, as usual, I share the most read blog entries at the end of the year. Here are the Top 10…

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