Shaping the future of finance
Things we’re reading today include … Hackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’ British fintech Revolut slashes AI coding costs 10x by cutting out Claude and going self-hosted Bank of England orders review of Revolut product approvals The Little-Known Chinese Bank in the Middle of Iranian and Russian Money Flows Where…
Things we’re reading today include … Binance says it has recovered 95% of $6.3B North Korean crypto hack North Korean Hackers Stole Billions, the F.B.I. Says. It’s Not Their First Heist North Korea denies being behind $6.3bn Binance crypto hack The Future of Global Payments Is an Operating System Banks must prepare for quantum threat…
Things we’re reading today include … Binance resumes customer withdrawals after record $6.3bn hack Binance hack: Users withdraw $3.6bn after record crypto heist Cloned websites are in the EU’s draft payment rules How the Bank of England’s CBDC Plans Could Reshape Payments How Poland’s Central Bank Is Caught in Political Standoff With PM Donald Tusk…
This week’s main blog discussions include … Is digital making people switch off? For years, we have been told that digital makes everything better by making everything faster, cheaper and easier, and that the ultimate objective should be a world in which we can click here, tap there, buy now, pay later and complete the…
Things we’re reading today include … North Korea Steals USD 6.36 Billion From Binance in the Largest Hack in History Bitcoin market in chaos amid fears Binance crypto exchange has been hit by biggest hack in history Bank of England sets out approach to tokenised collateral in central clearing Lagarde quits European Central Bank ahead…
Things we’re reading today include: Fintech: Europe’s 10 most-funded companies in H1 2026 SoFi earnings breakdown – The fintech bank story heading into 2026 Monzo Opens in Spain in Fintech’s Latest European Expansion Deutsche Bank’s Bankim Chadha on why the firm downgraded tech World Bank Forecasts 23% 2026 Commodity Price Rise Amid Supply Shocks Ahmedabad…
Things we’re reading today include … Meet the crypto executives spending US$56mn on US elections Not Just Oil, US-Iran War Is Hitting Bitcoin Too. What Investors Must Know Six people charged in alleged international cryptocurrency, romance scam Dutch fintech firm Adyen’s revenue tops forecast; trims 2026 margin goal AI cuts some Deutsche Bank corporate loan…
Things we’re reading today include … Artificial intelligence in UK financial services – 2026 | Bank of England – the UK’s central bank Open a second bank account in case of cyber attack, FCA chief warns Ripple Wins U.S. Charter for a National Trust Bank Bank of England orders review of Revolut product approvals, FT…
Things we’re reading today include … HMRC to take money directly from bank accounts of tax dodgers How a Democratic Congress could derail Trump’s bank deregulation agenda Politicians should ‘look at the UK economy as a CEO would’, says Lloyds Bank’s boss Banks lag behind investors on biodiversity Netanyahu rebuked for plan to use crypto…
This week’s main blog discussions include … I can see clearly now the clouds have gone When Google Goes Down, Your Bank Goes Down. Who Is Really in Control? We spent decades worrying about banks being too big to fail. Now we have a handful of technology companies that are too important to fail, and…
