Things worth reading: 23rd July 2021
Things we’re reading today include … Bank of England ‘addicted’ to creating money, say peers Why the Bank of England has its head in the cloud over data security Online banking and gaming services hit by internet outage JPMorgan Becomes The First Big Bank To Give Retail Clients Access To Bitcoin Switzerland’s Largest Bank UBS…
Things worth reading: 22nd July 2021
Things we’re reading today include … Challenger Bank Five-Year Progress Report Why Jack Dorsey’s Square may become the go-to small business bank Capital One Adding 3,000 Tech Staff To Build On Cloud Banking Leadership Challenger bank Revolut bets on travel rebound Yapily raises $51 million for its open banking API by focusing on infrastructure Bank…
Things worth reading: 21st July 2021
Things we’re reading today include: Digital-only banks will nab 6.5 out of 10 digital account openings in pandemic rebound Big banks are getting even bigger, raising alarms in Washington UBS Outshines Wall Street Peers. Now Do It Again Central Bank Digital Currencies Will (Not) Make Bitcoin Obsolete Square launches business bank accounts ANZ’s vision of…
Things worth reading: 20th July 2021
Things we’re reading today include … Australia’s biggest bank promises no one will be kicked out of their home until February 2022 Thousands of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers locked out of their accounts Danske Bank introduces carbon neutral mortgage A scandal cost Brazil billionaire bank CEO his job “I think we’ll see…
Things worth reading: 19th July 2021
Things we’re reading today include … Bunq raises $228m at $1.9bn valuation Bank of America Approves Bitcoin Futures Trading for Some Clients With open banking, the FinTech-SME love story is just beginning Will China’s digital yuan help Hong Kong go cashless? Don’t bank on it Is the Bank of England really hooked on quantitative easing?…
Things worth reading: 16th July 2021
Things we’re reading today include … Fed’s Powell ‘legitimately undecided’ on central bank digital currency Radius, Now LendingClub, Bank Review Digital bank Revolut valued at $33 billion in funding round led by SoftBank and Tiger Global Deutsche Bank’s Spanish mis-selling scandal widens Bank of England ‘addicted’ to creating money, say peers Bank of America and…
Things worth reading: 15th July 2021
Things we’re reading today include … The ECB starts work on creating a digital version of the euro 80 central banks looking at digital currencies Banks on Wall Street report bumper second-quarter profits Cryptocurrencies don’t yet pose a threat to financial stability, Bank of England’s Cunliffe says Bank of England scraps curbs on bank dividends…
Things worth reading: 14th July 2021
Things we’re reading today include … Starling Bank supercharges its marketing with electric car tie-up Europe’s central bank has a plan — now comes the hard part Elon Musk turned down banking to work 120 hour weeks in tech The marketplace where your bank details are on sale for £12 JPMorgan’s investment bank slips by…