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Things worth reading: 14th December 2021

Things we’re reading today include … The Top 5 Trends In Fintech And Banking For 2022 The return of inflation: crunch time for the European Central Bank NatWest fined £265m after bin bags of cash laundered TSB urged to pull plug on Cheshire bank branch closure plan Access to Banking Services Is Key Pillar of…

Things worth reading: 13th December 2021

Things we’re reading today include … World Bank under fire for being ‘missing in action’ on climate change Banks plan 50-YEAR home loans This Digital Bank Is Designed for the LGBTQ+ Community Macquarie ramps up digital push with rapid bank accounts Task force to tackle explosion in financial and banking crimes is being prepared by…

The Finanser’s Week: 6th December 2021- 12th December 2021

This week’s blog discussions included … What will happen with crypto next? I had a friend who bought a load of bitcoin for around $10 each and then sold them to buy a house. If he had kept them, he could have ten houses today. I have another friend who invested heavily in ETH, the…

Things worth reading: 10th December 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Customers ‘cut adrift’ as 99 bank branches close a month DoJ notifies Deutsche Bank it may have violated US criminal settlement Two key questions for the European Central Bank The evolution of banking and fintech partnerships Bitcoin ‘founder’ Craig Wright wins battle to keep his crypto billions Shares Of…

Things worth reading: 9th December 2021

Things we’re reading today include … French ‘super app’ Lydia raises $100m becoming latest European fintech unicorn, plots 10 million users by 2025 Fintech Unicorn Tipalti Increases Valuation to $8.3B after Series F Funding Danish fintech firm Pleo raises another $200 mln at $4.7 bln valuation Crypto executives urge light touch as Congress mulls new…

Things worth reading: 8th December 2021

Things we’re reading today include: Fintech boss fires 900 staff on one Zoom call OCC Nominee Omarova Withdraws From Bank Regulator Consideration ‘An enormous opportunity’: Coalition to consult on a central bank digital currency The Bank of England should beware the lure of digital currency ‘Welcome back to local banking’: TSB has shut 411 of…

Things worth reading: 7th December 2021

Things we’re reading today include … 7 Tech Trends that will Change the Fintech Industry in 2022 5 notable FinTech funding rounds of 2021 in the Americas Crypto: definitely not a pyramid scheme Why is crypto down today? U.S. bank regulator urges vigilance as ransomware attacks on the rise Bank deputy expects UK inflation ‘comfortably’…

Things worth reading: 6th December 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Fintech’s Fraud Problem: Why Some Merchants Are Shunning Digital Bank Cards Singapore suspends crypto exchange over row with K-pop band BTS Major bank boss’ pay could be linked to climate targets Former TSB Bank CEO Pester Backing Fintech Startup World’s oldest bank haunts Mario Draghi Is this the future…

The Finanser’s Week: 29th November 2021- 5th December 2021

This week’s main blog discussions included … Twas the Night before Cryptmas As it is almost Christmas, I felt it necessary to rewrite the classic poem Twas the Night before Christmas. My version is Twas the Night before Cryptmas. Twas the Night before Cryptmas Twas the night before Cryptmas, when all through the net Not…

Things worth reading: 3rd December 2021

Things we’re reading today include … David Marcus, the lead on Diem (Libra) for Meta (Facebook), leaves Fintech founder predicts the biggest 4 banks will be worth ‘less than $100 billion’ in 5 years ‘It’s going to be very obvious that every bank needs to become a crypto bank,’ says CEO of bank Bank of…

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