Things worth reading: 19th March 2021
Things we’re reading today include … Bank of America Sees DeFi ‘Potentially More Disruptive Than Bitcoin’ HSBC in Talks to Sell French Retail Bank to Cerberus Singapore bank turns on face verification at ATMs Deutsche Bank investment bank revenues to swell by 20% in first quarter Bank of England keeps policy unchanged and follows Fed…
Things worth reading: 18th March 2021
Things we’re reading today include: Morgan Stanley becomes first major U.S. bank to offer clients access to bitcoin funds Bank of America slams ‘volatile’ and ‘impractical’ bitcoin Investors warm to Lending Club, the fintech that became a bank Commonwealth Bank launches buy-now-pay-later product in a bid to capture more Millennial spenders Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank Face…
Things worth reading: 16th March 2021
Things we’re reading today include: What would Google do to reboot banking? JPMorgan Staff Said A $1.1 Billion Deal Might Be Corrupt. The Bank Sent The Money Anyway. Goldman, Citi Lead U.S. Banks Plowing Billions Into China Britain’s NatWest bank faces money laundering charges Bank governor under fire for role in NatWest scandal UK’s GDP…
Things worth reading: 16th March 2021
Things we’re reading today include … UK’s economic recovery may be quicker than forecast – Bank of England Problems mount for Bank of England governor after weathering Covid storm Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey defends himself over scandal Why the Reserve Bank and the federal government don’t see eye to eye on Australia’s coronavirus…
Things worth reading: 15th March 2021
Things we’re reading today include … How Do You Take 1.3 Billion People to the Bank? Bank governor under fire for role in RBS scandal Interview: Patrick Collison, co-founder and CEO of Stripe HSBC taps Google Cloud for call centre AI Top Four Digital Trends for the Next Five Years Coins can inspire people to…
The Finanser’s Week: 8th March 2021- 14th March 2021
The main blogs of this week were: WTF is an NFT? Watching the mainstream news show the other day, it finished with an item about NFTs, non-fungible tokens. It’s not the sort of thing that I would have expected most pensioners sitting having their night-time cup of cocoa watching the news would expect to see…
Things worth reading: 12th March 2021
Things we’re reading today include … Atom Bank valuation halves as it finalises £40m fundraising European Central Bank to Step Up Stimulus to Keep Borrowing Costs Low China’s government is cracking down on fintech Suspense builds on Wall Street over expiring Covid relief for big banks Bank of America believes this is the big turning…
Things worth reading: 11th March 2021
Things we’re reading today include … A digital euro won’t be “kryptonite for crypto” Deutsche Bank Rising Trader Bonuses Anger Lesser-Paid Staff Big U.S. Banks May Curb Lending to Fossil Fuel Companies SoFi Is Buying a Community Lender to Speed Up Banking Expansion Cheese raises $3.6m for its digital bank aimed at the Asian-American community…
Things worth reading: 10th March 2021
Things we’re reading today include … Bank reveals the scams causing biggest total customer losses during pandemic Less regulation means more business for the City, right? It’s not that simple | Dan Davies UK overseas territories top list of world’s leading tax havens Money launderers ‘prey on generation Covid’ Barclays Plans to Cut Around 60…