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Things worth reading: 21st April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Britcoin’ not bitcoin? UK considers new digital currency The Bank of 2030: a revolution for customers Starling Bank Valued at £1.4billion Following Goldman Sachs Investment This Under The Radar California Crypto Bank Just Reported Record Earnings China to require financial institutions to move towards green finance – central bank…

Things worth reading: 20th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … The Coming Bank-Bitcoin Boom: Americans Want Cryptocurrency From Their Banks Wall Street banks brace for digital dollars as the next big disruptive force Bank of England to consider digital money plan If the Bank of England launched its own cryptocurrency, what would it mean for Bitcoin? BaFin files insider…

Things worth reading: 19th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … How a typo wiped £3billion from banking giant Barclays Idea of central bank digital currency gains traction among more countries China to expand digital yuan experiments HSBC Top Staff to Hot Desk at HQ as Bank Scraps Executive Floor Major Asian bank says it’s not practical to cut off…

The Finanser’s Week: 12th April 2021- 18th April 2021

This week’s main blog stories include … Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google … Coinbase? I was reflecting, which is dangerous. I was reflecting on my antipathy towards bitcoin as, like most bankers, it appeared to be a bit of a scam with no asset behind it. Then I woke up to what the libertarians have been…

Things worth reading: 16th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Profits at America’s banks are sky-high Challenger bank N26 to offer insurance products Fintech Wise in talks with regulators over direct UK listing From PensionBee to Darktrace, women are making a fortune in a male-dominated world – the Queens of Tech Banking regulators start climate stress tests Citigroup to…

Things worth reading: 15th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Good and Exciting Times for Banks … also Coinbase, Archegos and Citi’s $900 million JPMorgan Profit Soars to Record After Bank Releases Reserves for Bad Loans Trading and investment banking drive jump in Goldman revenues Coinbase Floats All Crypto Boats With Wall Street on Notice Crypto firm Coinbase valued…

Things worth reading: 14th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Bank of America plans to raise $1 trillion for climate action by 2030 Credit and Climate Top Mike Mayo’s Bank Earnings Watchlist The World’s Best Banks 2021: Financiers To The Looming Economic Recovery Bigger Not Always Better for Bank Cyber Risk Scores Five things to watch in US bank…

Things worth reading: 13th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … The war against money-laundering is being lost Why banks are closing their high street branches Deutsche Bank dodges bullets and goes mainstream Security vulnerabilities are common in bank mobile apps Bank of England tops private investors as biggest holder of gilts Change bank capital rules to boost climate action…

Things worth reading: 12th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Woman arrested for refusing to return $1.2million deposited in her bank account by mistake Atom Bank mulls listing via Spac ahead of IPO plans Monetarists fear inflation spiral as Bank of England stokes an economic boom Bank of America commits $1trn to global sustainability initiatives Fears for small firms…

The Finanser’s Week: 5th April 2021- 11th April 2021

This week’s main blogs include … Another view: any start-up that challenges a bank will fail We talk a lot these days about neobanks, challenger banks, bank disrupters, bank disintermediation, banks will fail and such like. I have a contrarian view, for a change, and believe that any start-up that challenges a bank will fail….

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