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Things worth reading: 12th August 2024

Things we’re reading today include: Why a billionaire financier went to war with Britain’s rarest newt (msn.com) CFTC orders FTX to pay customers $12.7 billion (finextra.com) ClearBank secures Dutch banking license (finextra.com) ‘Stupidity of these people’: Trump team mocked after admitting falling for ‘phishing’ scam (msn.com) How the world’s oldest bank brought a city to…

The Finanser’s Week: 5th August – 12th August 2024

This week’s main blog discussions include … Does the US Presidential race hinge on crypto? I don’t like blogs on a Saturday – we should be relaxing – but this X update from one of the Winklevoss twins (Tyler) caught my eye and so I just thought I would leave it here. Here’s what Tyler…

Things worth reading: 9th August 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Barclays becomes first UK bank to lift cap on bonuses | Barclays | The Guardian Goldman Sachs CIO on How the Bank Is Actually Using AI – Bloomberg Russia legalizes Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining (cointelegraph.com) What Is Bitcoin’s Layer 2 Full Potential? – TheStreet Crypto-Friendly Bank Ordered by U.S….

Things worth reading: 8th August 2024

Things we’re reading today include … “Terrifying” deepfake video alert – Santander warns fraudsters will use AI | Express.co.uk UK fintech investment hits $7.3bn in H1 2024 – almost triple the amount during H1 2023 – The Accountant (theaccountant-online.com) Piling on capital isn’t preventing bank failures – The Banker Major UK banks now better prepared…

Things worth reading: 7th August 2024

Things we’re reading today include: The bank of Starbucks: Coffee retailer has $1.77 billion in unredeemed gift cards – MarketWatch Big UK banks need to do more to be ready for potential failure, says Bank of England | Banking | The Guardian SEC investigating Wall Street banks over ‘billions’ in lost interest payments (ft.com) Revolut…

Things worth reading: 6th August 2024

Things we’re reading today include: Bitcoin price in free fall as crypto market crashes | The Independent Bitcoin price crash: Why is the crypto market collapsing? (msn.com) How the Bank of Japan has fuelled the market rout (cityam.com) Nationwide to open dementia clinics in bank branches (telegraph.co.uk) Barclays’ $2bn coal loans expose ‘enormous loophole’ in…

Things worth reading: 5th August 2024

Things we’re reading today include … The bank of Starbucks: Coffee retailer has $1.77 billion in unredeemed gift cards – MarketWatch Metro Bank returns from the brink but tough road lies ahead | Metro Bank | The Guardian How I got ‘hacked’ and what that says about the banking system (ft.com) InvestHK seeks to boost…

The Finanser’s Week: 29th July – 4th August 2024

This week’s main blog discussions include … Multisensory payments: is this the future? I just spotted a new innovation in India from Paytm, who I consider friends of mine after interviewing their founder, Vijay Shekhar Sharma for Digital Human a few years ago. What’s the innovation? Talking payments. The Paytm soundbox – which works both online and…

Things worth reading: 2nd August 2024

Things we’re reading today include … US regulators’ warnings on bank-fintech partnerships: how they can benefit the industry (finextra.com) 5 Big FinTech acquisitions announced in Europe in July 2024 (ibsintelligence.com) Monzo Leverages SAP and Google Cloud for Digital Transformation | FinTech Alliance (fintech-alliance.com) Trump’s big cryptocurrency bet – CBS News Russia passes new cryptocurrency law…

Things worth reading: 1st August 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Metro Bank soars as eyes turn to profitability again (proactiveinvestors.co.uk) The Bank of England’s climate-related financial disclosure 2024 | Bank of England Bank of England launches discussion paper on “ambitious agenda” for UK’s payments landscape – FinTech Futures How Can Fintechs Balance Profitability and Purpose? | The Fintech Times Female…

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