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Things worth reading: 31st July 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Trump Bitcoin 2024: How NFTs Made Him a Crypto Cheerleader – Bloomberg Russia to allow crypto payments in international trade to counter sanctions | Reuters Ripple and Fenasbac Join Forces to Accelerate Fintech Innovation in Brazil (cointrust.com) Top 10 Gen AI platforms | FinTech Magazine Metro Bank on track…

Things worth reading: 30th July 2024

Things we’re reading today include … One-third of customers would change bank after outage (consultancy.uk) UK’s Open Banking Success: 10 Million Users (pymnts.com) Challenging The Banks | Global Finance Magazine (gfmag.com) Revolut’s UK Banking License Is Vital – But Could It IPO in the US? (forbes.com) Japan’s Rakuten Slides Most Since May on Fintech Reorganization…

Things worth reading: 29th July 2024

Things we’re reading today include … How scammers could be hijacking trusted protocols to steal millions of cryptocurrency – Times Brussels poised to close bank owned by friend of Prince Andrew (telegraph.co.uk) The end of Wall Street as we know it! | Daily Mail Online ECB finds ‘shortcomings’ in banks’ ability to cope with cyber…

The Finanser’s Week: 22nd July – 28th July 2024

This week’s main blog discussions include … With great power, comes great threat #Revolut #PayPal With great power, comes great responsibility. It’s a quote from Spiderman, but actually not. It’s from Spiderman’s Uncle Ben. Well, it’s not tbh. It’s from Voltaire … or is it? Wherever it is from, it’s a great phrase. So, here’s…

Things worth reading: 26th July 2024

Things we’re reading today include … The Synapse collapse is yet another warning about unregulated fintech (thehill.com) Revolut secures UK banking licence after 3-year battle Coinbase UK fined $4.5 million for ‘high-risk’ customer onboarding (cointelegraph.com) Taylor Leads The Swifties Into A New Wealth Management Era (linkedin.com) Is this the end of coins? Treasury orders NO…

Things worth reading: 25th July 2024

Things we’re reading today include: Third of UK adults use mobile contactless payments at least every month | Evening Standard More UK consumers turn to cash in cost-of-living crisis | The Herald Santander promises to become ‘digital bank with branches’ despite closures and profit slump (gbnews.com) Temperature Check on 4 Fintech Trends in 2024 –…

Things worth reading: 24th July 2024

Things we’re reading today include … UniCredit to Buy Vodeno, Aion Bank for €370 Million in Digital Push – Bloomberg Does the Bank of England have a plumbing problem? (ft.com) Expert warns anyone with smartphone risks being locked out of bank account – Birmingham Live (birminghammail.co.uk) The next fintech to go public may not be…

Things worth reading: 23rd July 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Microsoft says EU to blame for the world’s worst IT outage (msn.com) Central Bank Digital Currencies to transform the financial landscape (cms-lawnow.com) Can Eurozone Banks Continue Their Rally in Q3? | Morningstar Meet European fintech’s most active investors | Sifted 10 fintech companies to watch in 2024 – Help…

Things worth reading: 22nd July 2024

Things we’re reading today include … European banks’ earnings in spotlight after big share price gains | Reuters London banks lose patience with ‘crazy’ French and German workers’ rights (telegraph.co.uk) ECB Is Pushing UK Fintech Revolut to Bolster EU Bank Controls Amid Review – Bloomberg Revolut Gets More Complaints About UK Scams Than Rest of…

The Finanser’s Week: 15th July – 21st July 2024

This week’s main blog discussions include … The CrowdStrike issue and its impact on Microsoft I was talking with my 8 year-old son and said that the whole world had just stopped. He asked what do you mean? I replied that everything stopped. Airlines, banks, shops, trains, hospitals and more. He asked what happened? I…

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