Things we’re reading today include … Jordan sues HSBC after losing eye-watering sum in ‘low risk’ investment (msn.com) a16z-backed fintech Tally, which raised $172M in funding, is shutting down after running out of cash | TechCrunch The Growing Influence of Cryptocurrency: A Deep Dive | Harrogate Informer (harrogate-news.co.uk) Beneath the Crypto Currents: The Hidden Effect…
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…
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 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 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 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 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…
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 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…
