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Things worth reading: 12th June 2024

Things we’re reading today include … ‘Consider yourselves challenged’: Monzo CEO takes aim at legacy banks (uktech.news) Co-op Bank: Anger as payments taken twice from business accounts – BBC News World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’ | Amazon rainforest | The Guardian 7 signs you need a new bank (yahoo.com)…

Things worth reading: 11th June 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Urgent warning issued to Android users over bug that can empty bank accounts (yahoo.com) The Growing Cyber Risks in Fintech and How to Mitigate Them | Woodruff Sawyer – JDSupra InvestHK and Crypto Valley Association Sign MoU to Boost Fintech Collaboration Between Hong Kong and Switzerland – (99bitcoins.com) ‘Palestine…

Things worth reading: 10th June 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Money20/20 Europe Unveils Six Incredible Fintech Startups And Industry Disruptors (crypto-reporter.com) Project mBridge reaches minimum viable product stage and invites further international participation (bis.org) Watchdog orders Deutsche Bank to re-examine 20,000 risky customers by June (yahoo.com) NatWest’s virtual ‘assistant’ handling double the number of customer queries | Express &…

The Finanser’s Week: 3rd June – 9th June 2024

This week’s main blog discussions include … What’s hot and what’s not in fintech? In a long strategy session yesterday, we were trying to list the things that are hot and what’s not in fintech. So, what’s hot? Obviously crypto and AI. However, those are the headline buckets, what’s the detail? The detail is the…

Things worth reading: 7th June 2024

Things we’re reading today include: Elon Musk is hiring HFT quants and fintech engineers at AI his new AI startup (efinancialcareers.com) Fintech Conference Shows Mixed Sentiments Amid Uneven Growth – Finimize ‘Mastercard for Fintechs’, introduced to support the fintech ecosystem in Western Europe – ThePaypers Banking turmoil and regulatory reform | CEPR How U.S. Bank…

Things worth reading: 5th June 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Money 20/20 Europe 2024: Day One in Amsterdam | The Fintech Times Business Reporter – Payments – Navigating five years of UK fintech amid Brexit and Covid-19 (business-reporter.co.uk) Standard Chartered: UK bank accused of helping to fund terrorists – BBC News King Charles III banknotes enter circulation – BBC…

Things worth reading: 4th June 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Missing Cryptoqueen Ruja Ignatova’s links to Bulgaria underworld – BBC News Standard Chartered: UK bank accused of helping to fund terrorists – BBC News Whistleblower accuses US of ignoring evidence Standard Chartered Bank served suspicious Iranian clients – ICIJ Digital bank Monzo posts first full year of profit after…

Things worth reading: 3rd June 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Global Banks Start Targeting CRE Emissions Risk – Bloomberg Synapse bankruptcy: Yotta CEO says 85,000 bank accounts locked (cnbc.com) Should Canadian bank customers, investors worry about money laundering probes? – National | Globalnews.ca Unleashing the Full Potential of Fintech: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Way Forward (msn.com) Digital Transformation in…

The Finanser’s Week: 27th May – 2nd June 2024

The main blog discussions this week include … One account to rule them all? I was having a chat with some friends about the good old days, where everything was domestic and local. We had passbooks, cheques, cash and branches. Ah, those were the days. Life was simple, money was all in one place and…

Things worth reading: 31st May 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Cryptocurrency lands on the London Stock Exchange (cityam.com) Singapore’s Largest Bank DBS Holds Nearly $650M in Ether (ETH): Nansen (coindesk.com) Revolut cranks up hiring as it pushes crypto services to its 40m customers – DL News Trump’s reversal on cryptocurrency reeks of desperation and hypocrisy (msnbc.com) Climate Fintech’s scorecard:…