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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:…

Things worth reading: 30th May 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Cross-border bank mergers should be easier in Europe, says ECB’s Villeroy | Reuters Banking bonuses: The situation in 2024 (efinancialcareers.com) Malta’s central bank chief, former deputy PM, plead not guilty in sprawling corruption case – POLITICO What is pay by bank? (finextra.com) Japan’s Fintech Awakening: Navigating Demographic Shifts With…

Things worth reading: 29th May 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Fintech N26 says regulatory action cost it ‘billions’ in lost growth (ft.com) A (not so) brief ‘criminal’ history of the ECB  – POLITICO Blockchain Technology Can Help Banks Weather Margin Pressure, Deutsche Bank Says – Bloomberg Shaping the future of Digital Banking (danskebank.com) Five Things to Watch as Synapse…

Things worth reading: 28th May 2024

Things we’re reading today include … JPMorgan casts doubt on SEC approval for Solana and other crypto ETFs | The Block Starling investor eyes £10bn valuation for bank as tech business takes off (cityam.com) Digital bank buys out specialist buy to let mortgage … (introducertoday.co.uk) ABN AMRO to Buy Private German Bank for EUR672 Million…

Things worth reading: 27th May 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Synapse, backed by a16z, has collapsed, and 10 million consumers could be hurt | TechCrunch BNPL Regulation Grabs Headlines as FinTech IPO Index Slips (pymnts.com) Fall in bank bonuses blows a hole in the Government’s finances (telegraph.co.uk) Starling investor targets £10bn valuation for digital lender (ft.com) Coventry Building Society…