Things we’re reading today include … Bank of England is giving away Christmas tree baubles filled with shredded banknotes (ianvisits.co.uk) 10 biggest FinTech Mergers & Acquisitions of 2023 (ibsintelligence.com) Robinhood launches crypto trading service in the EU (cnbc.com) Use of physical cash one for the up for first time in at least a decade |…
Things we’re reading today include The Fintech Files: Bitcoin’s $100bn weekly jump is not just FOMO (fnlondon.com) German fintech unicorn Trade Republic is granted a full EU banking licence | Sifted Citigroup reorganization to be completed in first quarter, cost $1 billion | Reuters Bank of England warns AI could pose financial stability risks |…
Things we’re reading today include … Adyen to act as global acquiring bank for Klarna (finextra.com) Exploring Saudi Arabia’s Fintech Renaissance: A Documentary Journey with Riyadh’s Visionary Leaders | The Fintech Times The Fintech Files: Bitcoin’s $100bn weekly jump is not just FOMO (fnlondon.com) Today’s AI funding rush reminds me of the fintech investing hype…
Things we’re reading today include … Bitcoin price at $100,000 in 2024? Crypto execs say bull run has begun (cnbc.com) Crypto collapse: SEC brings regulatory clarity to Kraken and Celsius (davidgerard.co.uk) A fast growing UK fintech says it will outpace Starling soon (cityam.com) Swiss bank Banque Pictet admits hiding Americans’ income from IRS (cnbc.com) Qatar…
Things we’re reading today include … How to exorcise Europe’s zombie banks (ft.com) Metro Bank: What’s going on and is my money safe? – BBC News British digital pound ‘will raise risk of bank runs’ (telegraph.co.uk) The surprisingly powerful programming language loved by Stripe (efinancialcareers.co.uk) Hackers extorting fintech unicorn Tipalti, threaten to leak data of…
This week’s main blog discussions include … When you’ve already offended customers, is it a good idea to tell them: “go f**k yourself”? This blog often talks about Elon Musk, but then it also looks at the activities of Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson and more. They all share several things: billionaries, visionaries, autism and a…
Things we’re reading today include … After Goldman, a murky future for the Apple card – Fintech News A fintech might replace Goldman Sachs as Apple Card issuer (9to5mac.com) Zepz, a $5 billion fintech unicorn, is laying off more staff (cnbc.com) Debanking saga spills into US as customers fume over closure of bank accounts (gbnews.com)…
Things we’re reading today include … Fintech firm SoFi set to exit cryptocurrency business | Reuters Crypto finally feels the full force of the law (msn.com) EY’s annual fintech census finds the number of new startups emerging has dropped dramatically – Startup Daily How Deutsche Bank Is Helping Companies Finance Their Path To Net Zero…
Things we’re reading today include … Deutsche Bank Executive Testifies Loan to Trump Wasn’t Unusual – Bloomberg Powerful Lords committee damns Bank of England over inflation forecasts | The Guardian Inflation falls mask bumps on the ‘last mile’ for central banks (ft.com) Monzo chief says bank has earned ‘the right to dream bigger’ (cityam.com) JPMorgan…
Things we’re reading today include: HSBC online and mobile banking services return after Black Friday outage | Sky News Why it’s time to ditch your bank – and switch to Monzo, Revolut or Starling (telegraph.co.uk) Metro Bank shareholders to vote on rescue deal – BBC News Short-sellers ramp up bets ahead of crunch Metro Bank…
