This week’s main blog discussions include … Can you answer these four questions? It made me laugh. Someone posed the question: what is the hiring process for fintech? After a short thought, my reply was to ask the candidate four questions: What do you think about banks? Define Python for me. Why did Schrodinger have…
Things we’re reading today include: EU bank chief warns against ‘Colonialism 2.0’ as green transition progresses – EURACTIV.com U.S. FSC supports the “Anti-Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)” bill – Fintech Org Blog (fintechinfo.org) Bitcoin (BTC) Price Slides as USD, Interest Rates Surge (coindesk.com) Launching a new digital proposition: Lloyds Bank 360 – Lloyds Banking Group…
Things we’re reading today include … Monzo to be leading banking app by 2024 (fintech.global) ‘No proof’ bank accounts being closed over views, says watchdog – BBC News Germany will become the sick man of Europe without change: Deutsche Bank (cnbc.com) Ex-Deutsche Bank Employee Pleads Guilty to Crypto Fraud – Decrypt Fintech giant Ant Group…
Things we’re reading today include … Deutsche Bank struggles with fallout after huge Postbank IT migration | Financial Times Majority of Americans are concerned about bank branch closures | Daily Mail Online Nigel Farage fury as regulator finds no evidence of bank account closures due to political views | Business News | Sky News Revolut…
Things we’re reading today include … Sibos 2023: The era of instant payments – global banks must turn to the latest technology – FinTech Futures Citigroup Token Service Is Bank’s Latest Digital Assets Move – Bloomberg Mark Carney’s attack on Liz Truss has disgraced the Bank of England | The Spectator “The French bank I…
Things we’re reading today include: Bank chiefs relish prospect of AI boost to productivity | Financial Times (ft.com) Liz Truss turned Britain into ‘Argentina on the Channel’, says ex-Bank of England governor Mark Carney | UK News | Sky News Teen becomes ‘accidental multi-millionaire’ after finding £8.9m in his bank account – Daily Star Why…
The main blog discussions this week include … A new Payment Services Directive, PSD3: what’s in it? In June, the EU put forward proposals for a new Payment Services Directive, PSD3. Having been involved in these developments since their inception in the 2000s, I was intrigued to read the text of PSD3, particularly as the…
Things we’re reading today include … Deutsche Bank to hold crypto for institutional clients | Reuters Cash payments rise for first time in 10 years – BBC News Why the over-regulation of banks needs to stop (fnlondon.com) London fintech bank announces 144 per cent growth ahead of US expansion plans | Bdaily Ant Group’s AI…
Things we’re reading today include … European fintech funding drops 70% in first half of 2023 (thenextweb.com) 2023 “painful” for European fintech but longer-term outlook positive, says leading European VC – Tech.eu European BaaS and embedded finance fintech Swan raises €37m Series B – AltFi US bank reform is going backwards | Financial Times (ft.com)…
Things we’re reading today include … European fintech funding drops as investment discipline returns (finextra.com) Citi spins out its fourth fintech startup, Bridge (axios.com) World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds | Fossil fuels | The Guardian Metro Bank admits capital relief delayed | Financial Times (ft.com) Deutsche Bank…
