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Things worth reading: 24th April 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Goldman Sachs becomes latest bank to withdraw from London – The CFO (the-cfo.io) JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon Has a Tech Rival: Silicon Valley Bank – Bloomberg UK bankers warned of ‘severe losses’ if they fail to monitor private equity exposures | Private equity | The Guardian The Fintech Files: Has…

Things worth reading: 23rd April 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Billionaire Mark Cuban Issues Post-Halving Bitcoin Warning Amid ‘Unprecedented’ Crypto Fee Price ‘Chaos’ (forbes.com) HSBC-backed fintech Monese plots break-up amid mounting losses | Business News | Sky News Central banks embark on tokenisation project (finextra.com) Shadow banking collapse would ‘put millions of jobs at risk’ (telegraph.co.uk) Anger in the…

The Finanser’s Week: 9th April – 21st April 2024

This week’s main blog discussions include … Am I financial marmite? At a conference the other day, a banker came up to me and said “oh, you’re that fintech guy who throws rocks at us all the time”. A short while later, a fintech founder came up to me and said “oh, you’re the banking…

Things worth reading: 18th April 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan: ‘She knew he was dead’ | Brazil | The Guardian Blair Institute sets out ‘progressive vision’ for fintech (finextra.com) What Is the World Bank, and What Does It Do? (investopedia.com) What is the Bank of England and why does…

Things worth reading: 17th April 2024

Things we’re reading today include … HSBC’s Zing has less than 20% of Wise’s monthly downloads – but CEO insists it’s ‘bang on plan’ | Sifted Bank of America profits plunge 18% due to rise in customer credit card delinquencies | Daily Mail The Bank used inflation forecast based on pencil drawing, says Andy Haldane…

Things worth reading: 16th April 2024

Things we’re reading today include: “People are scared to say the wrong thing” says fintech leader, heading up new disability inclusion campaign – Tech.eu New York threatens London’s fintech dominance, says Revolut UK chief (telegraph.co.uk) Bank of America accused of religious and political ‘discrimination’ by ‘de-banking’ or refusing to service Trump supporters | Daily Mail…

Things worth reading: 15th April 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Fintech boards lack AI skills needed to drive future growth, survey finds (cityam.com) Fintech funding slows to the lowest level since 2017 | TechCrunch UK digital bank Zopa turns a profit as it eyes an IPO (ft.com) Bank of England forecasts undermined by out-of-date methods, report finds | Bank…

The Finanser’s Week: 8th April – 14th April 2024

This week’s main blog discussions include … Selling customer data – good or bad idea? Be careful with data Many years ago a few banks debated the idea of selling customer data to get a payback. It was the wrong decision – if you sell customer data, it should the customer who gets the payback,…

Things worth reading: 12th April 2024

Things we’re reading today include … Managing the transition to central bank digital currency | CEPR Investors Circle ‘Most Hated’ Fintech and E-Commerce Sectors — The Information $45bn fintech hires a generative AI executive in Chicago (efinancialcareers.com) Mastercard to realign organisational structure with three new divisions – FinTech Futures: Fintech news Uber stops fintech plans…

Things worth reading: 11th April 2024

Things we’re reading today include: Fintech has a gender problem – here’s why you should care (theconversation.com) Mapping the contextual fintech evolution | Ctech (calcalistech.com) Bank branch closures: Labour vows to ‘guarantee face-to-face banking’ as 385 towns see last site close (gbnews.com) Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire accused in multi-billion dollar bank fraud – BBC…