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Things worth reading: 24th August 2023

Things we’re reading today include … WhatsApp messages between traders lands bank with £5.4m fine | Business News | Sky News NatWest under pressure to block £11m payout to Dame Alison Rose UK fintech Zopa Bank halves losses (uktech.news) Swedish fintech Klarna booms in Europe as demand up by a quarter in the UK |…

Things worth reading: 23rd August 2023

Things we’re reading today include … Major UK bank calls on social media companies to compensate victims of scams | Euronews Government makes biggest payment to Bank of England in history to fund bond losses (telegraph.co.uk) Debanking row hits US as Bank of America shuts down account for Ultra-conservative Christian charity (gbnews.com) SEC fines fintech…

Things worth reading: 22nd August 2023

Things we’re reading today include … UK fintech investment drops to $5.9 billion in H1 2023 – KPMG United Kingdom Better, a Fintech Startup Made Famous By Crying CEO, Is Going Public | Observer Slovenia ranked as EU’s most crypto-obsessed country (finextra.com) Who’s Who in Global Crypto Regulation – Decrypt Citigroup boss reportedly considers break-up…

Things worth reading: 21st August 2023

Things we’re reading today include … Dutch poster child Adyen’s stock dips 31% as PayPal and Stripe layoffs send ripples through fintech sector — TFN (techfundingnews.com) Crypto selloff intensifies, with XRP, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash among the hardest hit | Fortune Crypto No, Elon Musk didn’t spark the Bitcoin selloff | Fortune Crypto Liz Truss…

The Finanser’s Week: 14th August – 20th August 2023

This week’s main blog discussions include … What will happen when your brain is ’embedded’? I was thinking about embedded, intelligent finance and imagining the future. There are many scenarios, but one that I kept returning to is when you have infi inside (intelligent finance inside). A chip in your brain, and you can run…

Things worth reading: 18th August 2023

Things we’re reading today include … 15 Fastest Growing Fintech Companies In 2023 – Insider Monkey Dutch fintech Adyen loses $13 billion in market value after revenue miss | Evening Standard What Gen-Z Workers Really Want: Cutting Edge Fintech | The Fintech Times Coinbase Wins Approval To Offer Crypto Futures To US Clients – The…

Things worth reading: 17th August 2023

Things we’re reading today include … UK launches £1 billion fintech growth fund to compete with US (cnbc.com) UK Launches FinTech Fund Backed by Mastercard and Barclays (pymnts.com) Adyen Profit Margin Misses Estimates as Hiring Wave Weighs – Bloomberg Bank Stocks Keep Crashing — What is Happening? | Nasdaq Credit Strategy – CS – Latest…

Things worth reading: 16th August 2023

Things we’re reading today include … 3 Fintech Stocks That Have Huge Growth Potential in 2023 (thecoinrepublic.com) Monzo is UK’s best bank, Virgin Money and RBS the worst, says CMA survey | Evening Standard Will banks’ new limits force us to go cashless? | This is Money Bank of Ireland: Customers who have no money…

Things worth reading: 15th August 2023

Things we’re reading today include … ‘Critical’ Bank of England payments system fails | Business News | Sky News While Goldman Sachs struggles, JPMorgan’s digital bank is still hiring (efinancialcareers.com) NatWest ‘worst bank’ for paying back fraud victims (telegraph.co.uk) Is the Bank of England now a leader of the UK’s Net Zero transition? Don’t bank…

Things worth reading: 14th August 2023

Things we’re reading today include … The future of crypto hinges on a fight between Binance and the SEC : NPR The dark side of fintech: BNPL’s negative impact on financial well being (finextra.com) Crypto addiction: The reality behind the seemingly glamorous social media currency | ITV News ‘Like horse trading’: Credit Suisse retail investors…