Shaping the future of finance
Things we’re reading today include … Speech: the state of banking today – by Andrew Bailey | Bank of England Paytm: Rockstar Indian fintech start-up faces serious crisis – BBC News Maybe we’ll finally see a fintech IPO in 2024 | TechCrunch Revolut launches eSIM, a seamless way to avoid unexpected roaming charges (ffnews.com) More…
The main blog discussions this week included … Do you need to be a bank in real life to be a bank in virtual life? Vitalik Buterin, the guy who created Ethereum cryptocurrency and smart contracts, blogged the other day about what happens when AI and blockchain collide. Funnily enough, that’s the theme of my…
Things we’re reading today include: Santander goes to war over Nationwide attack on high street banks ‘Trendy’ Monzo now feels like a children’s bank – I’m leaving for Barclays (telegraph.co.uk) JPMorgan Survey Shows Over Half of Institutional Traders Don’t Want Crypto Exposure (coindesk.com) Fintech engineer grounded by crypto fraud caper • The Register Group pretends…
Things we’re reading today include: ‘I lost my house, I lost all my money’: the retiree taking on the banks over crypto fund loss | HyperVerse | The Guardian Minister warns over a ‘computer says no’ stance to buy now, pay later (msn.com) Burnley’s Bank of Dave nominated for Hollywood award | Lancashire Telegraph Regulating…
Things we’re reading today include … JPMorgan analyst praises $60 billion growth of this crypto asset class – TheStreet Fintech investment in crisis but London remains ‘European capital’ (cityam.com) DBS: Singapore’s biggest bank cuts executive pay after outages – BBC News Chase to OPEN 500 bank branches with ‘living rooms and libraries’ under a new…
Things we’re reading today include … Residents warned about crypto investment scams after one victim loses nearly $5m| The Guardian Why crypto exchange Kraken’s security team lives in the shadows (fnlondon.com) PayPal launches the first FinTech stablecoin (PYUSD) (businesscloud.co.uk) Enterprise fintech market may reach $20 billion by 2030: report – The Economic Times (indiatimes.com) Y2K23’s…
Things we’re reading today include … Customer data access and fintech entry: early evidence from open banking | Bank of England Letters: The Bank of England is losing credibility under Governor Andrew Bailey (telegraph.co.uk) Bank of America pays CEO Brian Moynihan $29m, down 3% (fnlondon.com) Iraq bans 8 local banks from US dollar transactions |…
This week’s main blog discussions include … How digitalisation is changing lending I was recently having a chat with my old friend Slava Solodkiy about the way in which digitalisation is changing lending. He then surprised me by summarising our discussion and allowing me to share it here! Here’s his write-up: How digitalisation is changing…
Things we’re reading today include: $112 million stolen from founder of Ripple cryptocurrency platform (therecord.media) My first boss: Jaidev Janardana, Zopa Bank CEO (yahoo.com) ‘Circular economy’ fintech Twig closes after raising £32m (uktech.news) Why one San Fran fintech snubbed Nasdaq for the London Stock Exchange (cityam.com) How Lithuania became a fintech hub in Europe –…
Things we’re reading today include: How HSBC became the world’s most accident-prone bank (telegraph.co.uk) Shares plunge for saviour of failed Signature Bank (ft.com) How bots and short sellers brought down First Republic Bank | Daily Mail Online Augmentum CEO Tim Levene: ‘A lot of Fintech AI is a bubble’ (citywire.com) UBS-backed fintech Fnality eyes US…
