Shaping the future of finance
Things we’re reading today include … Fintech Projected to Become a $1.5 Trillion Industry by 2030 (bcg.com) What Revolut’s attempt to secure a UK banking licence could mean for its current customers and for the ‘unbanked’ (theconversation.com) “Much, much harder” to launch a UK challenger bank today compared to 10 years ago, says Atom and…
Things we’re reading today include: A look at how one fintech CEO’s PR decision backfired | TechCrunch After Brexit has Paris stolen London’s bankers? (thetimes.co.uk) October 2023 euro area bank lending survey (europa.eu) Bank of England Feedback Paper on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | Bank of England Digital payments as a boon to financial…
Things we’re reading today include … Another Day, Another Stock-Price Collapse for European Fintech (wsj.com) The European Fintech Collapse Spreads to the U.S. (wsj.com) Watch Monzo COO on Fintech and Online Banking in Europe – Bloomberg Crypto firms breach rules more than 200 times in first fortnight (telegraph.co.uk) FTX: ‘King of Crypto’ to testify in…
Things we’re reading today include … CAB Payments: One of London’s biggest IPOs this year has crashed 82% | CNN Business Barclays bankers fear cost-cutting job losses after profits fall | Barclays | The Guardian Cap on bankers’ bonuses to be scrapped – BBC News I tried the UK’s most expensive steak. Can a £760…
Things we’re reading today include: Dear crypto: If you want to beat Wall Street, focus on treasury management – Blockworks Regulators around the globe assert more control over crypto: Law Decoded (cointelegraph.com) Sorry, European Banks. Investors Just Aren’t Into You. – The Washington Post Three quarters of Gen Z would rather have a better quality…
Things we’re reading today include: Will Revolut ever get a British banking licence? (ft.com) Morgan Stanley believes crypto winter is over, Bitcoin halving will kick off new bull run (cryptoslate.com) Top crypto firms named in $1bn fraud lawsuit – BBC News Analysis: Time for central bank digital currencies to prove their worth | Reuters Deutsche…
This week’s main blog discussions include … Is Hamas funded by crypto? I hate stepping into controversy, and I know that this column is going to be really unpopular, but the latest reporting of terrorist funding using cryptocurrencies is seriously biased. This specifically relates to Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza and Lebanon respectively. The latest…
Things we’re reading today include … Media says that Hamas is moving $82 million of crypto to terrorist funding. The actual number … $450,000 Some lessons for crisis management from recent bank failures (bis.org) Challenger banks beat high-street stalwarts for savings accounts, Which? reveals – Which? Policy and insight Singapore’s central bank tells DBS, Citibank…
