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Things worth reading: 27th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include: Over 50% of UK customers find bank’s digital experience lacking, research reveals FICO Finds 41% Of North Americans Would Rather Open a Digital Bank Account Than Visit a Branch Atom Bank’s Mark Mullen: Startups are hard, but ‘a lot less soul destroying than a bank’ Why Deutsche Bank’s CIO says…

Things worth reading: 26th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … How Has Open Banking Evolved And Do Customers Trust It? Spanish banking sector reels as thousands let go Commonwealth Bank plagued by Monday morning outage Challenging the Challenger Banks: New NA Challengers That Survived the Pandemic Credit Suisse’s $5.5 billion Archegos hit enters big league of bank losses Extinction…

The Finanser’s Week: 19th April 2021- 25th April 2021

This week’s main blog stories include … Oh no! It’s Bankenstein … For years, we’ve talked about banks having a spaghetti systems structure aligned to a line of business product-centric organisation, that focuses upon the internal sales process rather than the customer. It’s true, but it’s due to the longevity of many banks. Some banks…

Things worth reading: 23rd April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … HSBC introduces recycled plastic cards for greener banking JPMorgan faces reputation ‘cleanup’ ahead of UK digital bank launch  JPMorgan analyst suggests Credit Suisse close investment bank Challenger Metro Bank targets $3 billion in consumer finance Forget the Piggy Bank, Till Financials Kids Spend Management App gets Gates Backing Holding…

Things worth reading: 22nd April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … UK Bank NatWest Bars Businesses That Accept Crypto Signature Bank Goes Head-to-Head With Silvergate in Bitcoin-Backed Lending ING scraps interest on savings over €250,000 Bank of Canada Becomes First to Signal Exit From Stimulus Bank of England supports fintechs to scale-up Bank of England sees potential risks from cloud…

Things worth reading: 21st April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Britcoin’ not bitcoin? UK considers new digital currency The Bank of 2030: a revolution for customers Starling Bank Valued at £1.4billion Following Goldman Sachs Investment This Under The Radar California Crypto Bank Just Reported Record Earnings China to require financial institutions to move towards green finance – central bank…

Things worth reading: 20th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … The Coming Bank-Bitcoin Boom: Americans Want Cryptocurrency From Their Banks Wall Street banks brace for digital dollars as the next big disruptive force Bank of England to consider digital money plan If the Bank of England launched its own cryptocurrency, what would it mean for Bitcoin? BaFin files insider…

Things worth reading: 19th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … How a typo wiped £3billion from banking giant Barclays Idea of central bank digital currency gains traction among more countries China to expand digital yuan experiments HSBC Top Staff to Hot Desk at HQ as Bank Scraps Executive Floor Major Asian bank says it’s not practical to cut off…

The Finanser’s Week: 12th April 2021- 18th April 2021

This week’s main blog stories include … Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google … Coinbase? I was reflecting, which is dangerous. I was reflecting on my antipathy towards bitcoin as, like most bankers, it appeared to be a bit of a scam with no asset behind it. Then I woke up to what the libertarians have been…

Things worth reading: 16th April 2021

Things we’re reading today include … Profits at America’s banks are sky-high Challenger bank N26 to offer insurance products Fintech Wise in talks with regulators over direct UK listing From PensionBee to Darktrace, women are making a fortune in a male-dominated world – the Queens of Tech Banking regulators start climate stress tests Citigroup to…

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