Things we’re reading today include … Saxo Bank’s crypto products rake in $2.5bn U.S. regulators exploring how banks could hold crypto assets – FDIC chairman World Bank turns down IMF boss’s appeal to defend herself Digital bank Monzo in talks to raise £300m in new funding at £3bn valuation New challenger GB Bank awarded restricted…
Things we’re reading today include … As Britain embraces the digital bank age, what will happen for those left behind? HSBC online banking hit by an outage, impacting business customers £60m cocaine smuggler only has £4.07 in his bank account UBS increases wealth management profits 43% on back of thriving markets UBS sells Spanish wealth…
Things we’re reading today include … A Banking Regulator Who Hates Banks Supermarkets have done a rotten job of taking on the big banks EU banks play ‘major role’ in deforestation, report finds Nigeria to launch digital currency on Monday, central bank says Bank of England probing risk that cladding crisis could make mortgage lenders…
This week’s main blog discussions include … Do you see the point of “Squid Game”? Like most people, I’ve watched and enjoyed Squid Game on Netflix (the original language version with subtitles, avoid the dubbed version), but did you get the point? I’ll avoid giving away too much, in case you still haven’t watched it,…
Things we’re reading today include … Elon Musk to become world’s first trillionaire, says investment bank The Top Money Maker at Deutsche Bank Reaps Billions From Singapore Petty millionaire withdraws entire savings and orders bank to count it after row HSBC moves into Banking-as-a-Service Bank of England chief economist warns inflation could top 5% Barclays…
Things we’re reading today include … Why PayPal, M1, Square and more want to be more than just JPMorgan or Charles Schwab Stripe acquires fintech startup Recko New Banking Infrastructure Needed To Bank Today’s Crypto ‘Unbankables’ Metro Bank sees ‘return to normality’ but lending remains flat UK banks’ earnings season is tough one to call…
Things we’re reading today include … Zopa becomes unicorn with latest funds to go to bank operation The 25-Year-Old CEO of Fintech Brex Says Being a Unicorn Doesn’t Mean As Much as It Used To UK banks: another set of numbers to disguise the rot The missing legal framework for central bank digital currencies Digital…
Things we’re reading today include … N26 is now worth more than Germany’s second-largest bank Rogue squirrel closes down bank ‘Bank of England increasingly nervous that a crypto time-bomb is ticking’ The Potential of FutureCoin, the Decentralized Crypto Bank Solution Garanti BBVA named best bank for sustainable financing, according to Global Economics Zopa raises $300…
Things we’re reading today include … 86% of UK Residents Are Now Adopting Fintech, Report Finds Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Technocratic Fallacy Sex discrimination: why banks shun workers in adult entertainment Barclays Bank branch to shut as only 15 people use it regularly The City’s wrong to bank on a new Big Bang Bank…
This week’s blog discussions include … Is George Orwell’s vision coming true? 1948, 1984, 2030 We talk a lot about FinTech. Some of us then break it down and talk about InsurTech, WealthTech, TradeTech and more. But do we ever zoom out? What about just tech? What about just a digital world? It’s funny as…
