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This week’s main blog updates include … What currency will you be using in 2121? Having watched the emergence of cryptocurrencies, digital currencies, blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) for a decade, I have made a firm view. Most of the people involved in this space are deluded and naïve; …

Things we’re reading today include … Swiss Bank Admits to Laundering over $36 Million in FIFA Bribes The bank manager may want to know your carbon audit Bank of England aims for net-zero emissions before 2050 First Pakistan Digital Bank Starts in June After Fund Raise MAS supports charity to …

Things we’re reading today include: Banking: More Cost Than Benefit of Digitization? Climate change risks will affect U.S. bank capital in long-run – official Don’t divest dirty businesses, Deutsche Bank and BlackRock CEOs say Customers cut off from money as one in ten bank branches shut JPMorgan Chase on opening …

Things we’re reading today include: This Bank Is Better at Customer Service Than Just About Anyone Else Is BBVA’s shutdown of Simple a bad sign for bank-fintech mergers? Deutsche Bank ‘confirms move to adopt hybrid working’ as work-from-home era fades Digital currencies are the future for Russia’s financial system, central …

Things we’re reading today include … Saxo Bank becomes first bank to earn a Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) STAR Level 2 for its investment infrastructure as a service offering BNY Mellon Sets Up Crypto Unit in Ireland as Central Bank Says Bitcoin Is ‘of Great Concern’ Singapore’s DBS Bank launches …

Things we’re reading today include … Counting the personal cost: when axing bank branches doesn’t add up Banks block payments to crypto exchanges Fed Admonishes Deutsche Bank for Ongoing Compliance Failures Fed Warned Deutsche Bank Over Anti-Money-Laundering Backsliding Banking regulations to be reviewed after winding down of Wyelands Bank Bank …

The main blog discussions this week include … We are the Robots I’ve claimed for some time that machines cannot do what humans do, because they have no heart. They purely do what we program them to do. True. Yet if you watch movies from Ex Machina to Terminator, machines …

Things we’re reading today include … Bank transfer scammers steal £700,000 a day from UK victims Is your bank prepared to attract a tech-focused workforce? Digital Bank Upstarts Are Years Away From Profits in Hong Kong Investors criticize high pay at the new feel-good Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank may ditch …

Things we’re reading today include … Who Wants a Woke Bank? US banks accused of failing the public during Covid Stampede for digital currency poses a threat to our banking system Dominic Cummings’s explosive claim about the Bank of England Getting The Big Banks To Confront The Quantum Challenge HSBC …

Things we’re reading today include … Ricky Knox departs Tandem, as digital bank takes new path In 2008, he was CEO of the biggest bank to ever fail. He’s worried about another crisis Big Bank CEOs to be grilled by Congress on drop in loans, diversity and ‘woke capitalism’ Deutsche …

Things we’re reading today include … A Deutsche Bank toilet drama is still impacting careers HSBC and Barclays call for open banking reform over higher costs Bitcoin shrugs off bank chief’s doubts Mario Draghi Helps Pave Way for Italian Bank Mergers Italian bank collapses on exposure to Greensill and GFG …

Things we’re reading today include … Chinese bank executives know more about Jane Austen than I do, says Jane Austen Society president NatWest faces ‘significant’ damage to reputation as it becomes first bank to appear in court on criminal charges over money laundering Europe’s biggest bank charged with laundering ‘ill-gotten’ …

This week’s main blog discussions include … Who is BIG NUTS ASS? I woke up and, as usual, checked the banking app for any updates or changes. There was a payment received.  Quite a major payment. It came from BIG NUTS ASS*. BIG NUTS ASS*? Who is BIG NUTS ASS*? …

Things we’re reading today include … Bitcoin has moved from trendy to tacky, says Deutsche Bank analyst Powell advances Fed consideration of US central bank digital currency Can Shareholder Action Influence Bank Policy On The Climate? Deutsche Bank is ‘first’ to join ocean protection alliance Turn green or lose ‘licence …

Things we’re reading today include … FCA warns UK fintechs against comparing themselves to banks City of London’s ‘Golden Age’ is over, bank chief says Bank systems need to catch up with modern tech Wells Fargo: US bank set to offer crypto fund to rich clients Bitcoin price crash: Cryptos …