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Things worth reading: 18th March 2024
Things we’re reading today include … Millions more in cash needed to fund UK’s open-banking watchdog | Banking | The Guardian Over a third of first time buyers relying on ‘bank of mum and dad’ | Housing | The Guardian Bitcoin Bulls vs. Bubble Bears: A Cryptocurrency Clash (cryptotimes.io) The evolving relationship between supermarkets and……
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The Finanser’s Week: 11th March – 17th March 2024
This week’s main blog discussions include … How the Wirecard story unravelled: an interview with Dan McCrum who broke the truth I’ve been following Dan McCrum, the investigative journalist with The Financial Times, for quite a while. He’s the guy who broke the Wirecard story, even though it could have meant quite a lot of……
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Fintechs look to megabanks a year after SVB collapse
Fintechs are looking to legacy banks with strong portfolios to provide seamless onboarding and digital capabilities following the regional banking crisis last year. One year after the collapse of Silicon Valley, Signature and First Republic banks, clients are still clinging to “too big to fail” institutions, Ashish Garg, co-founder and chief executive of digital communications…
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Grasshopper CEO previews faster check clearance
Digital Grasshopper Bank will roll out an improved check-clearing process this year to streamline the time between depositing a check and gaining access to the funds. Check deposits are “a complicated process in the industry,” Grasshopper CEO Mike Butler told Bank Automation News, noting, Grasshopper is “working toward giving people access to their money a…
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APWHY? Public APIs, Automation, and The Strategy Banks Are Missing
We Were Promised Flying Cars In 2014, Gartner predicted over 75% of the Fortune 1000 would have public APIs by 2017. This number is way higher in 2024! The initial motivation for enterprise APIs was mostly internal benefit: Hardened ‘services’, loosely coupled to each other to enable rapid new development – just like Jeff Bezos…
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eToro shows why old banks just don’t get it
It’s not just AI that’s hot, but there is still the metaverse, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and more. So, I’ve been friends-ish with Yoni Assia, the co-founder of eToro, for many years. The story of eToro is pretty amazing actually. If you’re not familiar with it, you can find a summary over here……
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eToro shows why old banks just don’t get it
It’s not just AI that’s hot, but there is still the metaverse, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and more. So, I’ve been friends-ish with Yoni Assia, the co-founder of eToro, for many years. The story of eToro is pretty amazing actually. If you’re not familiar with it, you can find a summary over here……
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eToro shows why old banks just don’t get it
It’s not just AI that’s hot, but there is still the metaverse, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and more. So, I’ve been friends-ish with Yoni Assia, the co-founder of eToro, for many years. The story of eToro is pretty amazing actually. If you’re not familiar with it, you can find a summary over here……
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eToro shows why old banks just don’t get it
It’s not just AI that’s hot, but there is still the metaverse, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and more. So, I’ve been friends-ish with Yoni Assia, the co-founder of eToro, for many years. The story of eToro is pretty amazing actually. If you’re not familiar with it, you can find a summary over here……
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eToro shows why old banks just don’t get it
It’s not just AI that’s hot, but there is still the metaverse, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and more. So, I’ve been friends-ish with Yoni Assia, the co-founder of eToro, for many years. The story of eToro is pretty amazing actually. If you’re not familiar with it, you can find a summary over here……