Hartmut Neven, Founder and Lead of Google Quantum AI, has recently written a critical perspective on securing the “Quantum Era”, alongside his colleague Kent Walker, President of Global Affairs for Google and Alphabet. What do these guys know that you don’t? Perhaps, most critically, the fact that the near-term revolution of computing – quantum –……

Things we’re reading today include … Barclays CEO ‘shocked’ by Epstein revelations as bank deals with Staley fallout DWP given ‘extensive’ new powers to spy on YOUR bank balance as watchdog issues warning We Asked 300 Finance Leaders What’s Next in Fintech. Here’s What They Said UK fintech investment hits pandemic low despite Revolut boost……

I liked this article by Sergiy Fitsak on Finextra: We Asked 300 Finance Leaders What’s Next in Fintech. Here’s What They Said. His company, Softjourn, asked 300 fintech experts, CEOs and more on what’s hot in the fintech space these days. You can read the whole thing, but I’ll pick up some key headlines. AI……

Things we’re reading today include … Traditional banks’ market share to slump to 65% by 2030, says Bain ‘Likes to have cash’: Inside Deutsche Bank’s slow split from Epstein UK Fintech Funding Sinks to Five-Year Low Despite Revolut As some tech stocks tumble, cryptocurrency goes over a cliff JPMorgan: Bullish on the cryptocurrency market, predicting……

I have two great webinars coming up this month and, the good news for you, is that both are free! The first is moderating a webinar on Tuesday, 17 February at 13:00 GMT, with Quant’s Chief Product Officer, Martin Hargreaves, on what programmable money is and its impact on corporate treasury. During the live event……

I was intrigued to read that a major cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea, Bithumb, had an internal error where an employee sent customers a prize that should have been 620,000 Korean won (around $423) to 695 qualifying customers, but instead credited accounts with 620,000 bitcoins – equivalent to over $40 billion. How a major crypto……

Things we’re reading today include … Nancy Guthrie disappearance case puts spotlight on cryptocurrency tracking Attempt to modernise NS&I has been a ‘full-spectrum disaster’, MPs find The battle between crypto and banks is splitting Trump’s base UK fintech investment slumped in 2025 Tether Invests in Gold.com to Expand Tokenized Gold Access Coinbase posts surprise loss……

This week’s main discussions include … The Fat Finger Syndrome I was intrigued to read that a major cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea, Bithumb, had an internal error where an employee sent customers a prize that should have been 620,000 Korean won (around $423) to 695 qualifying customers, but instead credited accounts with 620,000 bitcoins……

Things we’re reading today include … Q-day: bank quantum attack could cost US economy trillions, warns Citi Germany’s spectacular multimillion-euro heist nobody noticed Andrew facing claim he shared Treasury document with banking contact How chaos testing at Starling Bank pushed resilience into production Deutsche Bank warns AI risks in U.S. equities is undermining dollar’s safe……

When the Genius Act was signed off last year by President Trump, I said that it was positioned to keep the dollar as the reserve currency of the world. Now, a new debate arises after Jamie Dimon (Chair of JPMorgan) and Brian Armstrong (CEO, Coinbase) had a spat at Davos. Did you hear about it? Probably……