Secret War Strategy - Issue #421 June 22nd, 2023

Sam Lyman draws up an analysis of the career of Gary Gensler, from his beginnings as one of the youngest partners at Goldman Sachs, to his role as the chairman of the SEC. How he manages to use the media, and why he chose cryptocurrencies for his war.

Join your data & analytics peers from leading brands across North America as you discover the latest trends and challenges facing your role.

Special edition of Forbes Talks: the Global Head at Citi Private Bank, Ida Liu, discusses why investors should embrace artificial intelligence.

We are looking for a Growth Strategy Manager to help our continued expansion across Europe and the US.

As Railsr consolidates following its recent acquisition, we are expanding our Cloud Engineering team in Vilnius. You will have the chance to shape and optimize our cloud infrastructure, ensuring its scalability, security, and efficiency.

The Glasgow office have an exciting opportunity for 2 qualified Investment Managers who are looking to further progress their career by joining a highly successful team.

Mastercard confirms its plans: the company wants to embrace digital currencies. Recently, Mastercard filed a new trademark application related to the creation of crypto tools. The payments giant wants to use blockchain for data and transactions.

If the crypto community thinks that the lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase were totally arbitrary, Joshua Klayman doesn’t agree with them. According to the head of fintech, blockchain and digital assets at the law firm Linklaters, the SEC did what Gary Gensler has been saying for years.

Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, applied with BaFin (the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) to get the license for its digital asset custody platform.

Fidelity International is exploring European markets. The goal of the company is to provide secured loans to SMEs – something that European entrepreneurs may appreciate after the banking turmoil and because of the crisis.

The DIFC – Dubai International Financial Centre – wants to increase investments in AI and Web3, and it will do that with the “Dubai AI & Web 3.0 Campus”. This initiative will attract over 500 artificial intelligence and Web 3.0 global startups.

The fintech platform Trezy, focused on helping SMEs with their financial management thanks to generative AI, has secured €3 million in a seed funding round.

With the recent global financial turmoil, some fintech sectors might be extremely useful to entrepreneurs. Embedded lending is one of the many options offered by financial technology to democratize the access to credit and innovative financial products.