Issue 24 · Sep 28, 2015 Weekly edition · 3 min read

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How FinTech could fix Britain’s shockingly low productivity With Britain’s productivity currently lagging behind that of Italy, France, Germany and our American cousins, something has got to be done. Our productivity, has slumped to around the same level that it was in 2007, pre-financial crisis. Open story ↗ Goldman Sachs alumni in fintech Falling technology costs and layoffs during the financial crisis created a boom in financial startups after 2008, and increasingly investment bank workers are leaving top firms to join the world of financial technology, or fintech. Open story ↗ CoinReport Chicago Bitcoin Center opens Prominent Chicago entrepreneurs and investors announced Friday the launch of the Chicago Bitcoin Center. Located at 1871, Chicago’s digital startup hub, the Chicago Bitcoin Center is dedicated to education, innovation, and development of blockchain-based technologies. Open story ↗ Politics not fintech will determine a Greek parallel currency’s success Why on earth would Greece want to replace the euro, a currency it already thinks too restrictive, with another which would be even more constraining and give Greeks even less control over monetary affairs? Open story ↗ For many banks it’s already too late Hundreds of millions of people are becoming peer lenders and bankers – now everyone can invest, even with small amounts. Banks will continue to play a role, but only the good ones. For the rest, it’s already too late.” Open story ↗ 5 Things to Watch in Citigroup’s Results Citigroup Inc. is set to report second-quarter results on Thursday before the market opens. It’s almost certain to be calmer than the year-ago announcement, when the bank simultaneously announced a $7 billion mortgage-securities settlement with the Justice Department. Open story ↗ Why I chose to float a FinTech business in London Whilst the bitcoin price may have stolen some headlines during the Greece negotiations it is the underlying technology, blockchain, that is really making waves across the financial world. Open story ↗ Fintech is a revolution The Fintech has shown impressive growth all over the world. The internet is changing finance, just as it has changed all other sectors, faster and easier than before. By developing and using new technology, start-ups can use their lower costs to undercut banks and established industry players with a cheaper and faster service. Open story ↗ SWIFT starts Blockchain Securities Research The SWIFT Institute is offering research teams €15,000 to investigate how bitcoin's underlying distributed ledger technology could impact the global securities ecosystem. Open story ↗

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