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Tariffs and FinTech: What Trump’s Move Might Really Cost Us - FTW Sunday EditorialTrump’s new tariffs may stall fintech growth, delay IPOs, and drive inflation—raising questions about who really benefits, and who bears the cost in a rapidly shifting economy.
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The Geopolitical AI War: How We Got Here - FTW Sunday EditorialThe AI War isn’t coming—it’s already here. As the U.S., China, and the EU battle for dominance in artificial intelligence, history repeats itself in a new kind of Cold War. How did geopolitics shape this silent arms race, and what forces led us to the current Geopolitical AI War? Dive into the past to understand the future of power.
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The DOGE Experiment: A Fintech Disruption or a National Risk? - FTW Sunday EditorialThe Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reshaping federal finance, blending fintech innovation with public policy. While promising modernization and cost savings, its approach raises concerns about security, oversight, and regulatory impact. Is this a fintech revolution or a national risk?
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The Importance of Finance: Why Finance Is Important To Live – And Understand the WorldThe importance of finance is more considered (sadly) in times of crises than in times of “peace”.
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Fed Raises Interest Rates (Again) – What’s Next?Fed raises interest rates for the ninth time in a row. What this means for the global economy and the fintech industry. FOMC March 2023.
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Partnership with SOFORT - Interview with Lena Hackelöer from Brite PaymentsInterview with Lena Hackelöer, CEO and founder of Brite Payments, about the future of Brite - also after the partnership with Sofort.
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Outlook 2021 For Fintech Industry Trends: Future Appears Bright For FintechIndia is with no doubt one of the nations where fintech is thriving. With this article Tanul Mishra, contributor at Entrepreneur, revisits what hap...
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A fintech expert’s top 6 crypto predictions: Bitcoin hitting $100,000 is ‘ambitious but hardly insane’2021 has been an important year for cryptocurrencies. In this article published on CNBC, James Ledbetter talks about his predictions for 2022, taki...
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Fintech CEO Takes on Perils of Banking for Cannabis BusinessesThe regulation of cannabis in the US doesn’t mean that it ceased to be a high-risk business: Abaca chief executive, Dan Roda, talks about how finte...
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FTX CEO: Expect First Batch of Crypto Regulation This YearEmily Chang - host of Bloomberg Technology - meets Sam Bankman-Fried: the CEO of FTX, the popular trading platform, talks about what to expect for ...
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Top Ten 2022 Fintech PredictionsAlex Lazarow, Senior Contributor at Forbes, writes about the top fintech predictions for 2022 but from a different point of view: these predictions...
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592. News: Anne Boden comments anger fintech bosses and Tencent invests in MonzoFintech Insider’s hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Deepa Anikhindi, discuss fintech news with Wiza Jalakasi (Chipper Cash) and Abba Newbery (Habito): from...
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The End Of Digital Transformation In BankingRon Shevlin reflects on the digital transformation in banking. What many banks are doing is using new tools for an old industry, without really dea...
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Fintech Recap: BNPL credit reporting, P2P payments, & SPACsAlex Johnson and Jason Mikula discuss fintech topics and make predictions about what 2022 has in store for us. The focus of this episode of Fintech...
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What’s next for buy now, pay later? 6 insights from our panelBNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) is the hottest topic now, and this requires a careful analysis: the Sifted team discusses the topic with Anthony Drury (Z...
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Acquisition Stirs Trouble, Advertisers Threaten To BoycottSince Elon Musk finally took control of Twitter, the popular social media has been making headlines because of Musk’s decisions: from firing execut...
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Why are so many young tech professionals thinking about leaving the industry?It may sound odd, but the tech industry doesn’t seem to offer the best working conditions anymore. While a career in technology seemed the best opt...
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Vice President Bawumia proposes solutions to Ghana's economic crisisVice President of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia, addressed the economic crisis suffered by Ghana during a speech delivered at the FinTech Festival in Acc...
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Sam Bankman-Fried gave cash to liberal media organizations before FTX collapseThe FTX collapse has legal consequences for its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. The young entrepreneur is known not only for FTX, but also for being a ...
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What’s The Fed Going To Do? Nobody Knows—Not Even ThemNew meeting, new interest rate. The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee will meet in December, and it's almost certain that they will c...
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Goldman Sachs Predicts 300 Million Jobs Will Be Lost Or Degraded By Artificial IntelligenceAI continues to gather investments, despite the crisis that hit also the startup ecosystem. Despite the success of this sector, many concerns arise...
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Generative AI Too Disruptive for Its Own Good: DeepAI FounderKevin Baragona, the founder of DeepAI, signed the petition to pause the development of AI. he discussed his choice and the impact of artificial int...
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Nobel laureate Paul Krugman dampens expectations over A.I. like ChatGPT: ‘History suggests large economic effects will take longer than many people seem to expect’Despite the success of artificial intelligence, the popular economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said that the impact of AI won’t be so disrup...
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Leaders like Elon Musk want to pause AI development, but the power of the free market means it's impossible to stopDespite the open letter, it might be that the market doesn’t want the development of artificial intelligence to stop. The controversy is not only b...
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Bloomberg reveals AI for financial data, community respondsIn the meantime, Bloomberg announced the use of artificial intelligence for financial data. The BloombergGPT would be trained with the impressive a...
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US losing blockchain developers to other jurisdictions as clamp down on innovation continues: reportIt’s no secret that the US is using the hard line with the digital asset market. One of the consequences is that developers are leaving the nationa...
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Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Krugman Warns of Disruption in Financial Markets Without US DollarPaul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, expressed his opinions for what concerns the US dollar. Its liquidity issues might make the US los...
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Fake AI-generated image of explosion near Pentagon spreads on social mediaAn AI-generated image of an explosion of a building next to the Pentagon became viral – but people (and some verified accounts) thought that the im...
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Banks are ‘museums of technology,’ says fintech companyThe CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...
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US risks losing the crypto race to UAE, Korea, Aus and Switzerland: ArkYassine Elmandjra, analyst at ARK Invest, said that the US lacks credible institutions related to the crypto space. According to the analyst, the U...
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Is politics monopolising fintech?London has become a fintech hub. Thanks to the experience and skills acquired over time, also regulators started having more elements to scrutinize...
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4 important steps you should take to boost your financial confidence, according to a Fintech VPThe pandemic also affected people’s financial confidence: according to Finfit, the fintech firm focused on financial wellness, only 19% of American...
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Can DeFi and CeFi coexist? Three takeaways from experts panelThe panel discussion moderated by Cointelegraph took place on January 21st: experts think that DeFi will disrupt traditional CeFi systems, but it n...
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Wharton’s Siegel says Jerome Powell owes ‘the American people an apology’ for poor Fed policyJeremy Siegel, a Wharton Business School professor, criticized Jerome Powell and the Fed for the policies adopted by the US central bank. Siegel sa...
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How does fintech serve the creator economy?Fintech Insider hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Ross Gallagher, are joined by Lotanna Ezeike (XPO) and Kyla Scanlon to discuss how fintech and banking serv...
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Buckle up, America: The Fed plans to sharply boost unemploymentTo relate to the previous news, the past week marked an important moment for our economies. Fed chairman Jerome Powell said that the Fed projects t...
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Lessons from a fintech founder: Solving for C by going B2BJason Wenk discusses the main problems of fintech founders: even if their main goal is solving people’s financial issues, their intentions may be d...
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Buy Now, Pay Later: The New Credit Card Acquisition ChannelRon Shevlin provides another excellent point on one of today’s hot topics: BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later). Will this system really kill credit cards, or...
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Goldman Sachs Predicts 300 Million Jobs Will Be Lost Or Degraded By Artificial IntelligenceAI continues to gather investments, despite the crisis that hit also the startup ecosystem. Despite the success of this sector, many concerns arise...
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Generative AI Too Disruptive for Its Own Good: DeepAI FounderKevin Baragona, the founder of DeepAI, signed the petition to pause the development of AI. he discussed his choice and the impact of artificial int...
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Nobel laureate Paul Krugman dampens expectations over A.I. like ChatGPT: ‘History suggests large economic effects will take longer than many people seem to expect’Despite the success of artificial intelligence, the popular economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said that the impact of AI won’t be so disrup...
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Leaders like Elon Musk want to pause AI development, but the power of the free market means it's impossible to stopDespite the open letter, it might be that the market doesn’t want the development of artificial intelligence to stop. The controversy is not only b...
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Bloomberg reveals AI for financial data, community respondsIn the meantime, Bloomberg announced the use of artificial intelligence for financial data. The BloombergGPT would be trained with the impressive a...
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov States De-Dollarization 'Can No Longer Be Stopped'Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, recently addressed the issue of de-dollarization. The mix of sanctions issued, along with the banking...
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Super-Apps, Hyper-Personalization And Traversing The Metaverse: 2022 Mobile PredictionsElad Natanson, contributor at Forbes and expert of mobile and app economy, shares some interesting insights on what will be the mobile trends in 20...
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Buy Now, Pay Later! – A Major FinTech Breakthrough?The BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) system, today’s hot topic, can be one of the best moves for fintech. This system actually increases the number of sal...
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Fidelity Explains Why We Live In a Bitcoin-First World, Plain & SimpleFidelity, a well known asset management and financial services company, released a report where they explain why Bitcoin should be considered as a ...
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How Small Banks Can Counter Fintech & Megabank Marketing BudgetsDan Novalis, CEO of 2Novas, give advice on how small banks can counter the power of fintech firms and large banks thanks to specific marketing stra...
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Fintech funding on track for new records this yearThanks to data shared by Citi Global Insights, we know that fintech companies have received around $18 billion in funding since the beginning of 20...
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Banked and Agreena raise Series As – but does fintech have a problem with copying?Benjamin Ensor and Tim Heard are joined by two special guests: Brad Goodall, CEO of Banked, and Julie Koch Fahler, co-founder of Agreena. They will...
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Mobiquity, Matt Williamson on the Fintech Chatter PodcastMatt Williamson, vice president of Global Financial Services at Mobiquity, joins the Fintech Chatter to discuss how the fintech firm is providing l...
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Collaboration Is The New Fintech ModelDenada Ramnishta shares a particular point of view related to fintech. As the GM and Head of Corporate Strategy at Lendio, she highlights one parti...
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Fintech has ‘great growth opportunity’ in London — but UK is failing to attract listings: City bossIn the meantime in the UK, the attempts to become a fintech hub still don’t produce the expected results. The Deputy Chairman of the Policy Committ...
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Dreams of replacing humans in finance may come trueAI in finance: can artificial intelligence replace people in Wall Street? According to two studies, it looks like it is possible that ChatGPT – or ...
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Idea that China will replace U.S. dollar ‘is not a story for today’, says Niall FergusonNiall Fergusson (Stanford University Hoover Institute Senior Fellow), says that de-dollarization is not a recent story. The movement is now making ...
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Top 12 CeFi Lawsuits of 2022 – The Many Ways CeFi BrokeAmidst all the difficulties CeFi had to cope with in 2022, we talked about the top CeFi lawsuits under a 2023 perspective – read the complete artic...
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Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Krugman Warns of Disruption in Financial Markets Without US DollarPaul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, expressed his opinions for what concerns the US dollar. Its liquidity issues might make the US los...
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Fake AI-generated image of explosion near Pentagon spreads on social mediaAn AI-generated image of an explosion of a building next to the Pentagon became viral – but people (and some verified accounts) thought that the im...
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Banks are ‘museums of technology,’ says fintech companyThe CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...
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US risks losing the crypto race to UAE, Korea, Aus and Switzerland: ArkYassine Elmandjra, analyst at ARK Invest, said that the US lacks credible institutions related to the crypto space. According to the analyst, the U...
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Is politics monopolising fintech?London has become a fintech hub. Thanks to the experience and skills acquired over time, also regulators started having more elements to scrutinize...
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How can the economy dodge a recession in 2023? Slow wage growthEven if wage increases are usually good news, it might be problematic during times of high inflation – like those we’re currently living. If wages...
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Swedish investor weighs in on financial risks in 2023The founder and CEO of Cevian Capital, Christer Gardell, talks about 2022 and makes some predictions for 2023. In 2022, just when the pandemic eas...
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Deep job cuts in Silicon Valley could bring tech workers back to CanadaIn 2022, over 150,000 workers lost their jobs, especially in fintech sectors, because of the layoffs of big fintech companies. What about all those...
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Billionaire Bill Ackman on US Banking Crisis: We Are Running Out of Time to Fix This ProblemBill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said that the US needs to solve the banking crisis soon, because there’s no time. The ...
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Opinion: Congress can deliver a big win to consumers and small businesses by giving fintech firms room to growPenny Lee, CEO of the Financial Technology Association, discussed why the Fed should support fintech firms as it does with traditional banks - this...
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Russia's Ukraine invasion and the fintech industryLucinda Shen writes about the impact the conflict is having on the fintech space - especially because many CEOs, founders, investors and crypto exe...
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News: Russia removed from Swift as fintech community steps up for UkraineBenjamin Ensor and Sim Rai are joined by Yann Ranchere (Anthemis), Clare Gambardella (Zopa) and Ali Niknam (Bunq) to discuss how the fintech commun...
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Grayscale’s Bitcoin Investors Have Trust IssuesGrayscale Bitcoin Trust is currently selling off faster than Bitcoin - the cryptocurrency that the fund owns. Even if this is generating for the fu...
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Bank Of America’s And Chase’s Digital Wallet Is DOA (Delusional On Announcement)Alternative payment methods create competition between banks and fintech businesses focused on favoring people to use both debit and credit cards a...
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News: Revolut tops app downloads – but is Chase coming for the crown?Kate Moody and Benjamin Ensor discuss the more relevant fintech news with professionals – the digital bank Vexi case, the financial inequality that...
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Insights: What makes partnerships work?Simon Taylor is joined by Nicole Perry (Strategy Director at 11:FS), Martin Haring (Temenos), Mary Agbesanwa (Seccl) and Josh Williams (Seattle Ban...
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Banks Can Trump Fintech as Zero-Rate Era EndsTelis Demos raises a question: what will happen when zero interest rates will end? This is the actual advantage of many neobanks, but the competiti...
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News: SCA finally in effect, Lunar raises $77M and HSBC joins the metaverseGwera Kiwana and Sam Rai are joined by Roger De’Ath (Truelayer) and Jimmy Fong (SEON) to discuss the most relevant developments in financial techno...
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Banking-As-A-Service Is Under Fire — What’s Next For Fintech’s Hottest SegmentBaaS – Banking-as-a-Service – has benefited from the fintech investment boom, but it’s now facing some challenges: not only the increasing competit...
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Will Banks Overtake Fintechs As Interest Rates Rise? Don’t Bet On ItRon Shevlin shares his thoughts – and data – about the WSJ article, and uses some interesting topics to defend fintech and the future of fintech co...
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Why Apple Acquired An ‘Open Banking’ FintechThe fintechaverse enters the speculation mode that always follows acquisitions made by Apple: Ron Shevlin analyzes the acquisition of Credit Kudos....
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News: Ramp marks $8bn valuation, Clearbank plans global expansion and Apple acquires Credit KudosDavid M. Brear and Deepa Anikhindi are joined by Charles McManus (Clearbank), Eric Glyman (Ramp) and Eslam Darwish (Nclude) to discuss the latest f...
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An introduction to… Why banking infrastructure is brokenMarcus Treacher (ClearBank) analyzes the disruptive changes brought by financial technology. The infrastructure of banks, if they want to survive, ...
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UK's open banking regulator faces shake-up, ArK Kapital creates 'ageing filter' for startupsDavid M. Brear and Sim Rai are joined by Alan Ainsworth (OBIE), Axel Bruzelius (ArK Kapital) and Shaun Port (Chase UK) to discuss the latest fundin...
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IFGS 2022: Taking the pulse of UK fintechInteresting article about the reasons why the U.K. is so successful in fintech: from the importance of talent to the pivotal role of infrastructure...
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Banks need an answer to the pervasiveness of fintech in IndiaFintech companies are replacing traditional banks and payment methods in India: some of the reasons that led to this new system can be found in the...
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US Banking Giant Issues Dire Economic Warning, Says Shock Wave Could Send Crypto and Commodities Soaring: ReportThe current economic landscape could be soon hit by some shocks that could lead to a widespread adoption of digital currencies – as well as to mass...
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News: Qonto looks to builds a community, while Fast runs out of steamDavid M. Brear and Nicole Perry are joined by Dan Hardy (Crowdcube), Peter Renton (LendIt Fintech) and Prakash Pattni (IBM) to discuss the latest a...
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How And Why Fintech Embraces BlockchainToday’s economy is experiencing major changes: new business and economic models are needed, especially to fight security and data-related risks. Fo...
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The world doesn’t need banks, policymakers or NGOs — It needs DeFi“The world needs DeFi due to corruption”. Cointelegraph shares this article to highlight some simple assumptions: financial instruments have high c...
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News: Nova Credit comes to the UK and Apple plots a payments warGwera Kiwana and Kate Moody are joined by Misha Esipov (Nova Credit), Polly Jean Harrison (The Fintech Times) and Duke Ekezie-Joseph (Kippa) to dis...
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IMF warns fintech firms are pushing banks into riskier mortgage lending. Could crypto be next?Fintech firms in the mortgage market are allowing poeple – especially younger homebuyers – to get loans easier, but this might have downsides: the ...
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Financial Inclusion in Banking Can Be Improved With AI Says Fintech IndustryFinancial inclusion is one of the main goals of fintech: compared to traditional financial instittions, fintech companies manage to be more efficie...
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News: Inflation strikes for Amazon sellers and SEON raises for global expansionBenjamin Ensor and Nicole Perry are joined by Kate Drew (CCG Catalyst) and Bence Jendruszak (SEON) to discuss the most popular fintech news, from t...
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ECB's Panetta Blasts Crypto as ‘Ponzi Scheme’ Fueled by GreedFabio Panetta, member of the European Central Bank, asked for new regulatory frameworks and taxes for what concerns the crypto space: Panetta compa...
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How can banks deal with the new fintech competition?The types of services offered by banks still can’t compete with fintech companies. Even if banks started focusing more on digitalization, it’s also...
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News: JP Morgan bans ChatGPT, while female founders are on the riseBenjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...
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News: Stripe steps back into crypto with Twitter and fintech for good Helios raises seed roundBenjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by Julia Ménayas (Helios) and Jason Mikula (Fintech Business Weekly) to discuss the latest fintech news ...
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Fintech Study Estimates 4.4 Billion Global Users Will Adopt Mobile Wallets by 2024According to a Merchant Machine study, mobile wallets should have over 4 billion users by 2024. The pandemic contributed to the success of these wa...
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Inclusive fintech is hard to do right, so Line has a different directionAkshay Krishnaiah, founder of Line, points out that real inclusion could be hard, even for fintech. According to the CEO of the fintech company, th...
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Fintech sector’s overreliance on chatbots is a mistakeAs JP Morgan Chase reports, chatbots help them to save thousands of hours of work. But it’s also true that when it comes to financial decisions, pe...
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Buy now, pay later' is sending the TikTok generation spiraling into debt, popularized by San Francisco tech firmsBuy now, Pay later (BNPL) systems can be a powerful tool for those who want to buy without spending their whole budgets, but it can be extremely ha...
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Metaverse Land Value Is Dropping – Should You Buy Now?The prices of real estate in the metaverse are dropping – to about 15% now. But experts say that this is just a deep, and that the metaverse still ...
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Why Visa and Mastercard have yet to face their Kodak momentPatrick Jenkins asks an interesting question, we’re paraphrasing: why top players in the payments industry are still not facing their Kodak moment?...
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Regulatory challenges are top threat to fintech companies right now, Alloy/Gartner Peer Insights report findsAlloy and Gartner Peer Insights released a report that is the result of a survey of 100 fintech personalities. The report shows that the main conce...
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Why Fintech Will Never Be The Same After 2023According to American Banker, 20% of users abandon opening a new account or a transaction because it was taking too long. Fintech firms address thi...
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Senior FinTech Analyst: Crypto is ‘a solution for a problem that doesn’t exist’Dan Dolev, Mizuho Managing Director and fintech analyst, spoke to Yahoo Finance and expressed an interesting opinion about cryptocurrencies, which ...
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Insights: What would happen to financial services if we put the engineers in charge?Fintech Insider asks an interesting question: what's the role of engineers in financial services? And what's their role in a constantly changing ma...
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Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin: Elon Musk Bans Put Twitter on 'Path to Authoritarianism'Elon Musk is still making headlines for how he manages Twitter. A recent poll showed that most users don't want him to manage the company, and also...
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Fintech and ‘China’s Reinvention of Money’The Chinese fintech market is transforming how money is managed and fintech is perceived around the world. Moreover, the power of the market of thi...
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Digital incumbents must beware of potential profitability pitfallsFintech firms and digital-only banks might seem the preference of new users, but as suggested by GlobalData's Financial Services Consumer Survey, p...
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Delaying big purchases, reducing debt: 76% of adults are making lifestyle changes to prepare for a potential recessionAccording to a recent survey conducted by BMO Financial Group and shared by CNBC, US people are seriously worried about an upcoming recession. Ev...
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Nodes are going to dethrone tech giants — from Apple to GoogleThe rising demand for solutions like those proposed by Aptos could not be a coincidence. Blockchain technology has the advantage of being flexible ...
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Is fintech losing its lustre for career changers?Recession, inflation, and layoffs might change not only regulators’ opinions about fintech, but also top executives’ choices when it comes to consi...
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Against CBDCs and the Politicization of MoneyNot everyone agrees with banks and regulators on the adoption of new regulatory measures concerning the digital economy and assets. The involvemen...
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News: JP Morgan bans ChatGPT, while female founders are on the riseBenjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...
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News: JP Morgan bans ChatGPT, while female founders are on the riseBenjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...
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Billionaire Bill Ackman on US Banking Crisis: We Are Running Out of Time to Fix This ProblemBill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said that the US needs to solve the banking crisis soon, because there’s no time. The ...
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IMF head says stablecoins not backed by assets are a ‘pyramid,’ hinting at UST debacle that crashed marketsKristalina Georgieva joins the list of those who call cryptocurrencies a pyramid scheme. The head of the IMF was referring to the collapse of stabl...
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Jack Dorsey outlines Block’s bitcoin-centric future at first investor day in five years: ‘No longer just a payments company’During the first investor day in 5 years, the executives of Block – the US-based company run by Jack Dorsey – outline the future of the company: no...
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Terra’s meltdown highlights benefits of CEX risk-management systemsThe collapse of Terra affected the whole crypto space: fear prevailed among investors, as well as distrust. Regulators are riding the wave, but in ...
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Fintech startups are in serious troubleBiz Carson analyzes the current market situation: fintech companies, after the peak reached in October 2021, are now shrinking in value – and this ...
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Tim Draper: Women will drive the next Bitcoin bull marketThe popular investor Tim Draper makes predictions about the future of Bitcoin and the role of women. As more retailers accept Bitcoin, women will p...
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The competition in the BNPL market rises: after the announcement of Apple, which introduced its Apple Pay Later, the popular Buy Now, Pay Later fir...
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Josh Brown, CNBC contributor and financial advisor, says it clearly: there are too many fintechs that are publicly traded. The point is that maybe ...
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Crypto traders and investors are aware of the decline that hit the crypto market. Despite the hard market downturn, Jamie Dimon – JP Morgan CEO – s...
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Chris Gabriel shares his opinions about the importance of understanding the nature of memes to understand the whole economy and any kind of structu...
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Julie Fredrickson raises a very interesting question: will DAOs drive a new innovation cycle? As the industrial revolution was the result of organi...
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The pandemic changed our vision of work, and highly skilled professionals make no exception: many professionals are leaving companies like Facebook...
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What's Next for Silicon Valley Bank After It's Historic Collapse?Sally Bakewell discussed what could happen now to the Silicon Valley Bank and said that the bank wanted to initiate a rescue plan but failed to do ...
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Silicon Valley Bank Isn’t LehmanThe issues the Silicon Valley Bank is facing are not the same as the 2008 crisis. The SVB is not Lehman: according to Paul Krugman, even if the col...
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U.S. has the 'tech edge' amid growth expected for the fintech industry: Milken Institute execNicole Valentine, FinTech Director at the Milken Institute Center For Financial Markets, joins Allie Garfinkle (Yahoo Finance) to discuss the curre...
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Top 12 CeFi Lawsuits of 2022 – The Many Ways CeFi BrokeThe centralized financial space has recently shown many weaknesses. In this article, FinTech Weekly analyzes the top CeFi lawsuits.
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U.S. has the 'tech edge' amid growth expected for the fintech industry: Milken Institute execNicole Valentine, FinTech Director at the Milken Institute Center For Financial Markets, joins Allie Garfinkle (Yahoo Finance) to discuss the curre...
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Top 12 CeFi Lawsuits of 2022 – The Many Ways CeFi BrokeThe centralized financial space has recently shown many weaknesses. In this article, FinTech Weekly analyzes the top CeFi lawsuits.
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Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Krugman Warns of Disruption in Financial Markets Without US DollarPaul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, expressed his opinions for what concerns the US dollar. Its liquidity issues might make the US los...
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Fake AI-generated image of explosion near Pentagon spreads on social mediaAn AI-generated image of an explosion of a building next to the Pentagon became viral – but people (and some verified accounts) thought that the im...
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Banks are ‘museums of technology,’ says fintech companyThe CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...
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US risks losing the crypto race to UAE, Korea, Aus and Switzerland: ArkYassine Elmandjra, analyst at ARK Invest, said that the US lacks credible institutions related to the crypto space. According to the analyst, the U...
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Is politics monopolising fintech?London has become a fintech hub. Thanks to the experience and skills acquired over time, also regulators started having more elements to scrutinize...
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Privacy Concerns Dominate CBDC Discussion at Consensus 2023In the meantime, CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) are still one of the most discussed topics. At Consensus 2023, participants talked about t...
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A.I. poses human extinction risk on par with nuclear war, Sam Altman and other tech leaders warnAnother letter from tech personalities. Among the tech experts that signed this new statement, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (the company that created ...
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Contagion Risks Remain After UBS-Credit Suisse Deal, AMP SaysAlthough the UBS-Credit Suisse deal will help the customers of CS, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the European banking system – and the banking...
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When Will This Banking Crisis End?Actually, there are still doubts on when the banking crisis will end. Regulators don’t seem to be in full control of the current situations and sim...
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Elon Musk sees 'serious risk' of another Great Depression if the Fed doesn't stem the collapse of regional banks after SVB failureAlso, Elon Musk, one of the top personalities in the tech and AI spaces, talked about the currency banking situation. Following the tweet of the fi...
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AI to ‘fundamentally reshape’ fintech companies in AfricaArtificial intelligence can have a huge impact also in emerging markets. As Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, highlighted, AI has the capability to...
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Will the US Banks Collapse Affect the World?We at FinTech Weekly analyzed – and also shared some opinions – on the current economic and financial situation. The main question is – will the co...
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Contagion Risks Remain After UBS-Credit Suisse Deal, AMP SaysAlthough the UBS-Credit Suisse deal will help the customers of CS, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the European banking system – and the banking...
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When Will This Banking Crisis End?Actually, there are still doubts on when the banking crisis will end. Regulators don’t seem to be in full control of the current situations and sim...
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Elon Musk sees 'serious risk' of another Great Depression if the Fed doesn't stem the collapse of regional banks after SVB failureAlso, Elon Musk, one of the top personalities in the tech and AI spaces, talked about the currency banking situation. Following the tweet of the fi...
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AI to ‘fundamentally reshape’ fintech companies in AfricaArtificial intelligence can have a huge impact also in emerging markets. As Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, highlighted, AI has the capability to...
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Will the US Banks Collapse Affect the World?We at FinTech Weekly analyzed – and also shared some opinions – on the current economic and financial situation. The main question is – will the co...
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Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Krugman Warns of Disruption in Financial Markets Without US DollarPaul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, expressed his opinions for what concerns the US dollar. Its liquidity issues might make the US los...
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Fake AI-generated image of explosion near Pentagon spreads on social mediaAn AI-generated image of an explosion of a building next to the Pentagon became viral – but people (and some verified accounts) thought that the im...
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Banks are ‘museums of technology,’ says fintech companyThe CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...
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US risks losing the crypto race to UAE, Korea, Aus and Switzerland: ArkYassine Elmandjra, analyst at ARK Invest, said that the US lacks credible institutions related to the crypto space. According to the analyst, the U...
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Is politics monopolising fintech?London has become a fintech hub. Thanks to the experience and skills acquired over time, also regulators started having more elements to scrutinize...
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New Payment Solutions Are Knocking At The Door In Fintech—How Industry Leaders Can Stay CompetitiveGazmend Selmani, renowned technology solutions architect, talks about the new solutions brought by fintech firms in the payment industry. These sol...
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‘Regulators let the bad guys get big’ — former Kraken CEO speaks out after SEC settlementAfter the issues that the popular centralized crypto exchange Kraken had with regulators - issues that resulted in a fine worth $30 million - the c...
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Why the time is right for more immigration-focused fintechMisha Osipov, founder of the fintech firm Nova Credit, addresses an interesting topic: fintech-focused migrations. The country chosen by fintech en...
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News: Kroo lands coveted banking license, while Credit Suisse found guilty of money launderingDavid M. Brear and Kate Moody are joined by Andrea de Gottardo (Kroo) and Jessica Cath (Fintrail) to discuss some of the hottest fintech news – amo...
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Every Company is now a Fintech CompanyToday, any business that wants to be competitive needs to interact with fintech somehow, and that’s just the natural result of innovation.
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The iPhone at 15: You wouldn’t have fintech without itMaybe not everyone will agree, but Daniel Lanyon brings some interesting arguments to prove that fintech wouldn’t be the same without the iPhone. A...
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Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Krugman Warns of Disruption in Financial Markets Without US DollarPaul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, expressed his opinions for what concerns the US dollar. Its liquidity issues might make the US los...
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Fake AI-generated image of explosion near Pentagon spreads on social mediaAn AI-generated image of an explosion of a building next to the Pentagon became viral – but people (and some verified accounts) thought that the im...
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Robots Aren’t Replacing Employees, They’re Enhancing ThemMike Whitmire, CEO of the fintech company FloQast, analyzes the impact of artificial intelligence and automation on the job market. Inspired by the...
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Banks are ‘museums of technology,’ says fintech companyThe CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...
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US Consumer Confidence Preview: No good news for AmericansThe US is about to publish the March Conference Board Consumer Confidence index – CB Consumer Confidence. A high index records positive sentiment o...
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The best bear market plan? ‘Relentless optimism for the future,’ says fintech CEOJeremy Almond, CEO of the fintech company Paystand, injected a sense of optimism in crypto and fintech investors and businesses: despite these hard...
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Is The Green Economy The New 'Tech' Sector?The green economy is constantly developing: despite its concentration in specific countries – like the US and China, it’s expanding across differen...
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Millions in the Middle East are unbanked. Can fintech platforms change that?The Middle East is home to 85 million unbanked people. Fintech companies and their simplified and innovative payment solutions, allow everyone to b...
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First Mover Asia: Crypto Sell-Off Due to Fed Hawkishness, Possible Jump Dump of ETH, Says QCP Capital; Cryptos Decline Slightly in Monday TradingCoinDesk analyzes the possible reasons behind the current crypto market downturn: from the monetary policies of the US central bank to rising infla...
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Fintech Regulation: If It Looks And Walks Like A Duck, It Is A DuckAn interesting and long-lasting debate about regulators: should they “regulate entities or activities?”. The debate is reignited by the new regulat...
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U.S. Dollar Hits 20-Year High: Here’s What That MeansAfter the comments of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell about higher interest rates to address inflation, the US dollar continued to appreciate. Higher in...
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Bloomberg Black Business BeatKristen Broady, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, shares her thoughts on the condition of unbanked people, whose number is...
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Fintech in Africa: The end of the beginningAccording to McKinsey analysis, between 2020 and 2021 African fintech thrived despite the pandemic and social and economic issues faced by the cont...
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Central Banks Issuing Digital Banking Licenses In Fear of Fintech’s Quick RiseDifferent interest rates, approaches towards neo banking, and regulatory frameworks across the world, ignite – once again – the long-lasting debate...
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How has the Covid pandemic affected the Fintech Industry?The World Economic Forum launches the Global Covid-19 Fintech Market Impact and Industry Resilience Study to analyze the impact of Covid on the fin...
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Why Small Businesses Need Real-Time FinanceJulie VerHage-Greenberg interviews Jeff Seibert, co-founder of Digits - a fintech platform that provides real-time accounting for small businesses....
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10 fintech investors discuss what they’re looking for and how to pitch them in Q1 2022Mary Ann Azevedo (TechCrunch) interviews 10 investors to know what they look for when investing in startups: Anish Acharya (Andreessen Horowitz), C...
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eBay to add crypto payment options soon, says CEOIn a recent interview, Jamie Iannone, CEO of eBay, announced that the company wants to attract more Gen Zers and Millennials, and for this reason e...
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BankiFi joins Visa Fintech Partner Connect to bring SME business banking solution to Visa’s clients and partnersThe fintech company BankiFi is partnering with Visa to provide a wider range of banking services to SMEs: BankiFi’s goal is to increase the amount ...
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15 Tech Leaders On The ‘Next Big Thing’ In CybersecurityThe Forbes Technology Council discusses the latest developments in the cybersecurity space: from blockchain vulnerabilities to data sovereignty, in...
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U.S. fintech Plaid taps Booking.com veteran to lead its European expansionThe US-based fintech firm Plaid is planning an “aggressive” expansion in Europe: to reach its goal, the company hired Booking’s former vice preside...
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Cryptocurrency, Web 3 and Metaverse Businesses of the Future – Interview with Karina Rothoff Brix, Denmark Country Manager at FiriChris Crespo interviews Karina Rothof Brix (Firi) to discuss the risks involved in a wider adoption of crypto assets and what this means for Web 3 ...
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BNPL 2.0: In conversation with Philip Belamant co-founder Zilch, on launching UK’s double unicorn in USZilch, the fintech company focused on BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later), is about to launch its business also in the US. Philip Belamant, co-founder of the...
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Metaverse Real Estate – Next Big Thing or Next Big Boondoggle?Jeff Wilser’s article answers a few questions that metaverse-curious people ask all the time: why do people buy land in the metaverse? Not just hyp...
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TechCrunch podcasts roundup: Bill Gates on climate, the current health of fintech, and Latashá on what web3 offers artistsThis TechCrunch podcast episode covers the interview with Bill Gates on how to avoid climate disaster, the pivotal role of crypto assets in today’s...
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Here’s what’s hot — and what’s not — in fintech right nowBy analyzing venture capital firms’ choices, Ryan Browne identifies some hot fintech investments and projects that currently don’t attract investor...
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A recession in 2023 is now inevitable. Layoffs in tech and finance will spread to other sectorsWhile some tech sectors are thriving, tech layoffs didn’t stop. Murray Sabrin talks about a highly probable recession in the second half of 2023, f...
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High-yield bond spreads show increasing recession jittersDespite the various deals that seem to ease concerns about the banking crisis, in reality investors are still nervous. As Kate Marino points out, t...
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Fed Raises Interest Rates (Again) – What’s Next?Rosalia Mazza for FinTech Weekly. The current crisis mostly depends on the rising interest rates set by regulators as a tool against inflation. Wha...
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US risks losing the crypto race to UAE, Korea, Aus and Switzerland: ArkYassine Elmandjra, analyst at ARK Invest, said that the US lacks credible institutions related to the crypto space. According to the analyst, the U...
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Is politics monopolising fintech?London has become a fintech hub. Thanks to the experience and skills acquired over time, also regulators started having more elements to scrutinize...
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Will Bitcoin Take on the Reserve Currency Status Following De-Dollarization?If the Chinese Yuan will not be the next global reserve currency, what about Bitcoin? As de-dollarization talks keep rising, BRICS countries look f...
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Gary Gensler Is a National Disgrace: It’s Time to Rein Him InMillions of US people hold cryptocurrencies. But the SES decided to sue Binance and to investigate 61 cryptocurrencies considered as unregistered s...
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If the dot-com boom is AI's analogue, the boom is just beginningAn interesting analogy between the dot-com boom and artificial intelligence (AI). If the two markets are really similar, it means that AI is just b...
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Big banks are talking up generative A.I. — but the risks mean they’re not diving in headfirstAt the Amsterdam Money 20/20, many were the definitions of generative AI given by bankers. They were positive thoughts and opinions, and even if mo...
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Crypto War: The Secrets Behind Gary Gensler’s SEC StrategySam 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 ...
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‘The Industry Doesn’t Want the Answers.’ Josh Klayman on Coinbase and BinanceIf the crypto community thinks that the lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase were totally arbitrary, Joshua Klayman doesn’t agree with them. Accor...
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Google updates its privacy policy to allow data scraping for AI trainingBreaking: Google updated its privacy policy to allow data scraping for AI use cases. Good or bad news? OpenAI was already charged in California for...
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PSD3 unveils plans to shake up Open Banking | Fintech Insider News podcast | 755A new episode to discuss recent fintech news. Among the most important events, the European Union plans for open banking.
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AI threat to Scottish finance jobs 'yet to fully materialise'The bad side of artificial intelligence. A financial service recruitment firm warns that the job market will be significantly impacted, but firms m...
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Google updates its privacy policy to allow data scraping for AI trainingBreaking: Google updated its privacy policy to allow data scraping for AI use cases. Good or bad news? OpenAI was already charged in California for...
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PSD3 unveils plans to shake up Open Banking | Fintech Insider News podcast | 755A new episode to discuss recent fintech news. Among the most important events, the European Union plans for open banking.
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AI threat to Scottish finance jobs 'yet to fully materialise'The bad side of artificial intelligence. A financial service recruitment firm warns that the job market will be significantly impacted, but firms m...
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Can We Fire Gary Gensler? with Rep. Warren DavidsonWarren Davidson, like all crypto advocates, would like to fire Gary Gensler. Is the U.S. losing ground to Europe and Asia because of the SEC's deci...
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Let’s kill off the City’s old-fashioned paper fetish once and for allThe UK should rejuvenate the economy, but it looks like it has collected some tech failures over time. While countries like Sweden and Singapore ma...
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Gary Gensler ‘Disappointed’ by XRP Ruling But Won’t Change StrategyGary Gensler, “as many could have guessed”, is not happy with the Ripple ruling. The federal judge said that XRP can be considered a security only ...
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How and When Will AI Replace My Job?Thanks to Artificial Intelligence + and Sanksshep Mahendra for this interesting question and insightful discussion on the effects of AI on jobs — t...
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Twitter Logo: Elon Musk Replaces Bird With ‘X’ In RebrandThe iconic blue bird of Twitter disappeared: the logo was replaced by an X, and it’s part of Elon Musk’s plans to create a new, “everything app”. ...
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Companies that fail to integrate AI will suffer, but it will be one giant bubble: AI execThe CEO of Stability AI, Emad Moustaque, is quite pessimistic about AI. According to the CEO, even if artificial intelligence is still in its early...
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The rise of AI forces us to reinterpret our human intelligenceAnne-Marie Slaughter, Financial Times – An interesting point of view is covered throughout this article: we need to reinterpret our intelligence as...
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By ignoring climate risks, GOP politicians cost their states and cities billionsExtreme weather events are always more common, and they’re becoming the rule more than the exception. Despite this, Republicans oppose financial tr...
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By ignoring climate risks, GOP politicians cost their states and cities billionsExtreme weather events are always more common, and they’re becoming the rule more than the exception. Despite this, Republicans oppose financial tr...
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How AI, Web3 and Humans Can Work Together to Solve Complex, Global ProblemsIllia Polosukhin addresses some of the primary concerns surrounding artificial intelligence. However, AI can be an invaluable tool to assist humans...
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How AI, Web3 and Humans Can Work Together to Solve Complex, Global ProblemsIllia Polosukhin addresses some of the primary concerns surrounding artificial intelligence. However, AI can be an invaluable tool to assist humans...
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AI: The Ultimate Force Multiplier For Small Business SuccessAI can be as revolutionary as the internet itself. Business owners, especially SMEs that might not have large financial resources, can use artifici...
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JPMorgan: Embedded Payments Build New Business Models That Challenge Competitive NormsThe business methods and tools we adopted during the pandemic proved so convenient that they have become permanent fixtures. Eileen Dignen, the Glo...
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A look at the growing use of generative artificial intelligence and chatbots in consumer financial servicesSpecial guests Ron Shevlin and Reggie Young delve into generative AI and chatbots. They explore the revolutionary tools banks and fintechs can depl...
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The A.I. Revolution Is Coming. But Not as Fast as Some People Think.Lori Beer, CIO of JPMorgan Chase, is enthusiastic about AI's transformative potential. Yet, she cautions that AI's full integration into banking is...
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Decoding The Changing Dynamics Between Banks & Fintech CompaniesRitu Singh discusses the changing fintech landscape with her hosts and how it is impacting the banking industry.
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Global Fintech Fest | APAC likely to be epicenter of fintech innovation and investment, says BCG’s Yashraj ErandeThe Asia-Pacific (APAC) region can become the epicenter of fintech innovation and investments: in an interview preceding the Global Fintech Fest, Y...
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Will AI Deliver Efficiencies Previously Unrealized In Finance?The impact of AI remains a topic of debate. Both analysts and workers are uncertain about how this relatively new technology will influence workfor...
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Are “everything apps” the future of fintech?The co-founder of Outward VC, Devin Kohli, shares his thoughts about the evolution of fintech and the rise of “everything apps”.
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Ripple Co-Founder Hails UK as FinTech HubChris Larsen, co-founder of Ripple, praises the UK for being one of the most crypto-friendly countries, endorses its fintech innovations, and suppo...
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Are small businesses thriving, or merely surviving?Theo Paphitis unveiled the #SBS SME State of the Nation Roundtable report, providing insights into trends, challenges, and opportunities facing the...
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OpenAI board faces growing revolt over Sam Altman’s oustingIn a dramatic turn of events at OpenAI, the pioneering artificial intelligence company, an overwhelming majority of staff and investors have demand...
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Everyone becomes more efficient with generative AIIn a recent interview, Don McGuire, SVP and CMO at Qualcomm, delved into the company's role in the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) revolution,...
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The Little Tech Agenda: Biden vs. TrumpIn the latest episode of "The Ben & Marc Show," a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz delve into their recent article, “The Little ...
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AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey SpecialHosted by Oprah Winfrey and featuring tech leaders like Sam Altman and Bill Gates, a new special delves into the profound impact of artificial inte...
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AI is Unpredictable and the Destruction is Going to be Big in Fintech — Dave BirchAt the sixth annual conference of the Financial Technology Service Providers Association in Kampala, keynote speaker Dave Birch explored pivotal te...
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Natural disasters wreck FinTech infrastructure, proving cash is still kingNatural disasters like hurricanes expose the vulnerability of modern financial systems, reminding us that digital payment methods, such as contactl...
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A Trump bitcoin promise is what crypto fans once fought against. They love it anywayThe Wheel of Fortune. Bitcoin’s value surged post-election, propelled by Trump’s pro-crypto stance. His promises to “normalize” crypto, potentially...
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The success of Elon Musk’s D.O.G.E will send the US economy into a depressionHere's a different perspective on what DOGE's success could look like.