The future of reinsurance (RI) markets is being reshaped by new technology, alternative capital and reinsurers bundling value-added services with reinsurance. These forces are leading to new trends, in a backdrop of changing RI buying patterns, emerging risks and the realities of ever changing regulation. Placement processes have evolved at a slow pace while acquisition ... Read more ›
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Are Stablecoins superior to TradFi? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. An important question was answered this week. Are we really taking a step forward in terms of value with this new technology over the current Financial Infrastructure often referred to as TradFI? First a reminder of ... Read more ›
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It is easy to place your bets as all three companies are publicly traded. Square is part of the Fintech 50 Index. Facebook and Twitter are big media businesses. Bias disclosure. While I have no commercial stake at time of writing I do have two biases. 1. Daily Fintech is a media business writing about ... Read more ›
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China has banned Bitcoin more times than I can remember. On Friday, China declared that all crypto transactions are illegal driving a sell-off of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies. The market value of the world’s cryptocurrencies tanked to a low of about $1.8 trillion, falling roughly 9% and losing $188 billion in value within just ... Read more ›
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This week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. Monday Ilias Hatzis our Greece-based crypto entrepreneur (Founder & CEO at  Kryptonio a “keyless” non-custodial bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet, that lets users manage bitcoin and crypto, without private keys or passwords and Weekly Columnist at Daily Fintech) @iliashatzis ... Read more ›
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Our London banker techno entrepreneur, Howard Tolman, is on holiday today so I am covering for him with a story he suggested. Our 2017 post looked at the chances of  Challenger Banks breaking  the massive bank concentration in the UK. The UK has one of the most concentrated/ consolidated banking markets in the world with the top 5 ... Read more ›
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Here are the three most relevant developments in the world of structured reporting we became aware of in the course of last week. 1  New era for Australian data collection as APRA connect goes live Congratulations to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority! On 13 September, its new data collection portal, APRA Connect, went live. Replacing ... Read more ›
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 This concluding part extends the narrative from insurtech orchestrators (Part-1) and pioneers like Discovery’s Vitality (Part-2) to emerging ecosystem impacts, based on examples of Manulife and John Hancock, its US subsidiary. Customer-focused health ecosystems are being designed to seamlessly deliver the right care in the right setting at the right time. Globally, they are ... Read more ›
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Why are Regulators worried about stablecoins? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Equally, why is the Crypto industry one minute welcoming and then in the next wary of regulation. Simple. The industry needs to be regulated to some level for mass adoption, but what that regulation could ... Read more ›
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Square (SQ) is ranked 7 in the Fintech 50 Index of publicly traded Fintech stocks and describes itself as “tools to empower businesses and individuals to participate in the economy. Sellers use Square to reach buyers online and in-person, manage their business, and access financing. And individuals use Cash App to spend, send, store, and ... Read more ›
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Apple makes big bucks from its App Store since it launched it in 2008 with an initial 500 applications. The app ecosystem has grown into more than five million apps and into a huge business, with users spending $380 billion worldwide on in-app purchases. In 2020, Apple made $72.3 billion and Google made $38.6 billion. ... Read more ›
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This week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. Monday Ilias Hatzis our Greece-based crypto entrepreneur (Founder & CEO at  Kryptonio a “keyless” non-custodial bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet, that lets users manage bitcoin and crypto, without private keys or passwords and Weekly Columnist at Daily Fintech) @iliashatzis ... Read more ›
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Johnson’s tax hikes makes raising rates difficult. A warning from the Bank of England that Johnson’s manifesto busting hikes in interest rates is significant enough to effect monetary policy. Well you can’t say he hasn’t been warned but he doesn’t seem interested in taking advice. Seriously though what are personal credit markets supposed to do ... Read more ›
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Here are the three most relevant developments in the world of structured reporting we became aware of in the course of last week. 1  Mandatory sustainability reporting discussions in Japan and Philippines With mandatory climate and other sustainability disclosure requirements apparently gaining impetus around the globe, the latest news this week has a Pacific flavour. In ... Read more ›
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In Part-1, ecosystem characteristics and successes in digital health were discussed. In Part-2, the focus turns to Discovery’s Vitality health ecosystem. In September ’18, John Hancock declared that it would discontinue traditional life insurance and instead offer only its Vitality branded interactive health policies. This announcement was newsworthy at the time, as behavior-based programs such ... Read more ›
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What makes a stablecoin useful? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. One feature is that Stablecoins offer interim protection to traders from notorious crypto price volatility. They did so by almost maintaining their one dollar-peg and offering sufficient liquidity to traders who looked for a safety net ... Read more ›
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In ye olden days, equity investors could pay cursory attention if any to the balance sheet, focussing attention on more exciting stuff like growth and market opportunity. However, two inconvenient truths today mean that equity investors need to pay attention to the boring old balance sheet: Many companies funded the lack of revenue caused by ... Read more ›
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Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, is on record as a Bitcoin fan. As such he is also a fan of Lightning Network and on June 11 he tweeted that “it is only a matter of time” to integrate the Lightning Network into Twitter. For more on Lightning Network, see our 4-part series. This is a ... Read more ›
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A couple of months ago, El Salvador became the first nation to adopt bitcoin as legal money. On Tuesday, companies like McDonald’s and Starbucks began accepting bitcoin, making it possible to use the cryptocurrency for everything from purchasing a cup of coffee to paying taxes. Economists, the IMF, and credit rating agencies have slammed the ... Read more ›
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This week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. Monday Ilias Hatzis our Greece-based crypto entrepreneur (Founder & CEO at  Kryptonio a “keyless” non-custodial bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet, that lets users manage bitcoin and crypto, without private keys or passwords and Weekly Columnist at Daily Fintech) @iliashatzis ... Read more ›
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