CBDCâs will not be trustless Digital Cash! Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Interesting debate this week on just what a Digital currency should be if it is issued by a Central Bank. As we all know good old fashioned cash, Bitcoin and most privately issued stablecoins ... Read more âș
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Some stories are too complex for our 3 minute attention span. For those stories we do 4 parts, one week apart, each a manageable 3 minute type read. Wall Street Bets vs Hedge Funds is one of those stories for sure. Today we start with the populist part of the story, how the Occupy Wall ... Read more âș
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GameStop is an American video game, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise retailer and last week it was the talk of the town. To summarize what happened, a group of users on the r/WallStreetBets, a Reddit forum where participants talk about stock and option trading, noticed large short positions on Gamestop, almost 140% of the available ... Read more âș
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This week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. To continue receiving This Week in Fintech, you can either become a paying Member for $143 per year (and receive all our content in addition to this weekly summary) by clicking here. If you just want to ... Read more âș
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 Bitcoin Whales making a splash and coining it in Bitcoin to me is an enigma so I try to understand what I can. I am still none the wiser but I recall the words of Hot Chocolate âI believe in miracles, where you from you sexy thingâ. So do all those holders of Bitcoins ... Read more âș
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories from the last week. 1 Liechtenstein adopts XBRL reporting with new taxonomy News from Liechtenstein. (Not something we see every day!) Its Financial Market Authority (FMA) has developed its own national XBRL taxonomy, including a DPM-based Table and Formula Linkbase. This will primarily ... Read more âș
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Insurers globally are on a quest to deliver exceptional digital customer experiences. But, when it comes to modernizing product development, they report lackadaisical progress. Burdened by constraints of archaic technology architectures, carriers often resist adopting new technologies because of the vagaries of legacy applications. Furthermore, associated costs and duration to develop in-house solutions can be ... Read more âș
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Can elephants learn to dance? Â Here is our pick of the 3Â most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. This week, speaking at Davos no less, the Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has proclaimed that Bitcoin, Crypto Currencies and one supposes privately issued stablecoins days are numbered, but that digital innovation in payments ... Read more âș
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Insurers globally are on a quest to deliver exceptional digital customer experiences. But, when it comes to modernizing product development, they report lackadaisical progress. Burdened by constraints of legacy technology architectures, carriers often resist adopting new technologies because of the vagaries of legacy applications. Furthermore, associated costs and duration to develop in-house solutions can be ... Read more âș
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Some payments require credit â prepaid accounts and cards are not fit for purpose. For poor people, it might be for low value purchases when their cash has run dry. This is the world of payday lending, high APR % cards and pawnshops. For people with more cash it might be high value purchases such ... Read more âș
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 The Chinese New Year is coming up in couple of weeks and 2021 is a Year of the Ox. Thatâs a bull, but a regulated bull. And 2021 will be bullish on the convergence of crypto and traditional financial services. Keeping up the positive crypto momentum from 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of ... Read more âș
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Joe Biden is the new President of America! In other news, this week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. To continue receiving This Week in Fintech, you can either become a paying Member for $143 per year (and receive all our content in addition to ... Read more âș
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 Covid recovery Differences in approach between the US, UK and Eurozone Interesting macro economic piece from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard contrasting the differences in approach between the US and the Eurozone after COVID and the longer term risks to monetary stability in the longer term. Biden has indicated a massive rescue package with 2021 adding as ... Read more âș
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories from the last week. 1 Russiaâs ready to rumble: IFRS work plan for 2021 The Russian Ministry of Finance has released the âInteragency Working Groupâs work plan for IFRS applications for 2021â, with a tantalising glimpse of XBRL unification.The working group will cover ... Read more âș
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In insurance, big data connotes unstructured and structured data that influences underwriting, rating, and pricing. Structured data gets stored as pre-defined fields and tables, while unstructured could be social media, recorded videos or documents. Using predictive technologies, insurers use big data to discern trends and forecast future events. According to SNS Telecom, carriersâ spend on ... Read more âș
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Stablecoins have started to crawl, when will they walk? Â Here is our pick of the 3Â most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Â As reported here last month, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said that banks can utilize stablecoins in transactions, among other banking activities. To get a bit ... Read more âș
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As I get asked this question a lot I decided it was easier to post something that I can link to. We are now (Jan 2021) in one of many bull markets since the first coin was mined in 2009. Each bull market has been driven by different types of people: 2013 was the cypherpunks ... Read more âș
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TLDR: prepaid accounts and cards are not a good trend for incumbent banks, the kind of banks that make up a bank Index ETF such as KBE. I Am Not A Financial Advisor (IANAFA), Do Your Own Diligence (DYOD). Many investors think bank stocks are good value today. I am wary of bank stocks for two ... Read more âș
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After hitting an all-time high of nearly $42,000, Bitcoin fell all the way to around $30,000 and now its back to around $35,000. The drastic shifts illustrate bitcoinâs volatility and suggest that investors should hold on tight for what could be a a turbulent ride. While itâs always hard to pinpoint the cause for bitcoinâs ... Read more âș
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