 The world is in crisis on many levels – economic, political, health, climate. Recovery from this crisis will require innovation and innovation requires risk capital. That is why we are publishing our next 4-parter (each post is a 3 minute read, one week apart) on the subject of equity crowdfunding, which shook up the capital ... Read more ›
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Another week, another high. Bitcoin’s price is surging, nearing its all time high, as the year comes to a close. Looking at all of 2020, it’s been surging all year long. The largest digital currency is up 160% since January 2020, and up 190% since March 15, after a noise dive in the second week of ... Read more ›
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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 ›
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Daily Fintech is tapping the expertise of Silicon Valley based Quintin Gomez to help guide a transition to becoming a software enabled media business. Daily Fintech is a globally decentralized business with readers and expert contributors all over the world. So it was natural that the company should not be constrained by location as it ... Read more ›
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 Amigo Loans customer complaints soar. While Amigo is only a minnow in the Alt lending scene it is in some ways a microcosm of what can go wrong during a Black Swan event such as a pandemic. In many ways it is almost textbook. For a starter this company will only lend to you ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories this week. 1 ESEF audit The introduction of the new European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) includes a set of requirements around assurance of digital disclosures – but how will “ESEF audit” actually work? The European Commission (EC) has now published a long-expected explanatory note clarifying aspects ... Read more ›
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After eleven weeks of chronicling discernible trends and dominant movers in insurtech, I have barely scratched the surface of major shifts the $5 trillion global insurance industry is embarking upon. Meantime, I have covered upstart unicorns, innovating incumbents and those in between. The period saw more press go to extol virtues of the booming insurtech ... Read more ›
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When, if ever, will we get our stablecoin(s)?  Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. This last week we have heard quite a bit of “go slow” commentary on the pace of delivery of this future form of money. Let’s try to summarize and make sense of ... Read more ›
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Efi Pylarinou is the founder of Efi Pylarinou Advisory and a Fintech/Blockchain influencer – No.3 influencer in the finance sector by Refinitiv Global Social Media 2019. I admit that Twitter is an energy vampire. Don’t get me wrong, philosophically, there is no good or bad, black or white, ethical or unethical. All I want to say, is that I have become very much aware that more than 30min ... Read more ›
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The cross border payments market is big. As per McKinsey, global payments revenues were $1.9 trillion in 2018, a big part of most bank’s transaction banking revenues. What happens when cross border payments moves to free? It is possible that cross border payments price comes down by 90% and volumes increase by 10x ie the ... Read more ›
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The coronavirus had a negative impact on investment in early stage crypto startups, early in the year. The economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic made venture capital companies hesitant to invest in the first half of 2020. Yet, there is reason for optimism, as things are starting to turn around. In the third quarter of ... Read more ›
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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 ›
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 Banking Fintech Stars tailor their strategies to get to profitability Fintech Start ups Monzo and Revolut are the stars of digital banking as well as being bitter rivals. But they do have one thing in common in that they are both currently loss making and despite being popular with their newly acquired clients are ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories this week. 1 Global regulatory community lines up behind behind digital reporting The global regulatory community has put its support behind digital regulatory reporting (DRR) initiatives acknowledging supervisors require the ability to collect better quality data more efficiently. The Bank of International Settlements (BIS), ... Read more ›
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In Sep 2019, Lloyds of London published their vision for the Future at Lloyds (FAL) as Blueprint One. Amid a tumultuous world economy, Lloyds has refined its strategy and game plan to launch Blueprint Two last week, a bold two-year program to establish newer ways of doing business, driven by digital channels with advanced data ... Read more ›
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Is your stablecoin Privately or Publicly issued? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Today, all stablecoins are issued by the Private sector. Tether being the largest, followed by the audited USDC. But should we have a Public option and should the Public Central Banks have a monopoly ... Read more ›
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Efi Pylarinou is the founder of Efi Pylarinou Advisory and a Fintech/Blockchain influencer – No.3 influencer in the finance sector by Refinitiv Global Social Media 2019. The quarterly Backend Benchmarking Robo Report for Q3 is out and I am sharing my reflections after reviewing it. Bear in mind that this is a US-centric sector in which several large incumbents have already stepped in. I don’t need to highlight ... Read more ›
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Quiz; what do USD Tokens, Libra, Single Currency CBDC, Synthetic  Basket CBDC all have in common? (CBDC = Central Bank Digital Currency). Answer: they are all Stablecoins Stablecoins could disrupt the cross border payments business. Not today, when you still have to use the rails described in Part 1 & 2. Maybe tomorrow it will ... Read more ›
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When I wrote my previous post last Sunday, bitcoin was around $13.8k a coin. This week it has skyrocketed  past $15,000, for the first time since January 2018. The price increase was more or less synchronized with the vote count in the United States and the ever-increasing tension in the country. Bitcoin has gained 17% ... Read more ›
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Taking a break from obsessing about the US Elections. 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 ... Read more ›
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