Sometimes you have to go into the engine room to see where and how fast the ocean liner is going. It is not enough to know what the Fed is doing in the captain’s tower. Fed stimulus is obviously a big macro driver, but there are also other factors. Today’s stock market may remind you ... Read more ›
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  1. S&P downgrades bonds in 23 aircraft lease/engine securitizations. Why this matters:  The Covid 19 pandemic has affected many industries but the tourist and travel sectors are surely among the hardest hit. As a direct result the Aircraft and aircraft engine leasing sector is in crisis. The virus has lasted much longer than ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories this week. They’re not narrowly about XBRL, yet – but will be when the development comes to maturity. 1 Sustainability frameworks collaborate for comprehensive reporting Long-time readers of this newsletter will know that one of the major issues holding sustainability reporting back has ... Read more ›
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A few recent developments in health insurance are noteworthy. Two of these were sizeable fund raises, distinctive from general trends. The third saw a large insurer unveil its ecosystem roadmap. The events in discussion are: Oscar Insurance raised $225 million recently, $1.5 billion till date. Waterdrop raised $230 million from Swiss Re and Tencent. It ... Read more ›
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Stablecoins and Regulation, current state of play. Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published stablecoin guidance Monday, on how cryptocurrencies backed by fiat currencies should be treated under law. Prior to ... 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. Stripe is in the spotlight this season. They ranked high based on several criteria in the latest Forrester Wave report (along with the European Adyen). The rankings are based on 15 criteria and 5 is the top score. Most of the other ... Read more ›
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A few days ago I read that the number of tokenized Bitcoins on Ethereum skyrocketed this month, reaching 107,000, estimated to be worth $1.15 billion. Tokenized Bitcoins, let people use BTC on the Ethereum network, instead of ETH, to issue loans or earn interest. While Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) is the most important tokenized Bitcoin project ... 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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“Going public” used to mean only one venue decision  – NASDAQ or NYSE? Everything else was denigrated as a “regional exchange”. In the past that tended to mean a lower valuation, as you were restricted to only local investors. Or you needed sophisticated investors using tools that could normalise valuations into a single reference currency. That ... Read more ›
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This post is by Howard Tolman, posted in my name due to a tech snafu. Let Zombie companies go and support start-ups Why this matters: This is yet another example of financial commentators strongly advising the government that companies that cannot support themselves and are only still in business because of ultra low interest rates ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories this week. 1 Discovering the added value of XBRL Professor Monika Kovarova-Simecek, Academic Director Economic and Financial Communications at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, recently shared her thoughts on XBRL’s role in the digital transformation of financial reporting. Everybody talks about ... Read more ›
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Pic Credit: Pietro Soldi Virtual conferences in insurance have become regular fare this year. In tune with flavors of the season, conference hosts have been excelling in lining up a distinguished cast of speakers. In the past week, I was privy to two well attended conferences, which were remarkable in the choice of stakeholder group ... Read more ›
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What is the optimal method of stablecoin delivery? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Last week the question seemed to be who should be first? This week it has moved on to how? Should it be a two tier distribution model, all public sector lead or largely ... Read more ›
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Inspired by Ilias’s post entitled Switzerland Is Calling, I spoke with Helie d’Hautefort, Founder of Reserve Currency Solutions, about the possibility of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Switzerland and likely adoption trends for CBDC. Central Bank Digital Currencies sit at the intersection of Legacy Finance and Cryptocurrencies. In that guise they get little ... 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. Stripe is one of the most well-funded private Fintechs. With a $36billion unicorn valuation in a sector that is in growth mode, it seems unstoppable. Global e-commerce is currently estimated to be a $4trillion sector with huge upside potential, as it currently ... Read more ›
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There’s no doubt that there has been a lot of innovation and opportunity in the DeFi ecosystem. In the three months since the launch of COMP, the growth in the space has been phenomenal. We’ve seen an endless stream of farms, forks, crashes and heists. There has been a yield-farming frenzy, with often funny sounding ... 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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This post is by Howard Tolman, posted in my name due to a tech snafu. 1. ECB has its hands tied as the euro soars ever higher Why this matters. So the easing of fed policy announced at Jackson Hole is already causing concern within the ECB as the Euro continues its inexorable rise. The ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories this week. 1 Q2 XBRL filing quality score Paying close attention to your company’s XBRL filing quality is essential for your company to control the messaging to the investors, analysts, the public, and the SEC. It’s a bit of a pity that this ... Read more ›
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The future of several service industries may be headed towards ecosystems. Or so, a McKinsey study would make one believe. As per their research, as many as 12 large ecosystems yielding 30% of global revenues could become a reality in the next 5 years. In Part 1 of this article, examples of ecosystems in insurance ... Read more ›
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