For investors, thin layer/fat commission ventures have been the icing on the cake: thin layer means no costs/hassle of service delivery; a simple app is all Uber needs because they do not employ drivers or deal with any logistics issues. fat commission means lots of revenue ; Uber for example makes a commission of 20%. ... 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 consumer debt levels in the US remain high and Fintech has contributed to this substantially. Q2 2020 was the first quarter that household debt and credit dropped since 2014! However, 2019 closed with nearly $4.2 trillion in consumer debt (a record ... Read more ›
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Before a recent trip to London, a kind person who knows me well suggested that I stay safe in coronatimes by auditioning for the role of an OCD Germaphobe. This led me to break the habit of a lifetime of relying on the Tube/London Underground to get around. So I was more reliant on taxis ... Read more ›
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I am sure some of you remember the browser wars. The browser wars referred to a period of intense competition between Netscape and Microsoft over which web browser would dominate the market. They started in the mid-90s, when the world was just starting to come online. A lot was at stake, as the company which ... Read more ›
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This weekly summary from our 8 experts, brings you 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 ... Read more ›
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This week I am going to concentrate on what is happening when the worlds A list central bankers get together at Jackson Hole, Banking Bigwigs Ignore impending disaster Banking is basically a simple business and the fundamentals have never changed. When A.P. Gianinni started making loans to distressed entrepreneurs immediately after the 1906 earthquake ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories this still slow summertime week. 1 Digital Regulatory Reporting Rules Have you been involved in a regulatory reporting project for OTC (ISDA) products? In my career I took responsibility for implementing EMIR reporting for a well known UK CCP, so I have first ... Read more ›
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Insurtech started later than BankTech but the disruption seems to be happening faster. As the Insurance market globally is over $5,000 billion a year, this is a big deal and why we have been covering Insurtech every day since this first post in 2015. As 80 percent of Insurance growth comes from Emerging markets, it ... Read more ›
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All good things become other good things and as such will be my tenure at the Daily Fintech. Seventeen months ago, I was welcomed to the blog’s author cohort by DF’s Managing Editor, Bernard Lunn. In the ensuing period I was a privileged author working with and conveying insurance and Insurtech news and goings-ons. I’ll ... Read more ›
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This is the final in a 5 part series (published weekly) written by guest author Amber Sutherland a banker who understands technology who currently works for Silent Eight an AI-based name, entity and transaction adjudication solution provider to financial institutions. Click here for Index and Part 1. Operational resiliency and third party due diligence have ... Read more ›
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Central Bankers should be very wary! Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. This week we saw concern that if Central Bankers wade into the Digital Currency market too quickly they would not only expose themselves to reputational risk but also the sovereign government that is behind them. ... 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. Model portfolios in the investment world are nothing new. They have been around for a long time and have always been unregulated. No model portfolio provider is required to report any or all of its model portfolios allocations, performance, or costs. In ... Read more ›
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Ethereum is one of the top digital assets in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. It’s the second most famous and the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, second only to Bitcoin. Ethereum’s claim to fame is its smart contracts capabilities. Until recently, it was the first and only general-purpose blockchain, with a Turing complete virtual machine and ... Read more ›
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This weekly summary from our 8 experts, brings you 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 ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important Alt Lending news stories during the week: 1. Yield Starved Investors start to Rummage in triple C rated debt Why this matters: This headline from the Financial Times comes as no surprise given the crazy state of the debt markets but it does raise a ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories this slow summertime week. 1 Report: The Future of Financial Reporting This important new report explores the reasons why Australia and New Zealand should embrace digital financial reporting. This is a great recent resource from Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand. Watch also ... Read more ›
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This is the 4th in a 5 part series (published weekly) written by guest author Amber Sutherland a banker who understands technology who currently works for Silent Eight an AI-based name, entity and transaction adjudication solution provider to financial institutions. Click here for Index and Part 1. Better can mean different things to different organizations ... Read more ›
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We are still at the experimental stage with stablecoins. Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. In a clear sign of an immature market we saw this week a Trader make money on trading the same stablecoin. In digital-asset markets, stablecoins like tether and USDC are supposed 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. Western newswire services are reporting that the blockbuster IPO of Ant Group has started preparations for its dual listing process (STAR & HK stock exchanges) while US-China relations are tense. Alibaba owns 33% of its shares, and co-founder Jack Ma owns 8.8%, ... Read more ›
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Early last week, Bitcoin got a thumbs up from an unexpected source. MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a publicly traded company, shook the entire crypto community when it purchased $250 million worth of Bitcoin (21,454 BTC). The purchase was part of MicroStrategy’s “new capital allocation strategy“. This is the largest Bitcoin purchase by a publicly traded company ... Read more ›
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