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Fintech Focus For October 7, 2020
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 - 6:59pm | 2504Quote Of The Day: Merely raising tax rates on the wealthy and corporations wouldn’t really make the system any fairer. - Bloomberg Fintech Movers: Crypto-friendly bank Silvergate said it was particularly "bullish" on its payments platform during its Q2 earnings call. Now it's...
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Fintech Focus For September 25, 2020
Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 6:18pm | 2049Quote Of The Day: War is what happens when language fails. - Margaret Atwood Fintech Movers: NYCE, a fintech geared towards real estate investing, formally announced it became the fastest real estate company to raise $1 million through the Regulation CF, on the Wefunder and Republic investing...
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Fintech Focus For September 23, 2020
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - 5:39pm | 2196Quote Of The Day: Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. - Francis Bacon Fintech Movers: Consumers continue to reject legacy banking bill-paying platforms, which are perceived as inefficient. In most cases, they prefer making payments directly to service providers. - BillGO One Finance...
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Fintech Focus For September 17, 2020
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - 6:17pm | 2478Quote Of The Day: It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. - Theodore Roosevelt Fintech Movers: The global fintech sector faces an "existential crisis", says McKinsey, as sources of funding dry up. - Finextra What’s the outlook for crypto brokerages....
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Fintech Focus For September 10, 2020
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 - 8:24pm | 2279Quote Of The Day: Love is a serious mental disease. - Plato Fintech Movers: M1 Finance, a platform for money management, announced it surpassed $2 billion in assets. - Benzinga Carrot to expand its dividend tech. Long-Term Stock Exchange opens. Binance enters the Turkish market. Displayed markets...
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Fintech Focus For September 7, 2020
Sunday, September 6, 2020 - 4:51pm | 2051Quote Of The Day: Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide. - Henri Barbusse Fintech Movers: The European fintech scene has experienced tremendous growth over the last few years. One of the key drivers of this growth is open banking. This is causing financial...
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Fintech Focus For August 18, 2020
Monday, August 17, 2020 - 5:54pm | 1716Quote Of The Day: There's no evidence of a V-shaped spike in animal spirits commensurate with near record-high equity indices. - John Hill Fintech Movers: Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks said Thursday he thinks banks will be connecting to blockchain the way they are connecting...
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Fintech Focus For August 17, 2020
Sunday, August 16, 2020 - 12:38pm | 1894Quote Of The Day: You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated. - Maya Angelou Fintech Movers: Conversational AI or chatbot technology is proving a key technology, enabling customers to interact with their banks anytime, any place. - Tech Wire JPM to lead Consensys note...
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Fintech Focus For August 14, 2020
Thursday, August 13, 2020 - 6:21pm | 1902Daily Perspective: The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney Fintech Movers: Spending on e-commerce platforms will be three times more in the next five years, with digital consumers in Southeast Asia expected to spend an average of $390 in 2025, up from the $125 ......
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Fintech Focus For August 12, 2020
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 - 6:38pm | 2605Daily Perspective: Growth can heal a lot of sins. - Cathie Wood Fintech Movers: American Express Company is in talks with Kabbage, an online fintech lender backed by Softbank, over an $850 million acquisition. - Benzinga Finicity: The COVID Credit Crisis. Infor, CIBC, SunStream partner. A GM...
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Fintech Focus For August 11, 2020
Monday, August 10, 2020 - 6:14pm | 2346Daily Perspective: The definition of market prices is whatever the Fed says it will be. - Minerd Fintech Movers: The Federal Reserve recently announced the FedNow Service, which it said will be rolled out in a phased approach, with a target service date of 2023 or 2024. - Benzinga Coinbase hires...
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Fintech Focus For August 10, 2020
Sunday, August 9, 2020 - 9:22pm | 2244Daily Perspective: Only the paranoid survive. - Andy Grove Fintech Movers: Goldman Sachs is seriously considering its own cryptocurrency, possibly a stablecoin, as it significantly expands its digital assets team and appoints a new head to spearhead efforts. - Coindesk Capital markets DLT on cusp...
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Dubious Distinction: US Shoulders Roughly One-Third Of Global Debt Burden
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 12:37pm | 354The U.S. has been invariably accused of living beyond its means, and a report compiled by the World Economic Forum along with Visual Capitalist confirms the obvious. Debt-Heavy The U.S. share of global debt is estimated at 31.8 percent, the most of any nation. This is about two...