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Uber’s Fintech Strategy: A Conversation With Peter Hazlehurst, Head Of Uber Money
Big VC Deals Will Delay Mexico’s First Fintech IPO
Building The Bank Of The Future
Bank of America to hike minimum wage for all employees to $20 per hour a year ahead of schedule
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Europe’s startup banks are coming to America. Can they succeed?
PayPal acquiring 70% stake in GoPay
UNICEF launches Cryptocurrency Fund
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Schwab cuts fees: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/01/charles-schwab-is-eliminating-online-commissions-for-trading-in-us-stocks-and-etfs.html
SoFi launches crypto trading: https://fortune.com/2019/09/25/sofi-bitcoin-crypto/
Final Bytes: Over a million NYC subways rides using contactless payments and a KPMG survey of customers willing to use blockchain.
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NYSE Owner to Launch Long-Awaited Bitcoin Futures
The Coming Currency War: Digital Money vs. the Dollar
Overstock’s Venture Arm Invests $2 Million in Blockchain ID Firm
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Need Cash? Companies Are Considering Magazine Subscriptions and Phone Bills When Making Loans
Skirting U.S. Sanctions, Cubans Flock to Cryptocurrency to Shop Online, Send Funds
Hedera Hashgraph, Touted as High-Speed Blockchain Alternative, Now Live
2.4% of consumers consider their digital bank to be their primary bank
Start-ups to grab $280 billion in banking payments revenues by 2025, study says
SBI, largest lender bank in India, is eliminating debit cards
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Chase Outmaneuvers Square, Putting Fun Into Fintech
Executives Say $1 Billion for AI Research Isn’t Enough
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Venture-Capital Stalwart Battles Washington’s Crypto Crackdown
The Long Term Stock Exchange Raises $50 Million, Filings Show
$2 Billion Hacked by North Korea according to a UN report
How Matchmaking Robots Are Shaking Up Global Bond Sales
6 futuristic jobs that will soon exist in the financial industry
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China to Boost Shenzhen’s Role in Greater Bay Area Innovation
Nine reasons to bank on traditional banking
Even fintech startups battling to meet cyber security challenges
Global fintech investment plummets
Silicon Valley Looks North as Tech Giants Expand in Toronto
How Credit Unions Fit in Your Financial Life
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Joust raises $2.6 million seed round for the nation’s first banking platform for freelancers
State Regulators Investigate Payday Advances
An attempted heist at Coinbase was scary good, even though it failed
The Apple Card is a “World Elite” Mastercard
$4.3M amount received by Blade to reshape cryptocurrency derivatives trading
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Jack Ma’s Online Bank Is Leading a Quiet Revolution in Chinese Lending https://fortune.com/2019/07/29/jack-ma-mybank-lending/
Here’s What You Need to Know About the Capital One Breach https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/business/capital-one-breach.html
Clearbanc plans to disrupt venture capital with ‘The 20-Min Term Sheet’ https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/03/clearbanc-plans-to-disrupt-venture-capital-with-the-20-min-term-sheet/
Equifax breach settlement: You’re not getting that $125. Here’s why https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/31/equifax-cant-pay-full-125-breach-settlement-claims/1879942001/
1 in 5 European Crypto Holders are Women, New Report Reveals https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/1-in-5-european-crypto-holders-are-women-new-report-reveals-1940241
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https://www.ft.com/content/4750c682-ac8c-11e9-8030-530adfa879c2
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Goldman Sachs is fueling Lendable’s platform with $249 million https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-fuels-alt-lenders-platform-with-249-million-2019-7
Raisin picks up $28M backing from Goldman Sachs https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/16/goldman-sachs-backs-raisin/
Congress Unites to Take Aim at Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/technology/big-tech-antitrust-hearing.html
Facebook privately pitched its cryptocurrency plan last month to regulators. They were left even more scared. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/16/facebook-privately-pitched-its-cryptocurrency-plan-last-month-regulators-they-were-left-even-more-scared/?utm_term=.f88a9a7ceae4
A.I. has a bias problem and that can be a big challenge in cybersecurity https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/17/ai-has-a-bias-problem-that-can-be-a-big-challenge-in-cybersecurity.html
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U.S. Begins Inquiry Into French Digital Services Tax That May End in Tariffs https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/business/us-france-tariffs.html
Commercial Property Joins Tech Revolution as Spending Soars https://www.wsj.com/articles/commercial-property-joins-tech-revolution-as-spending-soars-11562068801
Momentum Builds for Automation in Construction https://www.wsj.com/articles/momentum-builds-for-automation-in-construction-11562073426
With Defaults and Failures at India’s Shadow Banks, ‘Confidence Is Shaking’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-defaults-and-failures-at-indias-shadow-banks-confidence-is-shaking-11562232603
Bloomberg Real Estate Issue https://www.bloomberg.com/magazine/businessweek/19_09
Five IMF Facts on Fintech https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Policy-Papers/Issues/2019/06/27/Fintech-The-Experience-So-Far-47056
Hedge Funds Post Best First Half in Decade https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-08/hedge-funds-post-best-first-half-in-decade-as-equities-lead-way
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This week, the gang discusses shadow banking. What is it? Is it nefarious?
And of course, Facebook’s Libra made quite a splash this week. What gives?
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Fintech platform Synapse raises $33M to build ‘the AWS of banking’ https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/07/synapse-raises-33m/
Crypto Startups Are Raising Money Again, With a Twist https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-startups-are-raising-money-again-with-a-twist-11559995203h
Amazon launches a credit card for the ‘underbanked’ with bad credit https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/10/amazon-launches-a-credit-card-for-the-underbanked-with-bad-credit.html
19 Blockchain-as-a-service Companies Making the DLT More Accessible https://builtin.com/blockchain/blockchain-as-a-service-companies
Mary Meeker’s internet trends slides https://www.bondcap.com/report/itr19/
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How Kids’ Allowance Works in the Smartphone Age https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-kids-allowance-works-in-the-smartphone-age-11559035800
When bills pile up, young people turn to strangers on Venmo https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-venmo-cash-app-twitter-crowdfund-money-20190602-story.html
SEC Sues Kik Over $100 Million ICO, Sees Kin as a Security https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-04/sec-sues-crypto-firm-that-s-raising-money-to-fight-regulator
New Startup-Focused Bank Gets More Than $100 Million From Investors https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-startup-focused-bank-gets-more-than-100-million-from-investors-11559216484?mod=mhp
PayPal opens up access to e-commerce platform that’s already used by Instagram and Facebook https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/03/paypal-rolls-out-e-commerce-platform-to-help-start-ups-compete-with-instagram-and-facebook.html
PayPal opens up access to e-commerce platform that’s already used by Instagram and Facebook https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/03/paypal-rolls-out-e-commerce-platform-to-help-start-ups-compete-with-instagram-and-facebook.html
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