Ep 50 – AssureHedge CEO Barry McCarthy

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https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/irish-fintech-firm-assure-hedge-receives-full-uk-authorisation-1.3505665

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Ep 49 – Goldman Goes Retail and Facebook Goes to Washington

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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

Ep 48 – French taxes, the IMF fintech trends, proptech, and more!

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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