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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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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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Facebook Building Cryptocurrency-Based Payments System https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-building-cryptocurrency-based-payments-system-11556837547?mod=mhp
Some Small Businesses See Big Benefits in Online Financing https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-small-businesses-see-big-benefits-in-online-financing-11557662401
LatAm: The New Kid at the FinTech Table https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/17256/latam-the-new-kid-at-the-fintech-table
U.S. Credit-Card Delinquency Rates Rising, Particularly Among the Young https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-credit-card-delinquency-rates-rising-particularly-among-the-young-11557846130?mod=hp_major_pos12
376 Wallets Holding One-Third of All ETH https://ethereumworldnews.com/ethereums-decentralization-in-question-with-376-wallets-holding-one-third-of-all-eth/
10,000 Baltimore city workers locked out after https://www.npr.org/2019/05/21/725118702/ransomware-cyberattacks-on-baltimore-put-city-services-offline
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E*Trade enabling crypto trading would make it the largest crypto security brokerages in the world
PayPal makes a big marketplace play with its $500M investment in Uber
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Facebook stock goes up despite record fine
15 Months of fresh hell inside Facebook
A Mass Murder of, and for, the Internet
‘996’ Is China’s Version of Hustle Culture. Tech Workers Are Sick of It.
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In this week’s show, we discuss T-Mobile’s (and seemingly everyone else’s) entry into consumer checking accounts, credit card partnerships with influencers, and Silicon Valley groupthink.
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T-Mobile Introduces a Checking Account Money
https://www.t-mobilemoney.com/en/home.html
Unicorn Blitzscaling Reveals SV Groupthink
Influencers and credit cards
https://www.wsj.com/articles/credit-card-issuers-boost-spending-on-social-media-ads-11556011801
Masayoshi Son lost $130 million in bad bet on bitcoin
Carl Icahn sold Lyft stake before IPO
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/carl-icahn-sold-lyft-stake-ahead-of-ipo.html
Will John McAfee unmask Bitcoin creator?
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Can London threaten San Francisco’s fintech unicorn dominance?
You Pay for Netflix and Spotify Monthly. What About Financial Planning?
Goldman wants to pay students $100,000 to tackle Wall Street’s technology challenges
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/us/trash-pickers-san-francisco-zuckerberg.html
http://fortune.com/2019/04/09/term-sheet-tuesday-april-9/
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