Andrew Samu

One of the differences in the way that this year’s Money2020 has been organized is the availability of the Speakeasy room where a small group of fintech nerds can #AskMeAnything from selected speakers. One of those speakers was Marcus Hughes, the Managing Director of Europe for Coinbase, and the editorial team at #DisruptionBanking were delighted to be invited to hear what he had to say:

Banking Events

#Money2020eu, Open for Business with CBDCs and more

September 21, 2021

Moderated by Carline Emch, Director of Government Affairs at American Express, the discussion focused on ‘How should CBDCs be designed and what function should they perform to become a trusted medium for payments’:

Digital Assets

Why are investors turning to Coinpass?

September 15, 2021

Europe Fintech PayTech

How important is consumer choice in Europe?

September 9, 2021

“Europe is one example where AppGallery has grown considerably since its global launch three years ago. Huawei’s AppGallery is now the world’s third largest app marketplace with 540 million monthly active users (MAUs), growing in Europe by 61.5% year-on-year to more than 42 million users.” Michael shared.

Banking Europe Sustainability ESG

Good results for Amundi is good news for Europe

July 30, 2021

Today’s news by Amundi shows a strong result so far in 2021. Some of the takeaways of the financial statements for the second quarter of 2021 were summarized by their CEO, Valérie Baudson, who spoke about their Medium-Long-Term (MLT) Assets amongst other things:

Fintech

Is London ready for DeFi?

July 20, 2021

DeFi may not have filled as many hours of discussion as Open Banking or Payments at Fintech Week London last week. But, there was no way the organizers could leave it off the agenda.

Fintech

Ekstasy launches Starling Bank’s latest integrated campaign – ‘Hello Starling Bank’

July 13, 2021

Starling is the leading digital bank, aiming to make banking easier, fairer and more human than banks of the past. Ekstasy wanted to shine a light on the customer centric humanity that is at the core of it all.

Digital Assets

DeFi’s Oracle Problem, with ChainLinkGod

July 5, 2021

“While we tend to choose to ignore the noise from the Chainlink community, we feel obliged to react in this instance due to the gravity of the accusation.” Kunkel explains, “MakerDAO does not participate in nor benefit from liquidations in neither the Maker Protocol nor other protocols.

Banking Digital Assets

Why is Citi embracing Crypto?

June 28, 2021

Fraser shared her policy regarding cryptocurrency before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee last month. She shared how her company was taking a ‘measured approach’ to cryptocurrency as the bank sought “to understand changes in the digital asset space and the use of distributed ledger technology, including demand and interest by our clients, regulatory developments and technology advancements.”

Asia News

China equities: Beyond the recovery

June 25, 2021

The recent correction in Chinese equity markets highlighted the uncertainties of the global pandemic recovery. But amid the ongoing transformation of the world’s second-largest economy, we see a long-term story that should support investment opportunities.

News

What is the interest rate in the UK?

June 24, 2021

‘Financial market measures of inflation expectations suggest that the near-term strength in inflation is expected to be transitory.’ Much as many economists and the Fed in the U.S. have suggested.

Fintech PayTech

Wise like TransferWise. Why is Wise Going Public in London?

June 21, 2021

As recently as last December, Boris Johnson hosted a session with the bosses of some of the top Tech firms in the UK, Kristo attended on behalf of TransferWise. It was clear that it was important to the UK government that companies like TransferWise list in London.

Digital Assets

The Crypto Diary of a Hodler

June 10, 2021

Jon had been watching CryptosRUs on YouTube again. He had spent hours following what users had been posting and commenting in Bitcoin & Crypto groups on Facebook.

Capital Markets Fintech

United Fintech Expands into the US with the Appointment of Mark Lawrence from Goldman Sachs

June 3, 2021

Mark Lawrence boards the United Fintech ‘rocketship’ today. He joins to help scale and distribute the fintech firms acquired by United Fintech. Mark will grow a sales team in New York, with appointments to be announced later this year.

Fintech Futurist

3F: Future Fintech Framework (Book Review)

June 2, 2021

With record amounts of interest in Fintech, both due to the pandemic and digitalisation, as well as due to the impact StartUps like Klarna, Revolut and Stripe have had on traditional banking. Kartik decided that there was a need for a Simplified and Futuristic Framework to help others understand the amount of disruption taking place in the Fintech segment globally.

#DisruptionChat Events Fintech

Talking about Regional Trends Disrupting Banking at Fintech-Aviv

May 28, 2021

Like each year, people interested in Fintech from all over the world tuned into the Fintech-Aviv Annual Summit. 30% of them from North America, 25% of them from Western Europe, 15% from Central Eastern Europe, 14% of them from the UK and 10% from Asia.

Andrew Samu

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