Andrew Samu

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.

Asia

Is Tesla facing its DeLorean Moment in China?

May 12, 2021

Alec Baldwin, the famous actor, told Top Gear how “He’s [John DeLorean] like Musk and other people who want to form their own company, and do something bold.”

Banking Fintech

How can Traditional Banks improve Operational Efficiency?

May 10, 2021

With the drive for efficiency, a lot of traditional banks are looking to emulate the approach to hyper-personalisation that Big Tech firms like Amazon, Netflix and Apple have used, successfully. Find out how SunTec are helping them.

Investment Banking USA

How bad is Biden’s Tax Plan for Wall Street?

April 29, 2021

Besides, Biden doesn’t hold any shares, why should he care about Wall Street? The U.S. economy is set to have a strong recovery, and markets will surely continue their growth trajectory once the dust settles around Biden’s Tax Plan.

Capital Markets Technology

Another Tech firm IPO, but is UiPath just another Tech firm?

April 23, 2021

In 2017, UiPath introduced their vision of ‘a robot for every person.’ Borrowed from Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who, in the 1970s, set the goal of putting a ‘computer on every desk.’ Dines has predicted similarly, that there would be a software robot for every person.

Capital Markets Digital Assets

The dismal debut IPO of Coinbase

April 20, 2021

Where now for #bitcoin? It is widely accepted. A crypto exchange or 'Crypto company' has been listed. Institutional investors and central banks are increasingly adopting it. So where is the problem?

Press Release

Time to value (by Kingswood)

April 19, 2021

Chinese GDP in the first quarter was up as much as 18.4% on a year earlier. But the gain compared to the previous quarter was a much more meagre 0.6%. Even so, growth over the year as a whole should still be close to 9%, higher than any other major economy with the exception of India.

Press Release

Tide selected for Tech Nation Future Fifty following strongest year of growth

April 19, 2021

Tide, the UK’s leading business financial platform, has become one of the latest to be selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme, designed to bring together, empower and accelerate the growth of the most successful tech companies in the UK.

Press Release

RegTech industry backs FCA calls for ‘purposeful’ AML policies

April 19, 2021

Reference to the £37.8m fine imposed on Commerzbank AG’s London Branch and the £96.6m fine against Goldman Sachs for systematic AML failures were used to showcase inadequate screening and fraud detection systems.

Press Release

UK ahead of Europe on path to digital currency adoption

April 19, 2021

Globally, more than 60 central banks have already entered the central bank digital currency race since 2014, with 88% of the ongoing CBDC projects, at pilot or production phase, using blockchain as the underlying technology.

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