The Guardian
How big tech is dragging us towards the next financial crash
17+ min · · The long read: Like the big banks, big tech uses its lobbying muscle to avoid regulation, and thinks it should play by different rules. And like the banks, it could be about to wreak financial havoc… · Shared by 167, including Jochen Burkhard, Danie, Cyrill Schmid, Jane, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Scott Galloway, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Katja Evertz, Matthias Lampe
Quartz
Travelers to China can finally experience its cashless economy like a local
2 min · · Short-term visitors to mainland China can download a version of the Alipay app to pay for things using QR codes. · Shared by 17, including Sebastien Meunier, Chris Gledhill, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
thecontrol.co
An Overview of the Crypto Wallet Landscape
13+ min · · Wallets are critical infrastructure for cryptocurrencies. Every crypto behavior — whether buying or selling crypto, hodling crypto… · Shared by 41, including Chris Gledhill, Thomas Power, Version One Ventures
Forbes
Uber’s Fintech Strategy: A Conversation With Peter Hazlehurst, Head Of Uber Money
4 min · · Uber recently announced Uber Money, a new division within the ride-hailing firm. Here's why the strategy is a winner. · Shared by 88, including Ian M Calvert, LARRY ELKAN, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Sebastien Meunier, Oliver Bussmann, Ron Shevlin, Florian Graillot, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Thomas Power, Jim Marous 💯, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦
Forbes
14 Fintech Trends To Watch For In 2020
4 min · · Members of Forbes Finance Council take a look at the trends in fintech that could rise to prominence over the next year. · Shared by 38, including Chris Gledhill, Jonathan Kogan, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Jim Marous 💯, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Florian Graillot
TechCrunch
Uber Money is Uber’s new team focused on financial products and services
1 min · · Uber is further exploring the financial services business with the creation of a new team, Uber Money. Uber Money is now responsible for all-things pertaining to financial products designed to support… · Shared by 21, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, John Nosta, Jim Marous 💯
Forbes
(Not So) New And (Hardly) Exciting Strategies For Banks To Increase Profits By (Nowhere Near) 40%!
4 min · · In the face of broad industry disruption, consulting firms’ are offering recommendations that provide incremental improvements to the existing cost and profit structure. · Shared by 16, including Ron Shevlin, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Jim Marous 💯, Sebastien Meunier
Forbes
The ‘Underbanked’ Is The Next Trillion-Dollar Opportunity in Fintech
2 min · · Angela Strange, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, says startups making products for customers who live paycheck-to-paycheck have found a lucrative new market in the staid financial services… · Shared by 62, including Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Chris Guselle, Ian M Calvert, Jonathan Kogan, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Matthias Lampe, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦
Forbes
The Internet of Payments Has Arrived
3 min · · The Internet of things is catalyzing an expansion of the payments acceptance network by converting any connected device or endpoint into a platform for purchasing. · Shared by 19, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Johannes Lenz, Neira Jones
TechCrunch
Libra claims 180 potential replacements for 7 mutineers
3 min · · Attempting to signal its popularity despite high-profile defections from Visa, Stripe, and more, the Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra Assocation announced that 1,500 organizations have expressed… · Shared by 20, including Johannes Lenz, John Rampton
Economic Times
A guide to what’s happening in the fintech revolution
4 min · · In the second quarter, India—home of mobile payments startup Paytm—surpassed China in the number of deals. · Shared by 20, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Sebastien Meunier
ReadWrite
How IoT Changes Banks and FinTech Companies
9 min · · What are the benefits of the IoT implementation? How can you use IoT in banks and FinTech companies? We’ll lay out and explain specifics in this post. · Shared by 41, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Andreas Staub, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Stephan Woodtli, Thomas Power
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Five hurdles blockchain faces to revolutionise banking
4 min · · A lot of banks started experimenting with blockchain in 2015 but they've made little progress. · Shared by 43, including Oliver Bussmann, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Thomas Power
Towards Data Science
Getting rich quick with machine learning and stock market predictions
18+ min · · If a human investor can be successful, why can’t a machine? · Shared by 106, including Jonathan Kogan, Bernhard Huessy, 瑞拿頭, Vikram Dutt, Howard Getson
The Economist
The stockmarket is now run by computers, algorithms and passive managers
10 min · · Such a development raises questions about the function of markets, how companies are governed and financial stability · Shared by 82, including Chris Skinner, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Howard Getson, Chris Gledhill, Johannes Haus
a16z
The ‘Google Maps for Money’
4 min · · Software can distill the key points we need to make better financial decisions—and even make those decisions for us. Welcome to the era of autonomous finance. · Shared by 73, including Oleg Baskov, Clemens, Thomas Billeter, Florian Graillot, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Sachin Rekhi, andrew chen, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Jamie Burke ⛺️