9 Best Articles in 2020
Collaborative Fund
The Psychology of Money
Collaborative Fund
539 saves · From 2018 · Let me tell you the story of two investors, neither of whom knew each other, but whose paths crossed in an interesting way. Grace…
The New Yorker
The Invention of Money
The New Yorker
~14 min read · 225 saves · 2019-03-13 · In three centuries, the heresies of two bankers became the basis of our modern economy.
Stratechery
How Tech Can Build
Stratechery
10 min read · 216 saves · Apr 21st · Ben Thompson · Marc Andreessen has written (another) seminal essay: It’s Time to Build. What does that mean for tech and venture capital?
McKinsey & Company
AI-bank of the future: Can banks meet the AI challenge?
McKinsey & Company
198 saves · Sep 21st · AI in banking may be the next big differentiator. Success requires a holistic transformation spanning multiple layers of the organization.
The Guardian
Paradise Papers leak reveals secrets of world elite's hidden wealth
The Guardian
6 min read · 196 saves · From 2017 · Files from offshore law firm show financial dealings of the Queen, big multinationals and members of Donald Trump’s cabinet
The Atlantic
The Looming Bank Collapse
The Atlantic
~14 min read · 192 saves · Jun 10th · Frank Partnoy · The U.S. financial system could be on the cusp of calamity. This time, we might not be able to save it.
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~17 min read · 149 saves · May 3rd · Need a financial model for your startup? Fear not. I have extensively compared the top 12 templates, free and paid, so you don't have…
medium.com
Warren Buffett’s Recent Explanation of How Money Now Works Is the Most Important in History
medium.com
~11 min read · 138 saves · Aug 24th · Tim Denning · The value of the money you have is changing. “Debt “and what it means is fundamentally changing.
Bloomberg
Inside a Moneymaking Machine Like No Other
Bloomberg
~19 min read · 118 saves · From 2016 · How did the highly secretive quantitative hedge fund Medallion become one of the most profitable in the world? Journalist Katherine Burton uses interviews with…
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The Economist
How the digital surge will reshape finance
The Economist
9 min read · 46 saves · Oct 8th · Thanks to covid-19, more people than ever are banking and making payments online
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Big banks entrusted money to GardaWorld. It secretly lost track of millions.
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20+ min read · 44 saves · Oct 18th · A Times investigation found that the Florida-based armored truck company concealed missing money from the banks.
CoinDesk
Square Puts 1% of Total Assets in Bitcoin in Surprise $50M Investment
CoinDesk
32 saves · Oct 8th · Danny Nelson · Square, the payments company helmed by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, announced Thursday it has purchased 4,709 bitcoins.
Sifted
Exclusive: Balderton to launch new fund to “blitzscale” Europe
Sifted
3 min read · 30 saves · Oct 14th · Balderton, one of Europe’s most active venture capital firms, is raising money for a mega growth fund to plug a financing gap in the…
The Economist
Ant Group and fintech come of age
The Economist
3 min read · 28 saves · Oct 8th · A blockbuster listing shows how fintech is revolutionising finance
Finextra
ECB to test instant cross-currency payments via Target
Finextra
26 saves · Oct 6th · The European Central Bank is kicking off a project with Sverige Riksbank that will investigate whether and how Target Instant Payment Settlement (Tips) could…
The New York Times
Bank Earnings Show Diverging Fortunes on Wall Street and Main Street
The New York Times
4 min read · 19 saves · Oct 14th · Trading activity gave the big banks a boost while their consumer businesses slumped. And they aren’t counting on more stimulus, either.
MarketWatch
Be prepared: A return to normal is a still a long way away, warns banking billionaire Jamie…
MarketWatch
1 min read · 18 saves · Oct 11th · For those of you expecting the world to return to some sense of normalcy by the time 2021 rolls around, the JPMorgan Chase boss…
The Economist
American banks’ earnings will gauge customers’ financial health
The Economist
3 min read · 14 saves · Oct 11th · Is the pandemic leading to a marked rise in defaults on loans to firms and households?
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VC investment in Europe down 12% in 2020
Sifted
3 min read · 13 saves · Oct 15th · The pandemic effect on Europe is smaller than some feared. But some cities have done much better than others. Madrid, Berlin and Milan have…
