FX, Trading and Capital Markets Startups Demo in London
This week is a departure from the norm for me as I report on the Finance Magnets’ London Summit. Held...
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How to Build a Full-Stack Bank in 5 Steps (Without a License or Core System)
Image courtesy of Starling Bank This is like furniture that you assemble at home that comes with instructions that...
Salivating for Unadvised Assets: a Videographic
Ed Note: We produce content that engages our community. Words are beautiful pigments to paint a picture. To paint pictures that...
5 Opportunities as Lending Marketplaces enter hyper growth
Image courtesy of Ethos Private Wealth Thesis: hunger on origination side from small business + hunger on investor side starved...
Bitcoin Blockchain could solve the cyber security challenge for Banks
To libertarian Bitcoin fans, this sounds boring. Bitcoin was supposed to change the world, not be just another tool in...
Evidence of ‘active and sustainable’ InsuranceTech startups
Yesterday, I attended my second of Startupbootcamp’s Insurance fast track days in their London Rainmaker Loft (See here for review...
FinTech-Ing in ETF space: Growing AUM, shrinking fees, and crypto-currencies
The first major ETF was launched in the early 90s with a tracker of S&P500 on the NYSE. This wrapper...
Funding Circle is a ‘company from here doing rather well over there.’
If that headline resonates, you have been carbon dated. You must be old enough to remember Hanson Trust (or enjoy...
Which geeky Transaction Banker will become CEO of a big global bank and turn it into a mega Fintech?
Criteria for this elite job will include a passion for discussing the finer nuances of SWIFT Message Types, ISO 20022...
Bitcoin, Blockchain and Byzantine Generals
I have been devoting substantial time and attention this year to understanding bitcoin and the blockchain, and meeting with the...
