Fintech Playlist 💿 Week 55
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What if all the newsletters and posts you read about fintech were a weekly playlist? Here I attempt to answer that question. Come for the playlist, stay for the Star Wars memes #SorryNoySorry #OkStillSorryImAPoliteCanadian 🇨🇦
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Kermit and a double shot of Muse this week
Silicon Valley’s Unbridled Euphoria Runs Into Economic Reality - The New York Times Once-buzzy start-ups had held out against the new reality that the good times are over. No longer.
Euphoria by Muse — music.apple.com
What Are Your Alternatives? - What is the greatest legal movie ever, according to lawyers? Any guesses? 12 Angry Men? To Kill a Mockingbird? A Few Good Men? Nope! The correct answer is My Cousin Vinny, a movie about a new lawyer named Vincent Gambini who travels from New York to Alabama to defend his cousin in a murder trial.…
Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette — music.apple.com
The week CBDCs went nuclear: cross border transfers, privacy by design, sanctions, China de-dollarization and rebutting the case against CBDCs Universal banking is dead, killed by digital!
No Money by Galantis — music.apple.com
Money20/20 Recap: Fintech Forced to Grow Up Eight Key Themes From Last Week's Conference
Grow Up by Paramore — music.apple.com
Can a new form of cryptography solve the internet’s privacy problem? | Data protection | The Guardian Techniques which allow the sharing of data whilst keeping it secure may revolutionise fields from healthcare to law enforcement
Privacy by Michael Jackson — music.apple.com
Fintech 🧠 Food - M2020 impressions, Apple breaks NFTs and Amazon adds Venmo
We are reaching a phase where everything calls itself a "BaaS" or embedded finance provider because it has an API. There's a significant gap between "having a BaaS" offering and having customers and momentum.
Super Bass by Nicki Minaj — music.apple.com
We know about Zombie Banks … but what about Zombie Businesses? - Chris Skinner's blog It’s Halloween. It’s time for a fright! And so Swiss Re decided to do just that. Some headlines catch my attention, and when Swiss Re launched a report about Zombie Businesses the other day, well … I had to read it. The report, after the headline, is less explosive, and is all about corporate debt: “The...
Zombie by The Cranberries — music.apple.com
Cards Cost… Someone There's no such thing as a free lunch, or free miles.
Someone by Johnny Mathis — music.apple.com
Banks Should Scavenge Troubled Fintechs' Talent and Technology Successfully transplanting fintech into a bank environment may take more than cash. Cultural fit is more important than ever.
Culture by Hembree — music.apple.com
Matan Bar, CEO/Co-Founder of Melio – Always Remember to Keep The Main Thing, The Main Thing Listen now (40 min) | Miguel Armaza sits down with Matan Bar, CEO & Co-Founder of Melio, a B2B payments platform for small businesses. The company was last valued at $4 billion and has raised $500+ million.
The Main Thing by Roxy Music — music.apple.com
I’m inviting you to hear from Victor Cruz, CEO at VC Innovations, the architects of Fintech Talents and Future Identity brands, as he shares insights into how the team launched the largest and most impactful fintech festival in the UK.
Guitar Boogie by Les Paul — music.apple.com
Long Take: The $5 trillion of GDP that McKinsey, Goldman, and Galaxy say will be built in the Metaverse Gm Fintech Architects — Today we are diving into the following topics: Summary: We take a tour through three insightful reports sizing the metaverse opportunity, in particular parsing out descriptions of potential economic activity. We see estimates ranging from $4 trillion to $8 trillion of revenue pool in the long run, and current investment in the hundreds of billions, of which about $10B per year is private. We also highlight some potential errors in pursuing strategy in the space, and offer hypothesis for the future.
Galaxy by Chloe x Halle — music.apple.com
The ESG Advocate 019 - It's not easy claiming green | Revue The ESG Advocate - ESG represents risks and opportunities, and one of those opportunities is differentiation through marketing. This concept is challenging as su
Bein' Green by Kermit the Frog — music.apple.com
Enabling thoughtful connectivity beyond payments As countries slowly reopen their physical borders and travel restrictions are lifted, what can brands do to connect with their increasingly mobile-savvy consumers worldwide? Are we ready, as an industry, to serve the penned up demand? What more can we do to help small and medium-sized local merchant
Beyond by Daft Punk — music.apple.com
Opendoor lays off about 550 employees, or 18% of its workforce • TechCrunch The real estate tech company said it is navigating "one of the most challenging real estate markets in 40 years."
Open Door by The Revelries — music.apple.com
Partner Bank Compliance and the Impact on Fintech (October 2022 Fintech Newsletter) | Andreessen Horowitz This first appeared in the monthly a16z fintech newsletter. Subscribe to stay on top of the latest fintech news. TABLE OF CONTENTS Partner Bank Compliance and the Impact on Fintech Last month, Bancorp Bank, a U.S. bank that commonly …
Compliance by Muse — music.apple.com
Hard days ahead - FinTech Futures
There are hard days ahead. Remember that a rising tide should lift all boats. But it doesn’t. Remember that there are winners and losers, even if the game isn’t winner takes all: for some families it sure feels that way.
Hard Days by Austin Plaine — music.apple.com
The 3 kinds of Digital wallet interoperability in Asia | by Efi Pylarinou | Nov, 2022 | Medium Digital Wallet growth includes not only the number of users but also the volume of payments processed and the number of `places` accepted. In most countries in the Asia Pacific region which has been…
Wallet by Regina Spektor — music.apple.com
Council Post: IDtech Is The New Fintech The convenience, optionality and accessibility that fintech brought to money is happening to the archaic, paper-based world of personal identity.
Down Is the New Up by Radiohead — music.apple.com
Canadian Fintech: Who is going to buy HSBC? 🤑 Fintech for international students. Wealthsimple on a policy tear. How to rent out your spare room.
Who's Gonna Buy by The Lemondips — music.apple.com
OnlyFans CEO Is on a Mission to Set the Record Straight - On the Money 20/20 stage, OnlyFans CEO talked about the future of the social media platform and its recently achieved milestone.
Set the Record Straight by Reef — music.apple.com
Federated banking - FinTech Futures Federated technology could offer banks a number of benefits and play a huge role in their internal digital transformation.
Federated Backdrop by Sound Dimension — music.apple.com
Elon Musk’s Plan To Charge Twitter Users Is Wrong—Here’s A Better Way
Elon Musk's plan to charge Twitter users with a verified blue check mark $8 a month is doomed to fail. What Twitter should do is charge users by the number of followers they have.
For many people, Twitter is simply a way to see what’s up with other people, and to share their thoughts with family, friends, and colleagues.
But for many other people, Twitter is a way to reach an audience, whether you’re a Donald Trump, Kanye West, or Elon Musk, a company looking to publicize its products, or a fintech influencer-wannabe looking to promote your blog posts (like yours truly).
Wannabe by Spice Girls — music.apple.com
Don't write off our cheques! (or has that ship already sailed?) Issue 405 | 2 November 2022
Ship Has Sailed by Hired Guns — music.apple.com
Unleash Your Magic The money is not about the money. it's a means to an end, but it's not the end.
Magic by The Cars — music.apple.com
Edition 33 - Can success be tamed into becoming a habit. — www.linkedin.com Hey folks. 👋🏽 Thanks for coming back to my weekly newsletter, last week’s got rather existential with Deputy CEO Jason Bates and I talking about the meaning of life, so bringing it back to current affairs today.
Just Look Up by Ariana Grande & Kid Cudi — music.apple.com
This week’s hidden track
Fintech Uncut - The Candid Element — fintechuncut.com Uncut, unfiltered and uncensored, candid commentary on the Fintech and Financial Services week that was, in a video quiz-show format.
Fu by CeeLo Green — music.apple.com
Liner notes
Check out other things I read, or wanted to read or listen to, or retweeted without reading that you might find interesting
The future of Cash and the growing CashTech ecosystem — www.youtube.com #cash #digitalpayments #FintechCashTech, believe it or not, is an emerging Fintech ecosystem globally. Cash is increasing but cash payments are declining. I ...
Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS: 676. News: Live from Money20/20 - announcements from Google, Wells Fargo, Adyen, Fireblocks and more! on Apple Podcasts — podcasts.apple.com Our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Lindsay Davis, Head of Markets, Atomic Charley Ma, General Manager, Alloy Lindsey Argalas, COO, TaxBit W…
One Vision: Building on belief - For the love of running on Apple Podcasts — podcasts.apple.com Running is about belief, determination, and community. How we get to the finish line and who joins us along the way are memories we all want to cherish. Have you ever wondered about the humans behind the marathon and the technology that brings them together? In this episode of One Vision, Theo and B…
Fintech Recap: The Money20/20 "Precap" - by Jason Mikula — fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com Listen now | Featuring Matt Janiga, Charles Potts & Julio Gomez
Episode 464: Second Wave BaaS & “Deep Tech” - Provoke.fm Media A boutique bank with a big vision! Seattle Bank’s Josh Williams, EVP Chief Banking Officer and Head of Partnerships speaks with Jason Henrichs about Seattle Bank’s forward-leaning approach and how they are leveraging tech to guide BaaS partnerships. Call it BaaS’ second era, they talk about the next iteration of BaaS, embedded finance, and what...
Fintech Daydreaming: Fintech Daydreaming at Sibos 2022 on Apple Podcasts — podcasts.apple.com It’s that time of year again. The season when who’s who of the financial services industry flock to a get together that still today is the largest migration of bankers and Fintech nerds heading to one place: the annual Sibos conference. Our co-host Pål Krogdahl found himself in the middle of it a…
Bank of Canada urges fintech companies to prepare for retail payments regulation - The Globe and Mail — www.theglobeandmail.com Canada’s central bank is encouraging companies to weigh in on the new rules, expected to come into effect in 2025, before they are finalized
Interview: Rex Salisbury, Founder & GP, Cambrian Ventures — fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com Listen now (42 min) | Cambrian's backstory, working with early-stage founders, the rise of the "solo GP" & more
Most of the unicorns aren't • TechCrunch — techcrunch.com Equity, TechCrunch's startups and venture focused podcast, talks about Stripe layoffs, investor ratings, and unicorn challenges.
Podcast: Is Open Banking the future of retail payments? — northeypoint.substack.com Listen now (23 min) | Issue 406 | 3 November 2022
World Tour 🌎
What’s happening in fintech across the globe. And the occasional music review.
The Financial Brand Forum | The Biggest & Best Conference in Banking — financialbrandforum.com The biggest and best conference on CX, marketing, digital and growth strategies in the banking world — November 13-16 at the Aria in Las Vegas.
FF Fintech Awards — ff-awards.com As we celebrate the outstanding people, teams and innovations in Fintech, join us for the not-to-be-missed ceremony evening at Old Billingsgate Market on
The 11:FS Awards 2022 — www.11fs.com This November, we’re turning things up to 11 with the first ever 11:FS Awards! We’ll be celebrating the people, the products and the brands building the future of FS.
2022 Edition — www.forumfintechcanada.com
Discover what’s in store for the 9th edition of the Canada FinTech Forum.
Thread 🧵 of the week
Fintech Playlist 💿 Week 55 by Barb MacLean — music.apple.com
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