The financial universe is shifting shape. And it matters. This change is something we report on regularly in our News section. The advent of cryptocurrencies and digital tokens will change the systems by which we exchange value, and ultimately what we think of as money. All this of course has huge political impact. At the […]
The financial world is in a state of flux. For once, the Pandemic is neither an effect and only arguably a cause. Digital currencies – cryptos – are on the march again. The simple fact remains that with the resurgence of Bitcoin – now approaching its highs of December 2107 – traditional monetary systems are […]
Today, we bring you a couple of news items from the trade press. To us, they indicate high levels of activity and preparation for vigorous business activity in a world that re-emerges into a new version of normality, now we can look forward to control and perhaps even the extinction of Covid-19. Banking provider Bud has […]
Today we offer a snapshot of the constantly fluctuating world of FinTechfrom our friends at The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), which has just completed an extensive survey, along with its partners the World Bank and the World Economic Forum. Crowdfundinsider reports on a presentation this week on a study reviewing the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the […]
Build it, and they will come. Further proof were it needed, that the FinTech sector is a giant experiment in, amongst other things supply-side development, comes with the latest announcement from the top financial watch dog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Our friends at Finextra report: The Financial Conduct Authority and the City of London […]
As we reported earlier this month, the nature of money is changing. Travellers’ cheques are already ancient history, cash is on the way out – and the way monetary systems are organised seem highly likely to be next. Here’s an extract from a report here a couple of weeks ago: It may not be the […]
As we pursue a niche-lending policy (property, music rights, litigation), it has gone rather quiet on the lending front. However, new loans are due on site when the business streams open up – so we thought it opportune to provide one of our regular refreshers on how to lend to our carefully vetted borrowing companies. […]
AltFi reports good news on a FinTech outfit which has been – and continues to be, despite this item – surrounded by less than flattering rumours. Below is an excerpt from AltFi’s report (published yesterday) and a share price chart – of purely indicative nature, Googled today – showing a positive market reaction to the […]
The snippets of news keep coming through. With the sunlit uplands officially scheduled for the end of the first quarter next year, the fallout from a super-hurried set of measures to shore up SMEs is beginning to make itself felt. Crowdfundinsider reports: HM Treasury has stated that it’s ultimately the responsibility of lenders, and not […]
The wait-and-see period continues. As we deal with the second Covid-19 wave and wait for vaccine rollout there’s much belt-tightening and general preparation for the battle to come in a world that reverts to the new version of “normal”. In FinTech, we’re seeing plenty of jockeying for position. AltFi reports the latest: London-based Zilch has today become […]