Today we bring you more news of the gathering pace of convergence between cryptocurrencies and mainstream finance. This is clearly driven by the price resurgence of flagship crypto, Bitcoin. What’s driving that is another matter… Finextra reports: Asset servicer Northern Trust and Standard Chartered have sought to capitalise on the growing demand for cryptocurrency services […]
Two snap shots of today’s FinTech sector. The first is superficial, but f they’ve nothing better to do…? What’s in a name? AltFi reports: Industry body the Digital Finance Forum (DFF) has given itself a fresh lick of paint, rebranding as Fintech Founders. DFF was launched back in 2016, with the aim of creating stronger […]
In case you hadn’t noticed, Bitcoin has been enjoying a surge in popularity. The Covid-19 crisis parked interest in alternative stores of value – with gold the prime beneficiary. Now cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin once more to the fore, are firmly back in the spotlight. Lat week, the Bitcoin price reacjed $19,850, just above its previous highest […]
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 […]
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 […]