Monthly Archives: May 2021

AltFi-Mainstream’s Latest Pairing – A Marriage Made In Heaven?

Another day, another deal in the alternative-finance sector as it marries itseld off to mainstream banking and finance. The latest pairing brings a surprisingly positive comment – good maybe, but “made in heaven”? – from our friends at AltFi, who report: Another partnership that seems to be a match in fintech heaven, this time for […]

Mainstream To Take AltFi Sector On Trust

The ever-changing world of Alternative Finance raises all sorts of issues as it rushes headlong towards the mainstream. To complete that journey the world at large must place its trust in the new-fangles sub-sector. Our friends at AltFi opine on the topic of trust in FinTech. The question of consumer trust in financial services came […]

Revolut Hastens Irresistible Advance of Cryptocurrencies Into Mainstream,

Today, more on the overarching theme of this year’s News coverage – the irresistible advance of cryptocurrencies into mainstream finance. Our friends at Finextra report the latest from the UK’s leading challenger bank, Revolut: Revolut is to allow customers to transfer their bitcoin holdings to wallets outside the superapp’s ecosystem, addressing a long-standing gripe about […]

A FinTech Regulatory Tale With a Potentially Happy Ending

The FCA has been busy taking care of the fast-changing Fintech sector. The regulator has good reason to be vigilant. Our friends at AltFi run a tale with what looks like a happy ending. Lanistar, a new fintech start-up with big ambitions and some controversy, has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to provide payments services.  […]

Looking For The Origins Of The Next Financial Crisis – Plus Loan Latest

Where will the next financial crisis originate? Note, we think it’s a question of “where” (and “when”), not “if”. Our friends at Finextra offer some intelligent speculation: Responding to the recent hack of IT company SolarWinds, the New York State Department of Financial Services says that the next big financial crisis could come from a […]