Fintech Uncut Episode 28 - Are you ready for the tsunami?
A major bank points to a $15 trillion potential wave crashing through financial services — will this be a bigger disaster than climate change or the opportunity of a lifetime for financial services?
Will the IPO of a 183 year old bank on the London Stock exchange give a much needed boost to investor confidence?
It seems like Chris is trying to take the mic from Rik as he regails us with a song …… but did he manage to score extra points from the judge with his efforts?
Our guest judge Rita Liu weighed in with expert opinions and perspectives in a show that included a totally irrelevant story about mermaids — you’ll have to watch / listen to find out more!
Links to the stuff we spoke about:-
- Would you pay for a ticket to the Musk vs Zuck cage fight?
- Canada passes regulation impacting the social media and tech giants
- Banks are tired of government inaction regarding the biggest source of fraud online
- Revolut in tears (still???)
- Cost of living crisis impacting lower income households more than ever
- Private equity firm taking over PayPal EU BNPL book wasn’t spoken about but adds more context to the above
- Ripple making waves in Singapore
- Central banks risk setting off financial earthquake
- Bank Of England announces new systemic risk scenario project
- New measures needed following Credit Suisse crash
- More on Credit Suisse — their investors are not happy about the new toxic culture
- BUT the big news in the headlines involves a potential crypto tsunami as Black Rock files ETF fund
- Will they stay or will they go IPO — a list of those that haven’t (yet)
- Just please don’t let it be FTX in spite of what Sequoia says!
- All eyes on a 183 bank — this could be a big boost for investor confidence
- GoHenry’s Money Missions are doing good things when it comes to helping kids smash savings targets and for those who missed the news a couple of episodes back — they were acquired by Acorns
- It’s a pity the team dismissed the international news of Brazilian Fintech Kanastra
- It seems that Fintech alumni from Adyen are good at founding Fintechs — who would have thought?
- The strange story about illegal ice-cream sales on the French Riviera
- But none so strange as the one about this Italian banker
- Yet another meme coin goes crazy — the Other Guy better get going on FUCOIN before it’s too late!
- We’ve heard there are three sides to every story (yours, mine, and the truth) but never before 3 sides to a coin!
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