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AI Agents will be Wall St Firms

Jan 19, 2025

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19 min read

AI Agents will be Wall St Firms

Meet the hedge fund run entirely by AI Agents. Plus, Nubank does Stablecoin rewards, and Coinbase does Bitcoin-secured Stablecoin lending.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
Stablecoins aren't cheaper; They're better.

Jan 12, 2025

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25 min read

Stablecoins aren't cheaper; They're better.

Stablecoins won't be cheaper for US Domestic payments short term. Long term, they're building a layer above all rails, and *that* will compete out cost.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
State of Fintech 2025: The Age of the Fintech Hyperscaler

Dec 15, 2024

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6 min read

State of Fintech 2025: The Age of the Fintech Hyperscaler

A 111 page report into the big trends in Fintech. Wallet Wars, Klarna's Gen AI story, and the Stablecoin renaissance.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
Top 10 Fintech Brainfood Rants of 2024

Dec 1, 2024

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7 min read

Top 10 Fintech Brainfood Rants of 2024

2024 was the year of Wallet Wars, Underwriting with AI, Embedded Finance and Stablecoins. Your favorite Rants ranked and more.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
Billion Dollar Fines won't fix AML

Nov 24, 2024

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26 min read

Billion Dollar Fines won't fix AML

Is Finance, Fintech and Crypto so back and will we learn lessons from 2021? Plus, AML is still broken, Robinhoods largest acquisition & Revolut passes 50m users.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
Wallet Wars Pt 2 - When Identity meets AI Agents

Nov 17, 2024

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25 min read

Wallet Wars Pt 2 - When Identity meets AI Agents

For AI Agents to work you need a secure place to store them, control them and give them an identity. Wallets will help us KYA. Know Your Agent.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
Wallet Wars: The Battle for Your Digital Life

Nov 10, 2024

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26 min read

Wallet Wars: The Battle for Your Digital Life

Digital Identity is about to reshape finance. It's finally happening. Plus; Election analysis for Fintech, why Affirm launched in the UK.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
If Big Banks Win Embedded Finance Innovation Dies

Nov 3, 2024

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18 min read

If Big Banks Win Embedded Finance Innovation Dies

As consent orders have risen, the number of new Fintech companies has cratered. If this continues we'll lose on new financial inclusion, and financing start-ups that create jobs and growth. We must fix this.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
Why did Stripe spend $1.1bn on a Series A Stablecoin startup?

Oct 27, 2024

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29 min read

Why did Stripe spend $1.1bn on a Series A Stablecoin startup?

Because Stripe needs a paradigm shift to drive international growth. Stablecoins are exactly that.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
Consumer AI Agents in Fintech

Oct 20, 2024

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22 min read

Consumer AI Agents in Fintech

Would you ever trust an AI Agent to manage your finances? Plus; As the great de-risking of banks under consent orders continues, Column is a name that keeps popping up. My take inside.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
We need to talk about scams

Oct 13, 2024

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28 min read

We need to talk about scams

They're the perfect crime. Nobody is liable and with RTP they're easy to get away with. We can fix this, but we've got to up our game.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
Why Walmart is doing Pay by Bank

Oct 6, 2024

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16 min read

Why Walmart is doing Pay by Bank

They're motivated, Pay by Bank is increasingly regulated and the consumer experience has never been better. But this is a payments business not an aggregator business.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
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