It's contrarian to believe Generative AI will disrupt Fintech, which is wild to me. I Ranted + Robinhood’s new Gold card & Why V/MC are fine but consumers aren't.
Banks exiting their consent orders have high RoE but low risk appetite. Embedded Finance is an ouroboros. What does apple vs DoJ mean for Fintech? Lessons from their battles in the EU.
Consumer Fintech will be more profitable than banks. The disruption has already started in Brazil, it's coming to the US. Plus; $1trn reasons to love Stripe again and UK making faster payments slower
Plus; Monzo's raise and US market entry chances, what Synctera's raise means for BaaS and the Fed's role in Capital One x Discover
Plus; Klarna's path to profit helped by AI, Nubank keeps crushing and don't look now but Bitcoin is approaching it's all time high.
Plus; What Capital One and Discover means for the payments industry, and where are the $100bn Fintech's?
Tokens are the most important topic you're not thinking about enough. Plus; Monzo is the 7th largest UK bank, Revolut is a Telco & there's a dating app for people with good credit scores only.
Plus; Iran uses UK banks to evade sanctions, Adyen and SHOP Pay are crushing PayPal, and Fintech for Latino's affinity or much more?
Julie covers PayPal's shocking PR; Alex is loving LendingClub making boring sexy and Simon contrasts Citi vs Chase in a tale of two banks.
Plus; Apple Card has 12m users but nobody is spending, and New York sues Citi for failing to protect fraud victims
Every company became a Fintech company, but not every partner bank was fully ready for the consequences. Choice Financial's FDIC consent order and Blue Ridge's second in 18 months is a huge problem.
Plus; The AI-First Fintech Company, Wise crushes earnings *again* & From the Big 5 Megabanks to the Big 1.