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23 Aug 2020 6 minute read 0 comments FinRev $0.55
The Financial Revolutionist celebrates its first birthday this week. To those who have been readers over the past months, we say thank you; to our new readers, we say welcome. Given that we’re entering the spooky season of Halloween and other holida...
19 Aug 2020 6 minute read 0 comments FinRev $0.17
A halcyon age of collaboration between incumbents and start-ups is here. Should you jump on? We raise that question and feature our recent interview with Money.Net’s Morgan Downey. Also this week: AQR’s Cliff Asness defends index investing from those...
19 Aug 2020 4 minute read 5 comments rah $10.01
In my last post I shared how after a very shaky start with Crypto how I was currently achieving a yield of about 7% net (after allowing for initial losses) and my funds were growing exponentially as I was writing. Like everybody my portfolio has take...
19 Aug 2020 1 minute read 10 comments tvlachak $0.52
Issue 19.3 / August 18, 2020 Personal Finance The US Consumer Price Index makes a big jump. 0% mortgage rates? I can’t get enough of these money advice lists. I’m loving this car fund challenge. Trying to follow it on Twitter. Next year your bank...
18 Aug 2020 5 minute read 0 comments FinRev $0.18
Is the age of cross-selling doomed? We ask that question in the wake of the Wells Fargo scandal and look to fintech start-ups for answers. Also this week: the coming disruption in auto insurance, a sage’s assessment of marketplace lending, equity res...
16 Aug 2020 6 minute read 0 comments FinRev $0.14
Is ‘New Data’ the answer to hedge funds’ woes? We explore that question as well as Gen Z’s impact on financial institutions and why the SEC should regulate pharmacy benefit managers. Payments news from Facebook and Apple, the rise of usage-based insu...
15 Aug 2020 5 minute read 2 comments IRUUR1 $0.28
IRUUR1 OVERVIEW The IRUUR1 page has seen only a few minor changes in the last 3 days for 2 reasons. We are updating our equipment for video and audio production. And... We have set the front page and site to explain the news you saw in the last 3 day...
15 Aug 2020 5 minute read 0 comments FinRev $0.27
As the summer winds fade, we look back at Mylan Labs’ EpiPen fiasco and ponder a possible fintech opportunity. We also take note of Apple’s nasty battle with Aussie banks, the resilience of some fallen unicorns, an ETF issuer’s reinvention as a finte...
13 Aug 2020 5 minute read 0 comments FinRev $0.11
This week we look at bank-fintech partnerships, a critique of Google Analytics and what’s on the mind of Bloomberg’s head of venture investing. Also on tap: MiFID II, circuit breaker silliness, a big law firm accepting Bitcoin, money-market rule chan...
7 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Tomadachi $0.18
According to a speech given yesterday by Mr Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia), 80% of all central banks are considering launching their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Ghaffou...
