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asset managementdigital transformationneobank
·Feb. 24, 2020

Financial Empires fall — HSBC to fire 35,000; E*TRADE sells to Morgan Stanley for $13B

I examine the unbelievable transformation and restructuring happening in high finance. Global bank HSBC is planning to lay off over 10% of staff, looking at reductions of 35,000. E*TRADE is being acquired by Morgan Stanley, integrating its 5,000,000 accounts and $360 billion of assets into the Wall Street investment firm. Legg Mason and its $800 billion of assets are being folded into Franklin Templeton for $4.5 billion, less than what Visa had paid for fintech data aggregator Plaid and half of what Robinhood is likely valued privately. How do we make sense of these developments? How do we appeal to the heart?

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News Roundup
·Feb. 19, 2020

LendingClub Continues Quest to Reimagine Banking with Radius Bank Acquisition

Yesterday LendingClub announced as part of their Q4 2019 earnings call that they are acquiring a bank, something no other...
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News Roundup
·Feb. 18, 2020

YieldStreet Creates New Fund with BlackRock as Sub-Adviser

It was only a month ago that we covered Yieldstreet’s partnership with Citi, allowing YieldStreet investors to have access to...
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decentralized financeFractals & reflexivitygenerational changemicroeconomicsphilosophy
·Feb. 17, 2020

Worldline’s $8B acquisition of Ingenico’s $3B revenue would barely pay for Robinhood or Revolut’s valuations

I look at how spending $8 billion can either buy you $3 billion of revenue from Ingenico, or the private valuation of Robinhood and/or Revolut. Would you rather have a massive cash-flow machine, or a venture bet on a Millennial investing meme? To articulate this question in more detail, we walk through the impact behavioral finance has had on economic rational actor theories, and why quantitative financial modeling often similarly fails to capture the underlying tectonic plates of industry. It may not be wrong to bet on Millennials. We talk about what identity economics (ala identity politics) means for market value and how to think about generational change.

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Peer to Peer Lending
·Feb. 12, 2020

Nova Credit Raises $50 Million with Set of Interesting Backers

Nova Credit is one of the leading fintechs today in the area of helping immigrants get access to credit in...
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Peer to Peer Lending
·Feb. 11, 2020

Varo Breaks New Ground With FDIC Approval For National Bank Charter

While there are always interesting things happening around fintech there is not often news which moves the needle for the...
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asset managementdigital securities / STOfixed incomep2p & crowdfunding
·Feb. 10, 2020

Can the $4 Trillion municipal bond market be a digital asset in your pocket?

I reflect on ConsenSys acquiring a broker/dealer focused on municipal bonds, and why we believe that blockchain-native platforms are a fantastic fit for this $4 trillion asset class. Can direct holding of franctional munis enable deeper community participation and usage of common resources? Are there new sources of liquidity to unlock? At the same time, there are real dangers. I compare the evolution of digital lenders and their funding sources against the current possibilities in municipal bond markets. We also look into the reasons that some innovative Fintechs have failed to achieve their stated missions, and what can be learned and done better.

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Peer to Peer Lending
·Feb. 6, 2020

New Report Showcases How AI Will Transform Financial Services

The World Economic Forum and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) recently published a report targeting one specific area...
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News Roundup
·Feb. 5, 2020

Kabbage Offering Extremely Short Duration Loans from Three to Forty-Five Days

Kabbage is one of the leaders in small business lending and recently announced custom loans for their Kabbage Payments customers....
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Peer to Peer Lending
·Feb. 4, 2020

Goldman Sachs May Power Future of Lending at Amazon

Lending is not a new business for Amazon, but it is not a burgeoning business…yet. Last year the Financial Times...
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