I see five major groups squeezing the financial markets these days. The first one is obvious: it’s the FinTech start-up community, which is now valued as a third of all banking value. The second is clear too: it’s the Big Tech firms like Facebook and Amazon, who are launching their …

The six trends will provide competitive advantages, including increased efficiency, improved experiences and future-proofed business models.

After Democrats failed last year to rally support for a federal 36% limit, House and Senate proponents are trying to capitalize on the momentum from state rate caps that recently passed on a bipartisan basis.

The advent of cryptocurrency is making us rethink the relationship between money and the nation state (which is, to be honest, a pretty recent arrangement in human affairs). Perhaps cities should be a nexus for money just as they are a nexus for creativity in all other walks of life.

N26 and Monzo halted or delayed expansion plans here largely because competition for customers was already intense and obtaining a banking license proved difficult.

The agency is asking for help in finding transactions tied to illegal logging, fishing and mining and the trafficking of wildlife, waste and hazardous substances as part of a Biden administration push to fight climate change.

However, there were also some disappointments. In a last-minute change to the pact, China and India softened the language in an earlier draft regarding “the phase-out of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels”, editing “phase-out” to “phase down”.

The central bank’s president said that the country is partnering with other central banks in the issuance of a domestic CBDC.

CRiskCo joins Provenir Marketplace to accelerate digitalization for Mexican banks and Sofomes. Provenir and CRiskCo recently announced a new partnership to accelerate the small business lending process. - PR12893628

The new funding round brings the company’s total capital to $365 million; CloudWalk reaches a $2.15 billion valuation and becomes a unicorn