The Climate Change Conundrum Part 2: Insurtechs Unravel Solutions

Part 1 discussed ways in which carriers are reorienting themselves with the long-term view on climate change. In this final Part 2, read about the differentiated approaches that leading insurtechs are adopting. John Neal, CEO of Lloyds market opines, “Climate is the ultimate systemic risk and represents the biggest single opportunity the insurance industry has […]

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Stablecoin News for the week ending Wednesday 1st December.

As stablecoins grow, what should regulators do? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Last week we saw further evidence of the Crypto and its related Stablecoin ecosystems continued growth and a further push by regulators and politicians to get a grip.    A great number of digital currencies […]

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Can Neobanks persuade investors that they can generate enough profits without lending?

Neobanks (regulated digital only) are hot right now with 5 already in the Fintech 50 Index, many more lining up to IPO and top tier investors (including Warren Buffet in Nubank) going all in on private equities. However with the public equity market demanding profits again and with many Neobanks getting revenue without lending, the […]

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Will crypto destabilize countries and undermine the role of the US dollar?

Recently in the news, Hillary Clinton, the former Democratic presidential candidate in the 2016 elections, warned that cryptocurrencies could destabilize countries and undermine the role of the US dollar as a reserve currency. Clinton said Russia and China are manipulating cryptos and the Biden Administration needs to regulate the cryptocurrency market. As bitcoin and other […]

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This Week in Fintech ending 26 November

This week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. Monday Ilias Hatzis our Greece-based crypto entrepreneur (Founder & CEO at  Kryptonio a “keyless” non-custodial bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet, that lets users manage bitcoin and crypto, without private keys or passwords and Weekly Columnist at Daily Fintech) @iliashatzis […]

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Alt Lending week ended 26th November 2021

  Eurozone housing sector entering bubble territory ECB. So it’s not just the UK that is seeing property prices rise? Apparently the ECB is concerned that the property market in Europe is sensitive to a rise in interest rates. Well where isn’t it? The problem is our old friend inflation which rose to an un […]

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XBRL News from Singapore, the UK and Europe

Here are the three most relevant developments in the world of structured reporting we became aware of in the course of last week. 1  Singapore launches data platforms to support green finance The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced that it will pilot four interoperable digital platforms to address the financial sector’s need for […]

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The Climate Change Conundrum Part 1: Insurers’ Maneuvers

A study of insured losses over the last half century reveals that weather-related events have significantly escalated compared to non-climate perils. Between 2010 and 2019, global insured losses from wildfires increased by 500%. On the other hand, the humanitarian aid deficit grew from a little under a billion dollars two decades ago, to $4 billion […]

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Stablecoin News for the week ending Wednesday 24th November.

Disruption is scary – particularly if it is happening to you! Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Last week a number of Politicians and Regulators woke up to what the current financial marketplace disruption could mean.  We all like disruption as it brings us new goods and […]

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Part 4 Has to work with both small & large amounts of capital

The law of large numbers is brutal in investing aka pity rich Mr Buffet and Mr Munger. Think about what it takes to go 10x from: 10k to 100k 100k to 1m 1m to 10m 10m to 100m 100m to 1b 1b to 10b 10b to 100b All numbers assumed in US$ but actually the […]

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