Periodic Table of Asset Classes.

By John Kador, design by @KathleenMKowal. #investing #risks #FinancialWellbeing

Chinese #fintech Ant Group doubles down on global expansion with Alipay+ 🇨🇳

cnbc.com/2024/05/06/chi…

Thailand-India QR Payment Link to Launch by Q3 2024

fintechnews.sg/95454/money-20…
#fintech #India #Thailand #payment #qrpayment

BillEase Partners with AUB to Unveil QRPh Integration for Seamless Transactions

fintechnews.ph/62585/digital-…
#fintech #digitalpayment #payment #QRPH #banking Billease

🇺🇸81% of small businesses get paid via irregular, non-recurring #payments :

Eight in 10 small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) get paid via ad hoc payments for the goods and services they provide to larger organizations.

PYMNTS. #banking
pymnts.com/smbs/2024/81pe…

#LatAm ’s Mercado Libre plows ahead with 50M fintech clients

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#FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Spiros Margaris Enrico Molinari #CES2024 Tony Moroney Pradeep ALBERTO GARUCCIO Xavier Gomez Dr Efi Pylarinou Nafis Alam

🇬🇧The wealthy in the #UK are worried and moving abroad:

81% of UK’s most affluent people are stressed about their finances. Nearly 3 in 5 wealthy individuals are considering relocation abroad.

Arbuthnot Latham via Yahoo Finance. #WealthManagement
privatebankerinternational.com/features/the-w…

What makes one bank better than another bank?

In my last post I shared that banks have a quite simple business model where value is driven by being a balance sheet operator. Outlined were key performance metrics aligned with the balance sheet.

Here are the how these metrics…

Here is what China built.

#FamilyOffices seek simplicity, flexibility, ability to adapt:

The challenges family offices around the globe face today. Grappling with complexities, many look for ways to become more effective, nimble and adaptable.

🆕Global FO Report by @JPMorgan Private Bank:…

Sofortzahlungen ohne Aufpreis bei
#HypiLenzburg :

Guter Move!👏 Ich hoffe, die anderen Banken ziehen nach.

Goldman AM leads SumUp's €1.5 Billion loan:

London-based card reader maker #SumUp Payments Ltd. is looking to continue expanding globally. BlackRock, Vista and others alongside GSAM in private credit loan package.

Bloomberg. #fintech #payments bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

🇵🇭Without fanfare, the #Philippines is getting richer:

And its #economy is unusually well-defended against politics.

The Economist. #SoutheastAsia economist.com/asia/2024/04/2…

BREAKING:
Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng CZ Zhao is jailed for four months...
James Bowater | The Digital Commonwealth 🎈 The Digital Commonwealth
#Binance #CZ
thedigitalcommonwealth.com/posts/binance-…

📌 Europe’s 15 Biggest #Banking Technology Companies - Fintech Switzerland
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#fintech

✍️ 9 in the UK, 2 in France and 2 in The Netherlands

Dave Wallace Shaul David Chris Gledhill Dharmesh Mistry

Elon Musk’s X now has a Money Transmitter License in 25 States

📊 The Roman Empire, in search of revenue, started debasing the denarius under Nero in the 1st century, taking it from 90% silver to 75%. By the end of the 3rd century, silver content was down to 5% 🤷‍♂️ Citizens of the Roman Empire would have loved #Bitcoin

🇭🇰 #HongKong joins global #crypto ETF race:

HK's first spot #Bitcoin and #Ether exchange traded funds started trading on Tuesday following launch of similar products in US.

Financial Times. #CryptoAssets #investing ft.com/content/5bcd37…

🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 #BRICS considers launching stablecoin for international trade settlement:

BRICS intensifies #dedollarization efforts as they plan to launch stablecoin, possibly backed by #gold . XRP enthusiasts hint at BRICS leveraging #XRP 's upcoming stablecoin.

FXStreet News:…

Revolut:

- Recently hit 10k employees
- Serves 40M+ customers
- Barely profitable

Nubank $NU:

- Has ~9k employees
- Will hit 100M customers in 2024
- Made $361M in profit just in 4Q24

NU is not only the best run digital bank.

NU is one of the best run tech companies in…