Shout out of the week goes to the grown ass man at London Bridge station chugging a liter of chocolate milk.

Tory MPs just voted to insist that Afghan interpreters who served British armed forces can be sent to Rwanda.

A scheme which costs £2m per asylum seeker. A £500m+ scheme for less than 1% of asylum seekers. Which now includes those who worked with our troops

Shameful & shambolic

One thing we don’t talk about enough (imo) is how hard it is to build a *compliant* early stage B2C fintech.

When you’re young, every fraudster is licking their lips to rinse you. You have to onboard customers with limited resources without tipping off. It’s the Wild West.

Lmao I’m sorry what planet are you on, my friend? I am praying for the day we can move across to variable recurring payments.

If you believe that crypto & blockchain company/conference spend as an industry is a bellwether for startups more generally, I have good news for you. Paris Blockchain Week speakers dinner was in the Louvre… and there was a string quartet.

The paradox of immigration preferences in a nutshell -Majority of Conservative voters support large cuts to immigration, but most also oppose cutting the specific migrant groups who drive current inflows - in fact they want *more* migration from these groups

“We’re going to make the UK the best place in the world to be a female founder.'

I'll believe it when I see it.

Tax is astronomical and HMRC won't give me a repayment break for maternity leave.

How is that female friendly?

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Starting the week with some motivation from Nina Mohanty , from the latest episode of our Courage Podcast: to be a successful founder, you have to be completely obsessed with the problem you're solving.

It's a reminder that entrepreneurship isn't just about having a great idea;

A former Olympic sprinter once described as the ‘fastest woman in Africa’ who then became an NHS nurse, will retire at the end of this month after 49 years of service. Rose Amankwaah represented Ghana at the Olympics & the Commonwealth Games. Incredible👏🏾 kilburntimes.co.uk/news/24172723.…

And this is why I'm largely opting out from the circus this year onwards. I'm just so, so tired of fighting this fight and for companies (or actual banks in this case!!) with deeper pockets to get applauded for doing the bare minimum when not ACTUALLY solving any problems.

Was honoured to get to join Anne Boden’s book launch last night (her third book! 💪), and catch up with so many old Starling Bank friends. Can’t wait to read The Female Founders Playbook 📚

Congratulations Anne!

I just can't understand Meta's market cap when I've been home in the UK from the States for over a week now and still receiving US-based ads only.

It's been very hard keeping this quiet, but I'm thrilled to announce I will be joining FinTech Wales as CEO. I can't wait to get started.

Hey Myprotein - please can you follow me back so I can DM you about an order that has been sent back to the warehouse without any delivery attempts made? Thanks!

Friendly reminder that “He Gets Us” helps to fund anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ legislation

Grateful for 2 weeks catching up with friends, investors, and family.
- 21 hours no power
- 3 CyberTrucks 🥲
- 1 This Week in Fintech Happy Hour Heading home to London, but one thing is for sure - this girl is a daughter of Silicon Valley. #NinerGang LFG

God, grant me the serenity to accept that some people say “let’s grab coffee sometime” but don’t mean it, the courage to follow up just in case they do mean it, and the wisdom to know the difference.

“why are credit card fees so high in the US?”

me:

This is absolutely insane. I’m speechless