Online safety bill risks being ‘as shallow as a puddle’, warns campaigner April 15, 2021 In the recently published Integrated Review, a detailed policy document setting out the UK’s national security and international policies, the government identifies online harms as one of the most serious threats to our way of life. The report highlights the government’s commitment to ‘promote a free, open, peaceful and secure cyberspace’. However, it does not reflect the [...]
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Exclusive: London’s fintech bubble is ‘close to popping,’ warns Reed Smith partner April 13, 2021 A coalition of London fintech firms recently called on the Financial Conduct Authority to end the dominance of banks over the use of consumer data this year. They argue it would increase competition in the savings, credit, mortgages and pensions markets. Howard Womersley Smith, an expert fintech and data lawyer at Reed Smith in the [...]
Bitcoin hits record high ahead of Coinbase IPO tomorrow April 13, 2021 Bitcoin hit a record high of $62,839 this morning, marking yet another record this year for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. Bitcoin topped $60,000 early last month, fueled by Tesla’s move to buy $1.5bn of the digital currency for its balance sheet. For the past two weeks, it had traded in a tight range. Major firms [...]
Profile: A global payments chief on a mission to disrupt April 12, 2021 Tom Cregan, the managing director and CEO of digital payments giant EML, is a heavy metal drummer and martial arts enthusiast on a mission to infuse rhythmic harmony into the world of payments. His favourite part of any day as chief executive is, what he calls, finding a ”1+1=5 moment” by thinking and approaching an [...]
Swedish payments firm Trustly plans to go public imminently April 12, 2021 Swedish payments firm Trustly plans to launch an IPO in late April or early May that could value the business at €9bn. Trustly’s owner, buyout group Nordic Capital, is working with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Carnegie on the IPO, Reuters reported in January. Trustly’s revenues were around €130m in 2019 and will be around [...]
S&P 500 and Dow climb for third day and close at records April 9, 2021 The S&P 500 and the Dow rose to close at record highs, posting a third straight weekly rise partly on lift from growth stocks, with a late-day rally building gains ahead of quarterly earnings season next week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 299.21 points, or 0.89 per cent, to 33,802.78, the S&P 500 gained [...]
