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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. After the collapse of Lehman and Bear Stearns and the global financial crisis that ensued, the business models of the world’s biggest investment banks needed to change.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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All of you with your hands up… … uh huh. It would have required a few trips to the local dispensary to dream up what bankers have endured this year. In December, the founder and CEO of Crypto Exchange company FTX was arrested in the Bahamas (yah, don’t ask) and charged with fraud and conspiracy. OK, show of hands.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. THE BANKER AWARDS The Bank Acquisition of the Year – goes to the unique PacWest and Banc of California deal. Employees are back to work. We are in awe.

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How Blockchain Could Disrupt Banking

CB Insights

It is a vehicle to perpetrate fraud.”. But this very loud and public backlash against cryptocurrencies from banks begs the question: What do banks have to be afraid of? We’ll provide the definitions and analogies you need to know for bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and more. It won’t end well.

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The 2020 guide to Fintech SPACs

Lex Sokolin

You are just minding your own business being a start-up, thinking “how many more months of capital do I have until we are bankrupt.” The overall transaction process is fairly straightforward, and can be benchmarked to the book-building and underwriting that an investment banker does. Tis the season. First, you’d like to be rich.

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The 2020 guide to Fintech SPACs

Lex Sokolin

You are just minding your own business being a start-up, thinking “how many more months of capital do I have until we are bankrupt.” The overall transaction process is fairly straightforward, and can be benchmarked to the book-building and underwriting that an investment banker does. Tis the season. First, you’d like to be rich.

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PYMNTS Talk Back: The Bitcoin Breakdown

PYMNTS

” For fear of being shamed publicly, no one is willing to speak up and acknowledge that there’s no real “there-there” when it comes to its use as anything other than the currency of crime and speculation – even though deep down, they know that the emperor has no clothes. “Few people speak out. How right she was. How right she was.

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