Chris Skinner

MARCH 3, 2018

The main blog headlines are … 9 out of 10 blockchain trials go nowhere I just read an interesting new report from Deloitte about blockchain. They tracked the history of 86,034 blockchain projects hosted on GitHub since 2009 to pull out “key lessons” on where the blockchain industry is going … The post The Finanser’s Week: 26th February 2017 – 4th March 2018 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2018

There are a lot of crazy ideas out there in banking causing us to think. "remember when such and such ridiculous idea was the new craze?" And we would laugh, continue to drink our cocktail, and lament that another financial institution threw in the towel to merge with a bigger brother. That's what I thought about while reading a recent Financial Brand post about Innovation in Banking: Killer Ideas?

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CB Insights

MARCH 3, 2018

Earlier this month, Amazon acquired smart doorbell maker Ring for over $1 billion. The move came as the latest in a wave of consolidation hitting the smart home industry, after Swedish lock giant Assa Abloy acquired smart lock startup August Home in December 2017. Both Ring and August were previously backed by P&C insurers, who have actively been partnering with and investing in smart home startups over the last few years.

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Bankelele

MARCH 3, 2018

Excerpts from reading the prospectus for Kenya’s 2018 Eurobond issues totaling $2 billion (~Kshs 202 billion). Advisors: joint lead managers were Citigroup Global Markets, J.P. Morgan Securities, Standard Bank of South Africa and Standard Chartered Bank. The fiscal/paying agent was Citibank (London), Registrar was Citigroup Global Markets (Deutschland), legal advisors were White & Case LLP and […].

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2018

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