1/31/2020 9:22:10 PM How the mighty Goldman has fallen By Gareth Jones A dollar invested in Goldman in 2010 would be worth just $1.60 today. A dollar wagered on the s&p 500 would be worth $3.60, and on...
1/31/2020 8:49:33 PM SoftBank wants its on-demand portfolio to stop losing so much money By Faisal Kawar Following the FT reporting that Uber and DoorDash discussed merging last year, it seems like the Vision Fund will encounter several...
1/31/2020 8:47:45 PM Elon Musk just dropped an EDM track on SoundCloud By Faisal Kawar Following Tesla posting positive earnings, the Starling project coming together, and SpaceX nailing its commercial crew flight test Musk...
1/31/2020 7:42:11 PM When Ana ditched Andrea By Gareth Jones She runs mega-bank Santander; he’s a top deal-maker. She offered to make him the best-paid CEO of any bank in euroland. It didn’t happen,...
1/31/2020 7:28:18 PM Marcus steps back from UK stocks and shares Isa By Gareth Jones Goldman had been working with Nutmeg, a UK based online wealth manager, to launch a product ahead of the UK's “Isa season” this spring....
1/31/2020 7:07:55 PM The Price of Fish and Finance in EU-UK Trade Talks By Gareth Jones The EU has explicitly linked the City of London’s future market access to Britain giving ground on fish. Ireland’s prime minister Leo...
1/31/2020 5:24:47 PM Bittrex takes out record $300m crypto insurance policy By Sean Lippel In a sign of a maturing asset class for crypto, the exchange has taken out the largest insurance policy to-date in the space - protecting...
1/31/2020 3:55:47 PM 10 best U.S. cities for startup costs By Faisal Kawar Washington D.C. is the most expensive city to launch a company in the US, with a yearly cost of $145k, while Tucson, Arizona was the...
1/31/2020 12:21:43 AM A thousand EU financial firms plan to open UK offices after Brexit By Faisal Kawar More than a thousand banks, asset managers, payments companies and insurers in the European Union plan to open offices in post-Brexit...
1/31/2020 12:19:12 AM Brexit schmexit: UK saw record fintech investment last year, trumping China and India By Faisal Kawar On the eve of Brexit, UK fintech startups are prepped for battle after a record yer of investment, making up over 50% of European capital...
1/31/2020 12:00:00 AM Extend’s Andrew Jamison: "We see ourselves as an ‘Intel Inside’ for B2B payments" By Faisal Kawar Tearsheet sat down with CEO of portfolio company Extend to discuss his past experience at Amex and the future of B2B payments with his...
1/30/2020 11:52:27 PM Europe is on the verge of a tech investment breakthrough By Faisal Kawar Fintech is at the core of the European tech revolution, with financial centers like London alone accounting for 18 fintech unicorns....
1/30/2020 11:51:13 PM Institutional crypto lender Genesis Capital sees continued surge during Q4 2019 By Sean Lippel In another record breaking quarter, the cryptocurrency lender issued over $1bn worth of loans and saw high international demand....
1/30/2020 11:38:14 PM Despite lackluster fundraising round, STO platform tZERO is moving ahead with its broker-dealer plan By Sean Lippel tZERO, owned by online retailer Overstock, currently only has two tokens listed on its exchange and one broker dealer - but believes it...
1/30/2020 11:35:41 PM Pub chain hosts 'Let’s Stay Friends’ promotion following Brexit By Faisal Kawar Time Martin's JD Weatherspoon is holding a promotion Friday that reduces the price of drinks including beer from Germany, vodka from...
1/30/2020 5:39:51 PM U.S. regulators propose simpler restrictions around bank fund investments By Faisal Kawar U.S. banks would be able to take large ownership stakes in venture capital funds under proposed rules unveiled by the Federal Reserve....