Which bankers and fintech billionaires came out on top?
Objectively speaking, 2022 was a violent year for the markets, but this did not stop certain City bankers and fintech billionaires from increasing their fortunes. Square...
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A firm’s next hire should be AI, says Fintech Exec
Artificial intelligence is not magic, and the advisory industry is early in its exploration of its use in investment management and client services, said Howard Getson,...
Crypto Rout Sours NFT game
Sales of non-fungible tokens soared to record highs in January, as the assets gained more popularity among crypto investors, mainstream consumers and even celebrities. But as...
The Fintech files: Kraken’s ‘savage’ layoffs, more trouble for crypto hedge funds
Employees at Kraken have become the latest victims of the crypto winter after the US-based exchange announced 1,100 job cuts. One employee said: “I went to...
The Fintech files: Kraken’s ‘savage’ layoffs, more trouble for crypto hedge funds
Employees at Kraken have become the latest victims of the crypto winter after the US-based exchange announced 1,100 job cuts. One employee said: “I went to...
Venture firm Champel Capital leads Intelligent Traffic Control investment, eyes fintech and agritech despite choppy waters for capital deployment
Champel Capital Ltd. said Wednesday it led a $5 million Series A round of venture capital for Israel-based Intelligent Traffic Control (ITC) as the firm continues...
FTX collapsed, but money will still flow to blockchain, says Carlyle CEO
David Rubenstein co-founded The Carlyle Group in 1987, and it has since become a private equity behemoth with $369 billion under management and 29 offices on...
Non-profit Provenance blockchain supports digital currency efforts by Apollo, Hamilton Lane
Digital transactions conducted with blockchain technology continue to gain momentum with leading financial institutions, even as the crypto/digital currency world reels from bankrupt broker FTX. Proponents...
The Fintech Files: FTX fallout, MPs make Binance squirm, and crypto sector full of ‘f****** sociopaths’
It’s been seven days since Sam Bankman-Fried said: “FTX is fine. Assets are fine.” Many things are still unclear, but one thing is certain: FTX was...
Goldman sees client boomerang in ‘flight to quality’ as crisis engulfs crypto firms
Goldman Sachs’ head of crypto trading says investors are “coming back” to the bank to trade crypto after being spooked by crises at digital asset firms...
