Fintech Focus For July 1, 2020

Daily Perspective: An analysis of 749 mass shootings over the past six years found that about 60% were either domestic violence attacks or committed by men with histories of domestic violence. - CityLab

Fintech Movers: The world’s top listed miner BHP Group said on Tuesday it had made its first yuan-denominated sale of iron ore to China Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd and would explore using blockchain for such transactions in future. - Reuters

• Softbank forms LatAm fund.
• WEX snags $400M funding.
• BIS to intro research hubs.
• Boro’s AI tool helps students.
• Acorns launched tool for kids.
• SocGen is acquiring Shine.
• Zeller raises $6.3M to bank.
• Cboe intros mini VIX futures.
• Inside Ally’s tech strategy.
• SocGen acquiring Shine.
• Capital scores $9M in seed.

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Watch Out For This: Beijing asserted broad new powers over Hong Kong to rein in those who criticize its rule -- from pro-democracy protesters to news agencies to overseas dissidents -- laying out a new national security law that activists and business groups warned endangered the city’s appeal as a financial hub. - Bloomberg

• TikTok is stealing personal data.
• Bank reform will benefit society.
• Malls are turning into apartments.
• Fauci sees 100K new cases a day.

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Market Moving Headline: Joe Biden told potential donors to his campaign that he would roll back most of President Donald Trump’s multi-trillion-dollar tax cuts – even though “a lot of you may not like that.” - CNBC

• Deloitte: Pessimism prevalent.
• Shell cuts $22M in asset values.
• Serious delinquency rate rose.
• Amazon takes cloud to space.
• JPM cuts customers over race.
• Uber to buy Postmates delivery.
• Tesla valuation hits over $200B.